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On Friday, March 20, at 9 p.m., Battlestar Galactica will air its 80th and final episode. The space drama will go down as one of the most critically lauded science-fiction TV shows ever. But had fans of the original ABC series from the 1970s had their way, the miniseries that launched the Sci Fi Channel remake would never have even made it on the air. With the series finale looming, we look back at the controversial miniseries that started it all, and the fan uprising that tried to stand in its way.

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The Beginning of the End: A 'Battlestar Galactica' Oral History

By Adam B. Vary | Mar 12, 2009

With the series finale getting close, insiders take us inside the controversial miniseries that started it all, and the fan uprising that tried to stand in its way

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