Product Description
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The adventure of one of television's finest dramas continues with
the complete third season of the Peabody Award-winning Battlestar
Galactica. The Colonies' survivors have found their hopes of
eluding their Cylon pursuers dashed by an invasion and occupation
of their new home. As the e of all human life hangs in the
balance, friends become enemies, enemies become unexpected
allies, and decisions are made that will haunt some people for
the rest of their lives. Relive all 20 episodes of the season
that challenges everything you thought you knew about the
Battlestar Galactica universe. Presented in Dolby 5.1 surround
sound, the 6-disc set features over 15 hours of extensive special
features, including the DVD exclusive version of the episode
"Unfinished Business" containing 25 additional minutes of
never-before-seen footage. You won't want to miss a minute of the
series considered "one of the best dramas on TV" (Time Magazine).
Bonus Content:
Disc 1 - Battlestar Galactica (2004) Season Three:
* Deleted Scenes
* Ronald D. Moore's Podcast Commentaries
Disc 2 - Battlestar Galactica (2004) Season Three:* Deleted
Scenes
* Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance Webisodes
* David Eick's Video Blogs
* Ronald D. Moore's Podcast Commentaries
Disc 3 - Battlestar Galactica (2004) Season Three:* Deleted
Scenes
* David Eick's Video Blogs
* Ronald D. Moore's Podcast Commentaries
* Hero Commentary with Executive Producer David Eick
* Unfinished Business Unaired, Extended Cut Commentary with
Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore
Disc 4 - Battlestar Galactica (2004) Season Three:* Deleted
Scenes
* Ronald D. Moore's Podcast Commentaries
Disc 5 - Battlestar Galactica (2004) Season Three:* Deleted
Scenes
* Ronald D. Moore's Podcast Commentaries
Disc 6 - Battlestar Galactica (2004) Season Three:* Deleted
Scenes
* Ronald D. Moore's Podcast Commentaries
* David Eick's Video Blogs
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The third season of Battlestar Galactica got off to a
rip-roaring start on New Caprica, where the settlers had found
themselves under Cylon occupation at the end of the previous
season. Dr. Baltar (James Callis) had been elected President
based on his intention to stop looking for Earth and settle on
New Caprica, but is now a puppet of the Cylons, forced to sign
execution orders for numerous humans, including former President
Roslin (Mary McDonnell). A resistance movement is building,
however, led by Col. Tigh (Michael Hogan), and assisted by Chief
Tyrol (Aaron Douglas) and Samuel Anders (Michael Trucco). Tigh's
desperate tactics--including suicide bombers--raise interesting
parallels to the U.S. war in Iraq, and he finds he has to make an
even tougher choice. Thanks to Admiral Adama's (Edwards James
Olmos) return and the unexpected help of Boomer (Grace Park), the
colonists escape, then begin a series of trials in order to
convict all of the Cylon collaborators, culminating in the
explosive trial of Baltar himself. In a boxing-metaphor episode,
Apollo (Jamie Bamber) and Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) resume their
mutual attraction with a surprising outcome. After the exciting
beginning, Battlestar Galactica sagged a little in the middle of
the third season (as it did in the second season) with its
ship-bound episodes, but caught speed again at the end. The quest
to find Earth, the unexpected loss of a major character, and the
revealing of four of the final five Cylons kept viewers coming
back to a series that blends action, drama, and universal
questions of loyalty, faith, and justice in a way that transcends
the science-fiction setting. With Dean Stockwell, Lucy Lawless,
and Tricia Helfer as Cylons 1, 3, and 6, Mark Sheppard as defense
attorney Romo Lampkin, Alessandro Juliani as Lt. Gaeta, Kandyse
McClure as Petty Officer "Dee" Dualla, Nicki Clyne as Crewman
Spet Cally, Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh, and Rekha Sharma as
presidential aide Tory Foster.
Every episode on the DVD set has executive producer Ronald
Moore's podcast commentaries (occasionally joined by others) and
almost every episode has deleted scenes, including a different
(and less effective) version of the season's final surprise. Also
included are bonus commentaries, the Resistance webisodes (10
episodes, 26 minutes total) that provide more of life on occupied
New Caprica, executive producer David Eicks' "video blog"
featurettes, and an extended version of "Unfinished Business"
(mostly adding non-Starbuck-Apollo material). --David Horiuchi