Conquest of the Earth

Conquest of the Earth is the third and final theatrical feature release of material from the Galactica television series, comprised primarily of re-cut scenes from Galactica 1980 with ancillary material from the original series. This feature was screened theatrically overseas and released on videocassette domestically.
Conquest of the Earth is made up of scenes from the episodes "Galactica Discovers Earth", "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part Ⅱ", "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part Ⅲ", "The Night the Cylons Landed" and "The Night the Cylons Landed, Part Ⅱ", with incidental scenes from "The Young Lords" added to provide inclusion of Baltar, who wasn't in any Galactica 1980 episodes. Effects footage of Cylons attacking 1980s Earth was achieved by superimposing Cylon ships over disaster footage from the movie Earthquake!. Some of the exposition was re-dubbed and looped with effects sequences from the original series. In particular, the change in actors for the character of Doctor Zee was explained with the character having a brother named Zen who could speak through him (with the overall implication being that he could change forms and was two persons inhabiting the same body). The previous first feature of the pilot story included the death of Baltar, who later became a regular character in the TV series. No attempt is made to explain his reappearance in the continuity of the features.
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