Reply #7: Where did that unsubstantiated myth come from, apart from Lucas's lawyers? [View All]

[Deja Q]

BG was NEVER a ripoff of SW. Not in the slightest. And I can prove it with nimble finesse:

(note: BG="Battlestar Galactica", SW="Star Wars", B5="Babylon 5")

Witness:

BG was about an alien species committing genocide against humankind's colonies, and following the only survivors of the mass attack.

SW was about a big evil empire with big ships subjugating everybody else, complete with some dodgy sets and LOTS of horrendous acting, it made money only because it had pretty spaceships and a villain with a cool voice. (SW's two sequels are infinitely better because they do something with characters rather than pandering to trite and tedious stereotyped situations meant for cardboard cutouts.)

The last time I checked, genocide and subjugation are different things.

So they both had dogfights in space. That's an asinine reason to whine and cry "copyright infringement, waaaaaaaaaaaah!" Lucas and co are a bunch of spoiled brats for even making the accusation, and the judge an idiot for not seeing the obvious difference.

The new BG being a ripoff of B5 also holds no water at all. The new BG follows the same intent as the original: Exterminate humankind. B5 is about "United Nations in space" or whatever. And if all the aliens of B5 wanted to wipe out the humans, it could then be said that B5 was ripping off BG.

Funny, that... :D