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Am I right in thinking that BSG tos was a slight ripoff in tech terms of star wars?
You have to understand that the original series was riding off the popularity created by Star Wars. With the way they built spaceship models back then, and laser bolts being the weapon of choice, of course people are going to assume it's a rip-off. Had Star Wars not been as popular as it was, BSG wouldn't have been green-lit.
'Ripoff' I feel is too strong a word. The visual effects were similar but the story took different directions from the ones Star Wars did. Those who write TOS BSG off as a 'rip off' of Star wars aren't looking at the greater picture.
Just a passing thought: Galactica vs A star destroyer, who would win?
And since it seems classic vipers were more manuverable than TIE fighters, we can also guess the colonials would have the upper hand in air combat. If that playstation game is also any indication, Vipers have shields.
There is no contest in the new series though- Star Destroyer all the way. As much of a following as the new Pegasus has, it's scrap when fighting a Star Destroyer. Star Destroyer turbolaser bolts have been measured in the kiloton when describing their destructive firepower. If a SD is designed to dish out and sustain that level of damage for a prolonged fight, even the nukes from the Pegasus would only be fireworks.
In the end it all depends on who's writing the thing. A nBSG fan might contort the story so that the Pegasus wins, even if it's fighting the Executor. I just thought the classic Galactica had more in common with the Star Destroyers than the new version... one of the reasons why I like the classic battlestars over the new ones. At least the classic ones shared the same kind of monolithic menace the Star Destroyers did. The new Peggy comes close, but it's still lacking something.
With the fighter subject it depends on who has the most fighters.
I reckon a turbo laser round would go straight through the new BSG battlestars like a pencil through paper
There is a way the new Pegasus could defeat the executor. It could try and ram the bridge or fly vipers into the bridge like in RoTJ where the single A-wing took out the entire SSD by smashing into the bridge
It would make common sense to assume the Executor would win in any contest between the two sagas, but writers like Moore can twist facts and reality to accommodate whatever they desire. Maybe they can dramatically kill off a bit character to destroy a part of the Executor's bridge. Or maybe the Galactica suddenly has some experimental superbeam that was never mentioned or alluded to before.
Writers have the power of plot to make whatever changes they wish, but there are limits. When you create a universe and set a tone, some expectations come with it. If you cross the line and break those expectations, you can get cries of "Bullshit!" from the audience.
I had such a reaction when the missile launchers spontaneously appeared over the Algae planet on the new design- despite being conspicuously absent in the stock shots of the ship. nBSG was hailed to be 'more realistic' than the original, but this little stunt proved Moore wasn't so serious about maintaining that claim.