Battlestar Galactica (Buy on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video) (Facebook.com/Battlestar Galactica) Battlestar Galactica may have started its life as a cheap 1970s rip-off of Star Wars, but the reboot, which aired from 2004 to 2009, is a much darker and deeper show than the kitschy original. The basic plot is the same: The last remaining survivors of Planet Earth bounce through the galaxy in search of a new home, trying to elude the Cylons who exterminated nearly all of humanity.