In 1978, Battlestar Galactica and Star Wars entered a 5-year legal dispute that outlasted Universal's original Battlestar Galactica TV show. Two of the most influential science-fiction franchises of the 1970s went head-to-head in the courts, when George Lucas' Star Wars sued Battlestar Galactica in 1978, and here's how the court case ended.
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