Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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#battlestargalactica #bsg #lore

Battlestar Galactica is one of the most iconic sci-fi franchises of all time. All incarnations of BSG follow a fleet of humans who have survived an attack by machines called the Cylons and are in search of a new home. But what can we decipher about some of BSG's biggest lore secrets?

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- CHAPTERS -
00:00 Intro
02:01 Cylons
04:47 FTL Jump Tech & Weaponry
09:04 Kobol & the Twelve Colonies
15:39 BSG & Mormon Astronomy
21:41 On the Origin of Species
26:33 Outro