Left: Battlestar Galactica’s Japanese theatrical poster. Right: the 1978 Ralph McQuarrie concept art the poster’s based on.

Ralph McQuarrie’s Battlestar Galactica concept art

Laurette Spang as Cassiopeia - Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Battlestar Galactica movie Japanese promotional flyer (”chirashi”)

This is a flyer promoting the Battlestar Galactica movie, featuring original Ralph McQuarrie art (of Star Wars fame). It was presented in “Sensurround,” which to my understanding implemented huge subwoofers at the back of the movie theater to give the experience of the bass rumble of the spacecrafts. Think of it as a pre-surround sound gimmick from the ‘70s.

BATTLESTAR  GALACTICA

Vintage Magazine - Dynamite #054 (Scholastic) (1978)

David Schleinkofer