Again and again the same effects were used and some thought perhaps abused but why mess with perfection. Coupled with battles in space and the captivating images of hope from a last mammoth Battlestar traveling in space the saga brought a passion for the stars to the world. With new words and places to explore the crew of the Galactica would go on foot many times and battle reptile like Ovion aliens, and the machine like cylons. Always present were familiar laser blast sounds and effects and the effects of Cylon Centurians marching, shining, and falling.

Some of the effects and spaceships of Galactica were even reused in parts of the Buck Rogers saga which was to follow. When effects and models from one tv show can be reused in another is a testatment to just how good the effects really were. While Battlestar had illogical and unscientific plot elements at time it always had top notch effects. When a single lone Cylon craft crashes into the Galactica in one episode and creates a fire a poor show was made but the crash sure was a beauty to watch.

The Cylons, while a low tech effect are perhaps the greatest effect of the Battlestar saga by far. Defined by a single moving red flash for their vision they defined the struggle of man versus machines with this simple effect and their simple glowing chrome and metal. In many ways the Cylon Centurian is Hollywood's earliest Terminator style creation which was to be further defined by good old Arnold in the Terminator.