At the risk of sounding as egotistical as Gaius Baltar, this Battlestar Galactica spinoff idea has a little something for everyone: new stories, familiar ships, and endless narrative potential.

If you wanted to assemble a time capsule of late 1970s pop culture, the original "Battlestar Galactica" would be a good place to start. Not only was it an unashamed attempt to cash in on the ...