By your command, the best science fiction series of the 2000s is finally coming back to streaming. Initially, it was a controversial reboot of a short-lived but beloved cult classic TV show of the 1970s, but it soon evolved into its own entity. Now, it’s coming to two streaming services, and on one of them, you can watch it for free.
Starting on May 1, the 2000s Sci-Fi Channel reboot of Battlestar Galactica is finally returning to streaming. Thanks to NBCU Global TV Distribution, Pluto TV and Paramount+ will both host the two-part, three-hour miniseries that kicked off the reboot, as well as the four-season series that followed; Pluto TV will show it as part of their free, ad-supported streaming service, with a dedicated Battlestar Galactica channel. They will also stream Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, a movie-length special that features both new footage and reused footage from the miniseries and series to retell the Cylon infiltration from the point of view of the Cylons. Plus, Paramount+ will be the exclusive streaming home of Caprica, the short-lived prequel series that depicted the birth of the marauding robotic Cylons and showed a glimpse of the 12 Colonies before their untimely devastation.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
What Is ‘Battlestar Galactica’ About?
A dramatic reimagining of the campy but fondly remembered 1970s TV series, Battlestar Galactica tells the tale of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol, an alliance of human-occupied planets, and the robotic Cylons who destroyed them. The ragtag survivors of the Colonies flee aboard the Galactica, a Battlestar warship that leads a battered civilian fleet on a desperate search for the 13th colony: a legendary world called “Earth.” Captained by William Adama (Edward James Olmos, Blade Runner), and led by newly appointed President Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell, Independence Day), the remnants of humanity still have to deal with the Cylons.
However, while most of the Cylons resemble the sleek, chrome-plated mechanical marauders of the original series, they also have a secret weapon: a new model of Cylon that can perfectly mimic human beings, like the seductive Number Six (Tricia Helfer, Lucifer). Any one of Galactica‘s crew could be Cylons, including hotshot pilots Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff, The Mandalorian) and Boomer (Grace Park, Hawaii Five-0), shifty scientist Gaius Baltar (James Callis, 12 Monkeys) and even Adama’s son, Lee (Jamie Bamber, Band of Brothers).
The original Battlestar Galactica series was the brainchild of TV impresario Glen A. Larson (Knight Rider), who was inspired by Mormon theology. The reboot was masterminded by Ronald D. Moore (For All Mankind).
Battlestar Galactica will stream on Pluto TV and Paramount+ starting on May 1. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
