GUEST: Gil Gerard

It’s our fine pleasure to announce Gil Gerard, Buck Rogers - THEE man himself will be at Starbase Indy this year!

Inspired by the massive success of Star Wars two years earlier, the pilot film opened in cinemas on March 30, 1979. Good box-office returns led NBC to commission a full series, which began on September 20, 1979 with a modified version of the theatrical release, which trimmed or altered some racier scenes — including a popular reference by Twiki to his “freezing his ball bearings off” —and omitted the death of one character — Tigerman, Princess Ardala’s henchman — who would later appear in several episodes of the series.

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