3.5 previews

Cheers

Check out David Eick's video blog showing a bar being set up on the hanger deck for the upcoming episode, "Taking a break from all your worries".

Here are two previous U.K. season 2 adverts for BSG.

Merry Saturnalia

Edward James Olmos is among many celebrities wishing NORAD a Merry Christmas on the NORAD Santa tracking site.

Podcasts

Katee Sackhoff and her brother, spoke to Cort and Fatboy on Portland radio. You can get the uncensored (and explicit) podcast from their site or via iTunes. Katee reveals some spoilers for the rest of season 3, and drops other vague hints.

James Callis was a guest on Slice of Sci-Fi and he talked about Baltar's journey in season 3.

Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell talked to Backstage.com about their craft and the effort to bring Roslin and Adama to life.

Here's video from some time ago of Katee Sackhoff talking to TV Guide after a photo shoot for the magazine.

Cylons Declare War on Chirstmas

U.K. Season 3 advert

Eye

Bear McCreary has updated his blog about the music for The Eye of Jupiter.

The Battlestar Wiki page for Eye of Jupiter is here.

Mary McDonnell answered more sci-fi.com message board questions in this video interview.

Two Cool BSG music videos from YouTube

'Tis the season

Marueen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune talked to Ron Moore about the mid-season finale, "The Eye of Jupiter" as well as what's coming up in the rest of season 3. (Spoilers! --to an extent.)

Mark Verheiden, who wrote "The Eye of Jupiter" previews the episode, and talks about the wrapping up of shooting for season 3 on his blog.

David Eick's videoblog has been updated with The Soldiers' Code: Leave No Man Behind as Bamber, Trucco and Rymer discuss what "leave no man behind" means to Apollo and Anders, while filming "The Eye of Jupiter".

Sean Elliot of If Magazine talked to Jamie Bamber about what's coming up for Apollo in season 3.

Justine at All About Tahmoh Penikett posted photos and reviews of The Passage.

And, I will be attending the screening in Los Angeles for "The Eye of Jupiter" Thursday evening. I will attempt to file a report on this blog, when I get back.

Previews of Eye of Jupiter (spoilers)

More from Richard Hatch

Richard Hatch at DragonCon 2006 Part 2


Part 3


Part 4


Part one is here.

BSG Updates

BSG co-exec producer Mark Verheiden previews "The Passage" airing tonight.

Jane Espenson the writer of "The Passage" answered questions for TV Squad.

David Eick's videoblog has been updated with a profile of BSG's director of photography.

Sci-Fi.com has posted another installment of their interview with Mary McDonnell. In the video Mary reveals that she will not be posing in Maxim or FHM.

Ron Moore answered questions for Yahoo.

Sci-Fi Wire posted information on the BSG comic books based on the old Lorne Greene series.

The Battlestar Wiki page on "Unfinished Business".

Podcast

Ron Moore's podcast has been updated with a nearly 3 hour roundtable talk that you can download here.

Roomba

Alex and Kevin talk about BSG on Digg Nation


And the Roomba's have a plan

Cast

Several BSG cast appeared at a restaurant opening in Canada


Richard Hatch spreads the BSG gospel

The Writer's Room

Slate takes a look inside Ron Moore's BSG writer's room. (More details here.)

TV Guide is having a contest give away of free screening tickets to see the upcoming mid-season finale, "The Eye of Jupiter" before it airs, at theaters in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, and St. Louis. (Be aware, that the TV Guide contest page contains spoilers about the plot for for the episode.)