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Captain Apollo is the name of a fictitious character in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series. He was played by Richard Hatch, who would also later appear as the character of Tom Zarek in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series in 2005.

Apollo was a Viper spacefighter pilot of the Battlestar Galactica, and the son of Commander Adama. He was married to Serina, a reporter-turned-shuttle-pilot who became a reserve Viper pilot, and was killed by Cylons on Kobol. Apollo adopted Serina's son, Boxey and became a single father to him after Serina's death. His sister is Lieutenant Athena, and his mother was Ila. Ila, as well as Apollo's late brother Zac, were killed in the Cylon sneak attack on the Twelve Colonies. Later in the series, Apollo becomes romantically involved with Lieutenant Sheba. His best friend is Lieutenant Starbuck.

Apollo is arguably the central character of Battlestar Galactica (original series), and storylines and character relationships revolve around him.

Military career

Captain Apollo is the leader of Blue Squadron, an accomplished group of Viper pilots. Among his accomplishments in the series are leading the mission to destroy the Madagon minefield, leading the assault on the pulsar cannon on Arkta, removing the renegade Cylon known as Red Eye, leading the paratroop assault on the Cylon city on Gamoray, leading the resistance to Count Iblis, helping to save Terra from the Eastern Alliance, and sneaking aboard a Cylon baseship to knock out its sensors so the Galactica could destroy it.

Galactica 1980

Like many of the stars of the original series, Richard Hatch was not available to work on the short lived sequel series Galactica 1980. As a result, the series was set many years in the future of the original show, and featured a grown Boxey now known as Troy. Troy comments early in the first episode of Galactica 1980 that he missed both of his parents, and displayed a picture of Serina and Apollo, suggested Apollo had died years before.

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