We will refrain from an exhaustive, reader-wearying inspection of all thirty-four alleged copyrighted story elements and say that industry history suggests facts unfavorable to Fox’s claims. Instances of the characters, plot elements, political situations, etc. in popular pre-1977 science fiction suggest that these things were not invented by Star Wars. Based on this evidence, a continued trial would probably have resulted in judgment favorable to Universal Studios, and the original Battlestar Galactica series might have lived to see its second season.