It’s hard to imagine Battlestar Galactica without techy effects like the whoosh of a spun-up FTL drive or the clank of a Cylon centurion’s step. But in series creator Ronald Moore’s eyes, Galactica didn’t have to be a science fiction show.

Moore, the force behind the reimagined version of Battlestar Galactica that ran from 2003 to 2009, says he deliberately steered the show away from classic science fiction tropes, partly because of his long years writing for Star

Heard the big sci-fi rumor? Messages boards went wild over the weekend based on an unsourced report that George Lucas might be making another Star Wars trilogy, timed to land after the planned 3-D re-release of the first six episodes.

Some fans swooned over the possibility while others — still seething over the second batch of Star Wars films and other gripes — spewed bile on the idea. While