The late Lorne Greene as Commander Adama, commander of the Colonial battlestar Galactica and leader of the human refugees in their search for Earth. Lorne here is wearing his full dress uniform including the long coat and the white silk-lined cape over it; the unusual lighting of this picture emphasizes that the material is ultrasuede, which does have a suede texture, and makes it look more black than its actual dark blue. It has been suggested that the medallion he wears is the emblem of his ancestral house.

Richard Hatch as Captain Apollo

A rare publicity shot of Richard as Apollo wearing his blue full dress uniform; I’ve only seen one other such photograph, and it only in black and white. Unlike Commander Adama’s uniform, above, the cape of Apollo’s full dress uniform is lined in black material. All insignia and the dress medallion are plated silver. It is probable that the dark blue uniform was full dress for command grade officers, but Apollo, as a pilot, was also free to wear the tan and brown warrior dress uniform as well. The only time he wore this uniform in the series was for his wedding in Lost Planet of the Gods.

A recent photo of Richard Hatch from People magazine, flight jacket over his t-shirt! Note the differences in this flight jacket compared to the one he’s wearing above; the material is more reddish than brown and the piping details are in dark brown or black. This is not an actual BG jacket but a more recent replica and similar to the uniforms worn in his BG trailer.