I am a huge fan of the series. #2 was by far the worst but I still enjoyed it. #3 was def better than #2 and brought back some of the characters from #1. The budget was obviously minimal for #3 but i think they did a good job. As for the TV series, Its slow and terribly made, but after I watched many episode I began to realize they are just very slow at developing characters. It looks like the cinematic interludes for a game made around 99-2k. The TV is great to put on in the background if you are doing something else and need some background noise. The one thing the TV series does that the movies couldn't illustrate was the whole war, with the various campaigns and planets. In the end you should just watch it all because SST rules.
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