"In June 1978, 20th Century Fox sued Universal Studios (producers of "Battlestar Galactica") for plagiarism, copyright infringement, unfair competition, and Lanham Act claims, claiming it had stolen 34 distinct ideas from "Star Wars".Universal promptly countersued, claiming "Star Wars" had stolen ideas from their 1972 film "Silent Running", notably the robot "drones", and the "Buck Rogers serials" of the 1930s.