Its voyage from its original homeworld (implied to be Earth) has lasted thirteen generations, so many of its inhabitants have been born and will die without ever setting foot on solid ground.

This does not please the antagonist, Elijah Kalgan (John Phillip Law), who conspires with the pirates infesting the nearby Corona Borealis system and the ship's Chief Engineer MacPhearson (James Ryan).

According to credited director David Winters, the casting of Reb Brown as the lead was due to the positive reviews he received for a previous film.

Upon receiving the news, he passed on the directorial duties to his assistant director Neal Sundstrom, and took the first plane from its filming location in South Africa back to the United States.

[1] Eventually, the law firm in charge of the production contacted him to explain that on the contract with the investors, it was agreed that they would get a film directed by David Winters, and could sue if not delivered as such.

Not feeling up to the task, Winters with producer Hope Holiday decided that he could stay in a hotel in Johannesburg for the remainder of the shoot and if any investors showed up he could go to set.

[1] Danny Reagan, in his review published in the Abilene Reporter-News, found it enjoyable and said it "is strictly B-grade sci-fi movie fare, but pretty good B-stuff.

It was a South African film that was really fun and really dumb and gave us the gift of having a character killed off pointedly one moment and then, five minutes later, sitting back at her desk".

"'[7] In 2020, the plot of Space Mutiny was adapted for an audio drama Saga of a Fugitive Fleet, that served as an unofficial continuation of the original Battlestar Galactica series.