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Ronald D. Moore Talks Galactica Fourth Season, Finding Earth and Pegasus Movie

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By GustavoLeao / 10:16, 10 June 2007 / General Genre/SciFi

TV with MeeVee posted an exclusive interview with Battlestar Galactica producer Ronald D. Moore, in which he reveals some of his plans for the upcoming fourth (and last) season. Here are few excerpts.

You've already started shooting the fourth season. Is there a definitive ending yet?

We have mapped out in detail half the season. In general terms, we've talked about what the ending of the show is. We all kind of know what the shape of that's going to be. We have a general sense of these events will happen, and this where we're going to end up, but we haven't specifically lined up where say, each individual character is going. We just know the general parameters.


Have you thought about which Earth they're going to reach?


Oh yes, I'm pretty sure what Earth they're going to. I was just on the set yesterday, talking to a couple of writers and we had a new idea that it could be this other time too. That would change a lot of our assumptions about what we're doing, but we're still in a place where we're trying to be free and open to ideas.


Tell us about the new movie coming out midseason.


It's called "Razor." It's a storyline that delves into the Battlestar Pegasus quite a bit - back to the beginning, seeing the Cylon attack, what happens to Pegasus during the Cylon attack, and events that were talked about in backstories when those episodes were originally broadcast. It moves through time actually, sequentially. You get up to the point where Lee is in command of Pegasus and then you start dealing with his first mission as commander of the Pegasus. Eventually things that are said and done in "Razor" set up certain things that happen in the fourth season.

The full interview is here.

Plus, producer David Eick talks about the possibility of a Galactica feature film in a video interview at IESB.



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By: Jean-Luc (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:33:02 on Jun 11, 2007

I'm thinking a smart thing would be to have the show take place a couple thousand years in the past.

I did some two minute research and found the zodiac was credited to the Babylonians. They introduced astrology to the Greeks around 4 B.C.

If the fleet could finish off the Cylons themselves (or find a way to co-exist with them?) and settle on Earth, it would be cool for them to become those early Babylonians and become entwined in our mythology.

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RE: 1980 would be a big mistake | Report this post to moderator
By: SciFiPulse (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:35:47 on Jun 11, 2007

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First off I've read some comments Moore has made about the Glactica reaching earth in the final episode. A 1980 Earth would be of no use to Glactica in dealing with the Cylons who were hot on the trail at the end of season 3.

Besides, the cornerstone to this show is the relationship between humans and Cylons. This show will have to end with some kind of resolution or understanding about this relationship. If this is not dealt with all that has come before the final episode will be for naught. A 1980's Earth opens up new doors and does nothing to complete the story or answer the question about the Cylon/human relationship.


Basically its going to end and here is how I can see it playing out.

The Galactica sets a course and lands on the White House Lawn. G.W. Bush is playing golf and sees this huge space ship armed to the teeth with guns. He calls his millitary adviser and orders them on stand by.

Scene changes to G.W. and the Sentate waiting for the hatch of Galactica to open. (Similar to the scene in Close Encounters at the end of that movie where you have a crowd.)

Admiral Adama who is flanked by Laura Roslin now using a zimmer frame start to approach the president.

Bush flips open his cell phone and orders his millitary chief to hit the red button subsequently killing off every one in his immediate vacinity including the Battlestar Galactica.

Or we could have the episode where they go to a parrallel earth and land on an earth inhabited by Apes. Then the Cylona arrive and form an alliance with the apes and wipe the Galactica and the rest of the colonys out.

Either way.

The End...

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