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Ronald D. Moore on Final Season and Possibility of New Direct-To-DVD Movies

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By GustavoLeao / 10:09, 6 April 2008 / General Genre/SciFi

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DreamWatch Total Sci Fi posted an exclusive interview with Battlestar Galactica executive producer Ronald D. Moore, plus cast members Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Tricia Helfer and Lucy Lawless. Here are few excerpts of the article. Beware of minor spoilers.

Will the identity of the fifth and final Cylon be something you reveal early in the fourth season?


Ron Moore
It will be late in the season, it won't be in the first half.

How has the news of this being the final season affected the way you are writing stories? Are there any storylines that you have found you've had to get rid of?


Ron Moore
We always end up creating more things than we can use. The longer we talk in the writers' room, the more tangents we can spin off of for a long time. It's always about paring down to what is the actual show.
 

The fact that it's the final season just means that we are really focusing on each episode and we don't have any room for an episode that doesn't work. There is a more intense focus and I feel that from the writing staff and the cast, who are very involved in the stories this year. You can just feel that there is a different vibe in Vancouver that this is it and everybody really wants to go out strong.
 

How did it come about that Lucy's supposedly dead character, D'Anna Biers, would return for the final season?


Lucy Lawless
Well, Ron called me and said, "We're bringing you back..."


Ron Moore
The story has to do with ‘un-boxing' D'Anna. There are a lot of people that are very interested in un-boxing D'Anna because she knows certain things and there is a long plot that culminates in what she reveals. It's a pivot point for the upcoming season. Once that happens, things change and drive us to the finale.
 

After the end of this series is there a chance that there could be new direct-to-DVD releases like other retired series (Stargate, Dead Like Me) are doing?


Ron Moore
We'll see. It's possible that we could do more after [Razor], but there are no plans in the works for it. There is a practical limitation because at some point we will strike the sets and they will go away, so it will be very difficult to rebuild Galactica just to do a one-off movie in the future.

The full interview is here.



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By: Natrino (Odo's file, contact) @ 19:50:54 on Apr 06, 2008

I could see some type of anthology series showing various viewpoints during the Cylon attack. These would be individual shorts, one focusing on the commander of another battlestar, one with someone on the ground experiencing the bombing first hand, one with the crew of a small transport ship.

Of course all of these people would be doomed, unless you somehow tie them into groups that were saved and joined the fleet.

Something I'd love to see as a movie would be the first Cylon war starring young Adama, using the same actor from Razor. Seeing a space battle with the classic baseships and Raiders would be amazing.

But I definitely don't want to see any "after Galactica" stuff.


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    By: Zashun (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:56:09 on Apr 07, 2008

    I wouldn't mind seeing a movie or miniseries that focused on the first Cylon war. Especially if it starred Nico Cortez as the young Adama. His version of Adama really grabbed my attention.

    I think it would have alot of oppurtunity to show how the revolt of the Cylons went down, and to include some familiar faces from the original series. Not to mention getting to see Galactica when she was one of the advanced battlestars.

    Razor already showed that the Cylons were trying to create hybrids, so that could be part of the plot. I think that would be at least one way to go for a future Direct to DVD release.


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    By: rico (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:15:28 on Apr 07, 2008

    Yeah...I don't think you'll get any "after Galactica" from what RDM has said in interviews. I think it will have a definite ending. I think there's going to be quite a bit of death...


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By: Capricorn Two (Odo's file, contact) @ 18:47:20 on Apr 06, 2008 | Edit History (1)

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There is a practical limitation because at some point we will strike the sets and they will go away, so it will be very difficult to rebuild Galactica just to do a one-off movie in the future.

I rather S4 bring every to close and no more one-off-movies. It would be nice to see the GALACTICA sets in some amusement park where you can view it - if that's economically viable for NBC Universal. This has been a great cast and crew - the right people in the right time and place - but it's time they go their separate ways.

I rather have Moore and Eick focus on CAPRICA - though I know Eick is working on the TV pilot for CHILDREN OF MEN adaptation. That, in itself, should be interesting.


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By: rico (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:52:51 on Apr 06, 2008

Razor was a good "big-story" to tell that helped add more to the larger mythos. I can't help but believe that there are similar stories to be told from other points in the series. New Caprica story-line seems to be the easiest possibility, but I'm sure there are more.


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