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A Battlestar Galactica Prequel Series on the Way

Posted by Zonk on from the they-evolved-they-have-a-plan dept.

kumasame writes "The Sci Fi Channel has announced it will create a prequel to Battlestar Galactica, as the series enters its final season. The two-hour pilot for the production, called Caprica, is expected to be shot in Vancouver this spring with shooting for the series to follow. The first episodes are expected to air this fall. In a Q&A session held yesterday, the creators and stars of the show revealed a number of tidbits of information about the new show and last season of BSG."

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  1. Lets call it a "do over"` by Shivetya · · Score: 3, Interesting

    because the show jumped the shark in the third season killing off Starbuck only to show her coming back next season.

    Really, I was enjoying the show very well until deep into the third we had four lead character singing that damn song and Starbuck dieing and coming back.

    Caprica - subtitled "Oops, sorry 'bout that"

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    * Winners compare their achievements to their goals, losers compare theirs to that of others.
    1. Re:Lets call it a "do over"` by magarity · · Score: 5, Interesting

      and Starbuck dieing and coming back.
       
      There wasn't a body - she just disappeared. So whether she was killed or not is left to your imagination. Maybe she fell into a trans-warp dimensional flux rift in spacetime or somesuch Star Trekish thing.
       
      Also, remember the prophesy the priest revealed way back when they were still at Kobol: a renegade demon will lead the way to Earth. Has everyone just assumed that referred to a Sharon?
       
      Personally, I'm still holding out for Ellen to be the final Cylon. She was too much of a mess otherwise.

    2. Re:Lets call it a "do over"` by kalirion · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I never understood myself how they made the connection from having a song stuck in their head to being cylons.

  2. Re:Creation of the Cylons? by BlackSnake112 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    One other thing that I've been wondering about. If the Chief is a cylon, is his new wife a cylon? If not then they also have a cylon/human hybrid.

    And also, who tipped off that there were 12 models?

    But...
    Remember how the cylons keep saying that all this has happened before? Maybe the cylons are trying to figure out what happened/ where they could have done better and this is all a cylon simulation. Everything. The cylons recreated people from the past (all cylon) programed to be those real people. So the entire series is a simulation of past events.

    I gonna get so flamed for this...