"Battlestar Galactica" returns in season four with a two-part episode entitled "Razor," and with it, comes a new female character.
For this episode only, we are introduced to Kendra Taggert, a Major from the now-destroyed Pegasus, who lost it when the war with the Cylons started, and is somewhat unhinged now. Her mother was a Quorum delegate who had to call in a few favors to get her aboard the Pegasus, with the expectation Kendra would command the fleet eventually. Another chick in her late 20’s, Kendra should fit in with the other female leads on “Galactica” now, not to mention the fact that she could relate to Lee Adama, given their similar circumstances.
The last season of “Galactica” drew some criticism from fans and critics alike for its unbalanced portrayal of its normally strong female characters. President Roslin’s cancer has relapsed and she had little to do during Gaius Baltar’s trial; Starbuck went more nuts and died only to return in the final moments of the season; and Roslin’s assistant, Tory, who has had nothing to do after rigging the presidential election during season 2, was revealed as a Cylon. With this new addition, are we being set up for more of the same? The Amazonian Cylon women also seemed shortchanged last season. I wouldn’t mind a little more asskicking.
We can also expect a few flashback scenes with a 20-something Admiral Adama, back when he was a rookie fighter pilot.
The two-part season premiere starts filming next week.
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Executive Producers: David Eick, Ronald D. Moore, Harvey Frand
Writer: Michael Taylor
Director: Felix Alcala
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SciFi channel’s critical wunderkind Battlestar Galactica begins filming its fourth season this week and already some information has leaked from the set as to what to expect from the two hour January premiere. Amongst other things, Battlestar Gallactica will be adding new characters, and flashing back to reveal more about the past of Admiral Adama.
The new character is named Kendra Taggert, a shell-shocked former Pegasus officer described as ‘loopy’. Taggert is apparently a silver spoon child, getting her post a rank through her mother’s governmental connections. Taggert apparently developed her PTSD like affliction during the first Cylon attack, and has most certainly not recovered.
There is a possibility we will meet Taggert in the Pegasus direct to DVD movie to be released in the fall, prior to the premiere of Galactica Season Four. That would be an interesting move since as of right now the impression is that there will be minimal connective tissue between the Pegasus movie and the Galactica series.
On other spoiler related matters, it looks like we will be going way back to see Admiral Adama in his twenties, during his heyday as a hot shot viper pilot. Can’t give you much information on what baring that has on the events of the premiere, but is it possible the old man is going to suit up and take on some raiders? With where Battlestar Galactica left off last season, it looks like they could use every able-bodied pilot they can put together.
Battlestar Galactica returns in January for a run of 22 new episodes. Initially the series was only picked up for half a season, a mistake the SciFi channel quickly corrected when fans expressed some anxiety over the limitations of an 11 episode arc.
There is another rumor developing that Battlestar’s producers have been working out an end game for the series which would play out should the series get a fifth season, which would also qualify the series for a full syndication package.
- Jon Lachonis, BuddyTV Senior Writer
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Breaking News: EDWARD JAMES OLMOS SAYS THIS IS THE LAST SEASON FOR 'BATTLESTAR GALACTICA'
The man behind Adama gives us hints of what to expect and tells about the 2 hour movie as well
By SEAN ELLIOTT, Senior Editor
Published 5/10/2007
LOCATION: Saturn Awards
THE SKINNY: iF MAGAZINE was on the red carpet covering the Saturn Awards at the Universal Hilton this evening and talked to several interesting people from all walks of Sci Fi, Fantasy, and Horror. One of the most interesting things was our conversation with Edward James Olmos, Admiral Adama, from the SCI FI Channel series BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Olmos told iF that this is the final season for the show and what fans can expect to see in the two-hour movie filling the gap between seasons three and four.
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iF MAGAZINE: What’s coming up for season four?
EDWARD JAMES OLMOS: It’s fantastic. I think they’re going to discover some very important issues about what the fan base really, really wants to see and what’s to understand about this show. We’re heading into the final season. This is the final season as we speak. All of us are very saddened by that, but we always knew there was going to be a conclusion and we would find Earth, so we will be finding Earth this season. I wish it would [keep going]. I could do 10 years like this season. I think that this is some of finest usages of television that I have been a part of in my life. Bar none. I’ve been doing this for 42 years. I’ve done some really good work in television and motion pictures but there really is nothing like this show. I can honestly tell you that this is one of the finest dramatic pieces work on humanity I’ve ever seen in my life.
iF: Are you wrapped on the series then, yourself?
OLMOS: No, I was just getting started. [Laughs] You’ll see, this year we’ll eat them up and spit them out and they’re going to wish they would’ve gone on for 10 years.
iF: So anything special we can expect for the new season?
OLMOS: You can expect lots of energy. The closer we get to the discovery and the understanding of what this show is really about, the more intense it’s going to get and the more difficult it is to watch.
iF: What can you tell us about the 2 hour movie in between seasons?
OLMOS: My involvement is minimal; it’s more of a situation about what happened to the Pegasus prior to getting to us. It’s a very powerful piece of work. The writing is…these kids are doing very well! Ron Moore, I don’t think he’ll ever have this opportunity again.
iF: Will Adama and Roslin heat up for this final season then?
OLMOS: Probably! [Laughs] We’re heating it up. We’ve been pretty intimate without getting intimate. It’s heating towards that. My instincts are that it’s going to do a tremendous about face.
iF: How did you react to the resurrection of Starbuck?
OLMOS: That’s interesting. I’d like to know what that means myself, because we thought she was gone. We were all led to believe that. We weren’t even around when they filmed that shot. We saw it at the end like everybody else. The best part of working with a really understanding group of people so they kept it.
Battlestar Galactica's search for Earth continues to be an open-ended adventure, executive producer David Eick said.
Contrary to comments by Edward James Olmos (Adm. Adama) at the Saturn Awards on May10, no end has been announced for the award-winning show. Battlestar Galactica is preparing to film its fourth season, one that will include 22 episodes, rather than the previously announced 13.
"For those of you who have been paying attention over the years, this is not the first time Eddie has made an announcement about the possibility of the show's end," chuckled Eick. "I promise you that when [executiuve producer] Ron [Moore] and I make a decision about Galactica's future, we'll let you know."
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'Battlestar' burns out next year
Sci Fi Channel drama will end run after fourth season
By JOSEF ADALIANLow-rated but critically worshipped Sci Fi Channel drama "Battlestar Galactica" will sign off next year after its fourth season, producers said Thursday.
Move isn't a stunner. Rumors about the show's fate have been swirling for months, and the skein had to fight to get renewed for a fourth season.
Despite some of the best reviews for any show on TV -- and a fiercely loyal fan base -- "Battlestar" is a very expensive show to produce, especially for a cable net. Sci Fi has tried to turn that buzz into bigger ratings, but the show never seemed to break out beyond a core niche.
Sci Fi stuck by the skein, however, because of its status as a signature program for the net.
Exec producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick issued a joint statement saying it was their decision to end the series.
"This show was always meant to have a beginning, a middle and, finally, an end," producers said. "Over the course of the last year, the story and the characters have been moving strongly toward that end, and we've decided to listen to those internal voices and conclude the show on our own terms."
Producers promised to end the show "with a bang."
Sci Fi exec VP of original programming Mark Stern said the cabler respected Eick and Moore's call.
"We have always known that Ron and David had a plan for 'Galactica,'" he said.
"Battlestar" will begin its fourth season with a two-hour episode in November. It will then return in early 2008 to finish out its 22-episode run.
Cabler hasn't yet said if it plans to move forward with a proposed "Battlestar" prequel series.
For his part, Eick remains busy. He's exec producing NBC's buzzworthy "Bionic Woman" remake and has a slew of other projects in development.
'Battlestar's' Fourth Season Will Be Its Last
Space opera will go out with a 'bang'
June 1, 2007
On Friday, June 1, "Battlestar Galactica's" executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick announced that the fourth season of Sci Fi Channel's Peabody Award-winning show will be its final season. The 22-episode season is currently being shot in Vancouver.
"This show was always meant to have a beginning, a middle and finally, an end. Over the course of the last year, the story and the characters have been moving strongly toward that end and we've decided to listen to those internal voices and conclude the show on our own terms," say Eick and Moore in a statement. "On a personal level, it's been a creative privilege and an honor for all of us who work on the show and we know we'll be lucky to ever see its like again. And while we know our fans will be saddened to know the end is coming, they should brace themselves for a wild ride getting there -– we're going out with a bang."
Mark Stern, Executive Vice President of Original Programming at Sci Fi, adds, "We respect the producers' decision to end the series and are proud to have been the home of this groundbreaking show. We have always known that Ron and David had a plan for 'Galactica' and trust that fans can look forward to a truly amazing final season."
The latest season began with the Cylon occupation of New Caprica and ended with Baltar's (James Callis) trial and the unveiling of new Cylons.
A special two-hour extended event, titled "Razor" will premiere in November, setting the stage for the remainder of the season that will start in early 2008.
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'Galactica' Producers Discuss the End
Ron Moore, David Eick say it feels like right time
By Rick Porter
The official announcement didn't come until Friday, but "Battlestar Galactica's" executive producers had an idea that the show was nearing its end point several months ago.
"I think it was somewhere around the midpoint of [last] season, when we were working on the story where we'd gotten to the algae planet and discovered the temple" devoted to the final five Cylons, executive producer Ron Moore told reporters Friday. The discovery of the temple led to Cylon D'Anna Biers (Lucy Lawless) catching a glimpse of the final five, and that in turn triggered a beacon that pointed the way to Earth for the human fleet.
"And by the end of the season, we had taken that moment and moved it to the revelation of four of the five Cylons, and one of our characters had actually been to Earth and seen it," Moore notes. "But that was sort of the moment where we started to feel like, if we don't start to pay this off and don't really reveal those secrets and move in that direction, we'd get to a place where it would feel like we're jerking [around] the audience."
Not wanting to do that, and feeling like they could wrap things up in one last batch of episodes, Moore and fellow executive producer David Eick told the Sci Fi Channel that they wanted to bring the Peabody Award-winning, critically hailed "Battlestar Galactica" to a close.
"This is a decision that took some time to arrive at, and like all decisions this large, there were a number of questions we had internally and a creative agenda we wanted to serve. I think we all had to collectively decide when we wanted to be definitive about it. That time is now," Eick says.
The network wasn't exactly thrilled with the idea of giving up its most buzzworthy show, but Moore says once he and Eick made their case, Sci Fi didn't stand in their way either.
"They didn't really fight with us," Moore says. "They expressed concern that the show might be able to go on longer and wanted to make sure we weren't passing up opportunities to continue telling stories, but they were very accommodating. When David and I were very clear that this was what we really, definitively wanted to do, they supported us."
In addition to the 22-episode fourth season, which will begin early next year, "Battlestar" will also air a two-hour event titled "Razor" in the fall. The project grew out of a proposal to release a couple of original episodes direct to DVD, but Eick and Moore thought they wouldn't be able to pick up the main storyline in that format.
Instead, they say, "Razor" will skip back a little in time to delve into the story of the Pegasus, another Battlestar that played a role in the show's second season. "Some of the events of the Pegasus' back story during the original Cylon attack are dramatized, and some after the death of Adm. Cain [Michelle Forbes] while Pegasus is still in the fleet are covered," Moore says.
The episode will also set up some of the events of season four, the producers say, though it won't officially be considered part of the season.
Eick and Moore also promise that while they may not tie up "every single thing about every relationship" by series' end, they won't leave fans hanging as to whether the fleet reaches Earth.
"The end of season three showed a glimpse of Earth; you actually saw it. And you will see more of it," Moore says. "We're going to get to a place that we're going to call Earth by the end of the series."
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