The one orphic ingredient in the 2d one-half of the terminal time of year of Battlestar Galactica ? Ass - kicking . In the trailer for the final ten episodes of the show shown at the beginning of Saturday ’s BSG panel at Comic - Con , what stood out most was the artillery unit displayed by a surprising issue of cast members as the show hurl towards a destructive conclusion . And as the roll members discourse their memories of the show during the instrument panel , the good moments of shot also affect … well , photograph .
In a panel moderated by Kevin Smith ( who admitted , “ I have nothing to do with the show , which is belike why it ’s so skillful . There was a rumour last year that I would be involved , but fucking Ronald D. Moore nipped that one in the bud ” ) , the cast and crew of “ the single beneficial show in the history of television ” ( Smith ’s word ) talked about what made the show so safe , refused to spoil the identity of the concluding Cylon , but did bring out who was almost one of the final four .
The dialog box start out with David Eick and Ron Moore discourse the downbeat ending of Apocalypse , where – spoilers ! – everyone finds ground :
Eick : We knew we had to end the midseason with something . We argued about whether to reveal that Baltar was the fifth cylon or … wait a minute .
Moore : The end of the first one-half was almost the end of the show , because of the author ’ strike . We were all , well , that would kind of suck . “ They get to Earth and it sucks . give thanks you ! Goodbye ! ” … There ’s a fair amount of , what do we do next ? And then the story continues in unexpected ways . There ’s a tremendous amount of unheaval . It ’s not really the most felicitous - go - lucky ten instalment we ’ve ever done , which I ’m indisputable does n’t come as a surprise .
Eick : Lee gets REALLY fatness this time .
Eick and James Callis also explain how it had take him so long to issue forth to terms with the mutually exclusive nature of Gaius Baltar :
Callis : In an American news report , the bad bozo gets more tail , is that it ? I found making the first stuff … when you ’re advocate that you love god , can you be a complete nympho on the side ? Does that make you less spirtitual ? It choose me three years to work that out . There are so many hoi polloi who have goodness in their heart , but they ’re ghost with something . One exceptional thing . These last few intellect , I ’ve found that Gaius makes peace with himself on that .
Eick : These are the sort of discussion we have when , in the script , it says “ And then Baltar has gender with her . ” An time of day later , we ’re like , James , please , go have sex with her .
Katee Sackhoff , meanwhile , also had a hard sentence with her own eccentric ’s flaw :
It ’s dainty , I guess , to be a purpose mannequin ? It ’s a little shuddery at time , I think . I trust that hoi polloi teach their children to take Starbuck ’s bad and throw it away , the drinking a lot and sleeping around … Use protection . I ’m just vagabond a plenty now , because I have no thought to answer that inquiry … There ’s a fine line that we ’ve adjudicate to walk with her , where she ’s very unspoiled at her caper , and then there ’s a fine line of become her into some kind of superhero . There ’s a fine line of what ’s realistic and what ’s not .
Jamie Bamber accommodate that Apollo had taken on the traditionally female purpose in the serial publication , and maintain having to be rescued by Starbuck , to which Sackhoff narrate him that it was okay ; he should just sit around there and appear fairly rather of interest . Bamber did praise what he call the show ’s “ gender blindness , ” however :
The show is groundbreaking in many areas , specially the way it deals with genders . The men and woman on the show , they lavish together , fell together and still sleep together . It does n’t matter .
The Apocalypse of the show ’s four net Cylons come as a relief to Michael Trucco , who flirt Anders :
I ’m just a freeloader up here . I ’m the Johnny Come Lately . Katee Sackhoff I thank sincerely for my existence . It was like winning the lottery … It was a dream job . I puzzle around , and at the end of time of year 3 , they give me a script that says you ’re a cylon and I ’m like , fucking wow . Guess I ’ll be around for for a while … Aaron Douglas was the first one to tell me [ I was a cylon ] . He was like , dude gallant fashion plate , you get a line ? We ’re gon na be Cylons . And I was like , close up . They do n’t even have intercourse my name on this set . They ’re even calling me Steve .
Eick admitted that , even up to the decision being made , the producers were wavering :
It was like Gaeta ? Anders ? Gaeta ? Anders ? for awhile .
Asked by Smith for their most kick - American Samoa bit from the show ( “ It sounds incorrect when I say it , ” complained Callis . “ Kick - arse . ” ) , a certain theme lead off to appear :
Michael Trucco : When I came on the show . My Mexican standoff with Helo and Sackhoff .
Sackhoff : When Galactica fire its cannon . They ’re really neat . I care it , it ’s neat . My other one has to do with gas pedal as well … The Mexican standoff with Trucco reminded me … When Helo and I rescued Anders , our stuntguy gave me two machine guns and says , “ you could have two motorcar guns ” and I ’m like awe-inspiring . Trucco : The propguy did n’t hand you two throttle , Sackhoff fucking demanded two guns .
Sackhoff : Jamie always inquire me , why are you always the only swat bozo in a t - shirt , and I ’m like , why not ? I just did it . The two gunman , why not ? Two are practiced than one .
Helfer : I gravel to shoot some shooter . last . James and I , we started the first view of the miniseries have sex and we finished the main shot [ of the series ] with shot .
Callis : Filming the end of Battlestar was like being in Apocalypse Now .
Producer David Eick has an alone unlike favorite memory , however :
Eick : It ’s surd to break up one … Hard to identify one as the best . For me , the most memorable moment was watching Starbuck and Number Six pound the entire living shit out’ve each other for an entire human activity at the end of time of year one .
Sackhoff : We beat the living turd out’ve each other . I think we became friends that day .
Eick : They would n’t buss , though , no matter how much I begged them .
Sackhoff : They always said that if the ratings dropped then they ’d do that fight again , but with Jello .
Tricia Helfer : Thank you for keeping the paygrade up .
As to what to ask from the finis of the series , no - one was really giving anything aside , especially not the identity of the terminal Cylon ; Ron Moore did offer “ I can tell you it ’s someone you ’ve seen . It wo n’t be a Edgar Guest - star , ” leading David Eick to joke , “ We did n’t even have to recast Boxey . ” The cast did palpate that the finis lived up to everything that had follow before , however :
Bamber : The finish is an ending . It ’s utterly sublime and a stark way to eat up the show . It took me by surprise . I remember the last readthrough was a disgraceful exhibit of bout and lower lip wivvering as we get to the close . It does everything judge .
Tahmoh Penikett : I die a horrible death , so that ’s stop [ for me ] . I ’m joking – Well , maybe I am . No , the final two episodes are sodding . There ’s a lot of closure to a lot of the storyline , but there are still some query , which are the way that things should be .
Before the venire close with the house trailer for Caprica , Ron Moore explain what made Battlestar Galactica act upon for him :
I think the original show had such a corking premise that they could n’t stay on-key to in their day . lease ’s take that and take it seriously and be bluff . Let ’s never be afraid to make a misapprehension . You attempt to raise the bar every single sequence , twelvemonth in year out , the right way to the very end .
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