Battlestar Galactica Creator Reveals Biggest Regret About the Series Finale

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As a gamer who’s spent countless hours immersed in the vast galaxies of sci-fi, I can wholeheartedly appreciate the thoughtfulness that went into the storytelling of Battlestar Galactica. The series finale, much like the ending of a long and engrossing RPG, served up answers to questions I didn’t even know I had, while leaving me pondering the implications for days on end.

Without dwelling on criticisms, it’s clear that the final events of Battlestar Galactica were shaped by a good deal of thoughtful science fiction conceptualization. The storyline, encompassing human history more broadly, was presented as a technologically advanced account of past occurrences from Earth’s far-off past. In the end, the finale episode of this highly praised SYFY series successfully addressed fans’ long-standing questions – albeit in ways that were unanticipated.

Similar to how the introductory scroll at the start of Star Wars unveiled that its space epic was an ancient tale, the final scenes of Battlestar Galactica suggest that the human race’s war against the Cylons in space was a saga from long ago. In this perspective, the entire series can be seen as a prelude to humanity’s survival and a chance to restart civilization, eventually leading to the creation of a fictionalized version of our modern world.

Creator Ronald D. Moore: Battlestar Galactica needed ‘a definitive ending’

Although providing swift responses to one of the most well-known and highly praised sci-fi series ever made, BSG, its ending managed to resolve many of the show’s lingering plot threads — leaving some viewers perplexed, as they had anticipated a more extensive, detailed explanation of its broader narrative.

However, it’s not the series’ final storyline that continues to cause creator Ronald D. Moore any lingering regrets today. Instead, it’s the strong camaraderie and friendships formed among the cast and crew of Battlestar Galactica, a close-knit group who collaborated over four exceptional seasons (and a miniseries) in the early 2000s, to create an unforgettable military sci-fi saga that continues to serve as a benchmark for what the genre can achieve at its finest on television.

Moore expressed during his San Diego Comic-Con talk (reported by Screen Rant), “I felt it was important for Battlestar Galactica to have a conclusive finale. I didn’t want to reassemble the team later on, so I decided to destroy the Galactica, send the fleet into the sun, land them on Earth, and declare, ‘This is the end.’

However, he shared his thoughts, acknowledging that there lingers a portion of him wishing he hadn’t made that decision, for what joy it would bring to collaborate with Edward James Olmos (Captain William Adama), Mary McDonnell (President Laura Roslin), James Callis (Dr. Gaius Baltar), Katee Sackhoff (Kara “Starbuck” Thrace), and Tricia Helfer (Cylon Number Six) again. I’m afraid I might forget their names, but I cherish them all deeply. A part of me yearns for another opportunity to work with this talented group, but I believe we’ve conveyed everything we intended and gracefully reached the end of our act. I am content to let that longing serve as our lasting memory.

Currently, we can merely imagine what the post-series world of BSG could have been, had the final episode offered a touch more resolution to leave Moore yearning for additional closure.

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2024-10-28 20:31