Battlestar Galactica Officially Picked Up For Season 3 SCI FI says it's a 'Go', plus more season 2 info November 16th 2005 08:06pm | Posted by: Jim Iaccino, HNR Associate Editor Return to Flight Deck Homepage After weeks of waiting for the official confirmation from SCI FI Channel, the news posted on SCI FI Wire today proved to be a welcome relief to fans of the new Battlestar Galactica. The tenth episode, entitled "Pegasus," left viewers hanging as to the fate of the battlestar earlier this fall. Although assured that Galactica would return in January to resolve the midseason cliffhanger, fans wanted more of their favorite sci-fi series. They wanted an official 'go' to a third season and when that was not forthcoming, rumors started circulating on the Galactica boards as to whether SCI FI was commited to continuing this show (or not). Well, those speculations can be set aside as a Season 3 is now official. According to SCI FI Wire, the pickup is for 20 episodes with filming to start in Vancouver, Canada in February 2006. The principal cast will return, including: Edward James Olmos (Commander Adama), Mary McDonnell (Laura Roslin), Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck), Jamie Bamber (Apollo), James Callis (Baltar), Tricia Helfer (Number Six) and Grace Park (Boomer). Ronald D. Moore will continue in his role as executive producer and writer for Galactica, along with David Eick. No word has yet been announced about the secondary players, such as Michael Hogan (Tigh) and Aaron Douglas (Tyrol). The second season will also resume with new episodes on January 6, 2006. Episode 211, "Resurrection Ship," will resolve the "Pegasus" cliffhanger, but will then pose its own cliffhanger. A decision was made by Ron Moore to extend the "Resurrection Ship" storyline to Episode 212 as there was too much material to cover in just a single episode. One of the more recent Moore blogs posted on the SCI FI Galactica homepage this past October also indicated that Ron was dissatisfied with one of the later Galactica episodes. "I found myself not only dissatisfied last night," Moore stated, "but positively angry with myself at something I knew in my bones had fallen well below the bar I set for myself and for the show in general. I won't go into it now (maybe later) but it was one of those situations where I looked at something and had to listen to the voice inside my head say, 'You screwed this one up.' Nothing pisses me off more than not making a show the best I think it can be and in this case, there was no one to blame but myself." Sources close to the Battlestar Galactica production have indicated that Ron was referring to the long anticipated Cylon point-of-view (PoV) episode, 218. Apparently, that episode has been trashed and with the extra-episode (212) inserted, 217 will be replacing 218. Whether fans will ever see the Cylon PoV storyline (or not) remains to be determined. Season 2 will end with a two-parter (Episodes 219 and 220) and the "mother of all" cliffhangers. But take heart, Galactica fans, for the first episodes of Season 3 will resolve that crisis. Battlestar Galactica is the highest-rated SCI FI show in its programming lineup, and with the official pickup there is no doubt that it will continue to be a hit on Friday nights. Stay tuned to Flight Deck for more news about upcoming episodes of the new Galactica. Source: SCI FI Wire In: General Battlestar Galactica News |Visit the HNR Forums

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