Battlestar Galactica almost ruined the entire show with a canceled history of season 1

By Chris Snellgrove | Published 19 seconds ago

He Battlestar Galactica Reboot mentioned quite a lot as a figure to which both the cylons and a handful of humans worship as a different deity of Kobol’s lords. This figure seemed an abstract belief during much of the program until the end of the series confirmed more or less that this superior figure was real and that some of our characters had been receiving divine visions. While the Battlestar Galactica Fan Community is divided into making this deity a tangible force in the universe, most fans do not realize that God was almost introduced at the end of season 1.

Battlestar Galactica almost chooses God

The end of two parts of season 1 “Kobol’s Last Gleaming” was a showstopper in which the fleet discovered Kobol and expected him to point out the way to the earth. Meanwhile, tensions and power struggles arise between President Roslin and Commander Adama, the latter of which is unexpectedly fired by Boomer after she successfully destroys a Cylon Based. This Battlestar Galactica The episode had a bit of everything, but the producers almost included Baltar recognizing a song by Jimi Hendrix and discovering a character of God who would have been played by Dirk Benedict.

You don’t have to say that it would have been bold to Battlestar Galactica Introducing a tangible God in season 1, and the Ronald Moore showrunner always liked to make such great narrative changes. Why, then, we didn’t see the character of God from Benedict talking to Baltar? In summary, Syfy Mark Stern executive thought everything sounded Hokey, and Moore agreed, finally cutting this plot by completely pointing out “Kobol’s last brightness.”

For once, we are glad for the intrusion of the network because such introduction to God could have ruined the rest of the show. That is because the things Moore reluctantly eliminated the end of season 1 were the things that Battlestar Galactica Fans hated in later seasons, including the random use of a song by Jimi Hendrix and the final revelation of the series that God is real. The saving grace of the program at that time was that it was popular enough that these fragments of stories “Hokey” were not enough to sink the program, and even the failed landing of a series ending was not enough to destroy our collective impression of the program.

But imagine if the first season of Battlestar Galactica He ended with a character who had a sincere heart with literal God after attacking Jimi Hendrix. Honestly, “Hokey” is probably a too generous description for this idea of ​​bonkers. It was bad enough to accept characters to listen to Hendrix in later seasons, especially after the end of the series confirmed that he would not be born for many millennia. And the confirmation of the existence of God would possibly throw all future stories out of the possible because fans would have to discuss whether the free will exists or if everything happens (example) by its order.

Fortunately for all of us, Battlestar Galactica He maintained this wild idea of ​​season 1 and did not tortured us with revelations about God or Hendrix until much later. Those posterior plot points became some of the weakest aspects of the entire series, and we are grateful that they did not appear before and ruin the renewal possibilities of the program. If that had happened, fans would probably begin to attract higher power to recover this seminal science fiction series.

And you know what that would mean: a batch Very specific fan email for Dirk Benedict.