SGA Characters Confirmed for SGU Season 2 Appearance

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From Gateworld

Stargate Universe has featured appearances from several members of the original cast of Stargate SG-1 during its first season. But what about Stargate Atlantis? That crossover that fans have been hoping for is officially happening!

Executive producer Joseph Mallozzi confirmed on his blog that two members of the Atlantis cast have been signed to appear in an episode of SGU’s second season. The crossover will happen in episode 15, “Seizure,” written by Remi Aubuchon (likely airing in early 2011).

Season Two’s thirteenth episode, “Alliances,” is currently filming.

Of course, bringing in faces from the city of Atlantis means that certain outstanding questions from the end of that series need to be answered — or at least hinted at. Is the city still in San Francisco Bay (“Enemy At the Gate”)? If its gate supercedes Stargate Command for incoming wormholes, has Earth relocated its Stargate program to the city? And are Ronon and Teyla ever returning to the Pegasus Galaxy to continue the fight against the Wraith?

“There was a reluctance to move ahead with an SGA crossover, particularly on my part,” Mallozzi said, “because the feeling was it would step on the timing of the SGA movie, Stargate: Extinction, the events of which directly [followed] the Atlantis series finale, ‘Enemy At the Gate.’ But given the delay on the movie front and the idea premise pitched out by Remi Aubuchon and Brad Wright, it was decided to go ahead with the crossover. Not a big deal, but it will require some changes to the Stargate: Extinction timeline which, in turn, will beg a host of questions, some of which will be answered in episode #15, some of which won’t … at least not right away.”

Mallozzi assured fans that having the characters put in an appearance on SGU won’t have a negative impact on the Atlantis movie. (That script has been written and is awaiting a go-ahead from MGM.) “The crossover episode will only have a minimal effect on Stargate: Extinction (the heart of the story remains unchanged), and no effect on Stargate: Revolution,” he said.

For Extinction, the SGU appearance “would only necessitate some minor re-jigging to the opening.”

Mallozzi still expects the film will be produced, eventually.

Read more now at Joseph Mallozzi’s blog. Season Two of Stargate Universe begins this fall!

So … need we even ask? Which SGA cast members do you most want to see on Stargate Universe?

So, which two characters will appear?

So, Rodney is the obvious choice for character # 1. Zelenka is possible given his own knowledge of Ancient tech. But I've got a feeling we'll see Woolsey for character #2; there's too much potential to pass up any interactions between himself and Wray.

[NecronLord]

I think you've misplaced this thread a little. It's news, certainly, but not of the mainstream type!

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I think you've misplaced this thread a little. It's news, certainly, but not of the mainstream type!

Wait, did I post it in News and Politics? Whoops...

[Manus Celer Dei]

So, Rodney is the obvious choice for character # 1. Zelenka is possible given his own knowledge of Ancient tech. But I've got a feeling we'll see Woolsey for character #2; there's too much potential to pass up any interactions between himself and Wray.

I wouldn't be too surprised if Keller shows up, considering there's no real medical expert on Destiny at the moment.

I'm surprised by the comment about Revolution, considering Michael Shanks said in january that it was unlikely to ever happen.

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Well never say never.

I'm curious what's going to serve as the catalyst for this crossover. "The Pegasus Project" worked as an SG-1/SGA crossover because they were able to tie the Lost City to the hunt for the Sangraal. Are SGA characters going to come onto Destiny to help repair the ship? Or are the Icarus characters heading back to Earth because something in the Atlantis Database may help them?

[Alyeska]

Well never say never.

I'm curious what's going to serve as the catalyst for this crossover. "The Pegasus Project" worked as an SG-1/SGA crossover because they were able to tie the Lost City to the hunt for the Sangraal. Are SGA characters going to come onto Destiny to help repair the ship? Or are the Icarus characters heading back to Earth because something in the Atlantis Database may help them?

Of course it could be both. SGA characters to help repair the ship exchanging places with key SGU characters who want to examine the Atlantis database for critical information.

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Well never say never.

I'm curious what's going to serve as the catalyst for this crossover. "The Pegasus Project" worked as an SG-1/SGA crossover because they were able to tie the Lost City to the hunt for the Sangraal. Are SGA characters going to come onto Destiny to help repair the ship? Or are the Icarus characters heading back to Earth because something in the Atlantis Database may help them?

Of course it could be both. SGA characters to help repair the ship exchanging places with key SGU characters who want to examine the Atlantis database for critical information.

True. I've got a feeling, though, that it'll be the latter since Wright said we'd be learning what Destiny's ultimate mission was. That or they find a Wraith Hive Ship where it shouldn't be and want to call in AR-1.

I kinda hope Rodney shows up; I'd love to see him drive Rush up the walls.

[Steve]

I might actually watch that episode.

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I might actually watch that episode.

What, you're not watching SGU now? I thought you were watching because of Ming 'I Played Chun Li" Na.

[Themightytom]

I might actually watch that episode.

What, you're not watching SGU now? I thought you were watching because of Ming 'I Played Chun Li" Na.

No JME2 the problem is you routinely come up with better ideas than the shows writers. I hadn't even thought of SG:U characters visiting Atlantis but that could be some pretty cool story. Rush and Eli swap with Rodney and Zelenka or something.

[Themightytom]

If they miss an opportunity to demonstrate RODNEY's reaction to someone else inhabiting his body, I will never forgive them.

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If they miss an opportunity to demonstrate RODNEY's reaction to someone else inhabiting his body, I will never forgive them.

Yeah, I don't want the events of "Duet" forgotten either.

A large part of whether any SGU characters go to Atlantis depends on the state of the SGA sets; I thought they had been dismantled along with the SGC set when filming began on SGU.

[Darksider]

If they miss an opportunity to demonstrate RODNEY's reaction to someone else inhabiting his body, I will never forgive them.

I don't know if they'd be able to do rodney's humor right in SG:U. Universe seems to be trying it's damnedest to ditch the "light-hearted adventure" aspect of the franchise and take it squarely into "gritty and relevant" Neo-BSG territory. I'm not pleased at the change, and half the point of bringing Rodney in goes up in smoke if they don't use him for any humor.

[Steve]

Actually, Darksider's remark hits the nail on the head for the reason I dropped the series after like four episodes. I recently tried to get back into it where I'd left, at the episode "Earth", but I just couldn't stand it. I mass deleted every episode my DVR recorded and removed the series from my series record list.

Besides, I always need space given there's like twenty episodes of NCIS on every week thanks to USA. Plus I'm now getting into Avatar: The Last Airbender.

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Plus I'm now getting into Avatar: The Last Airbender.

A wise choice, I assure you. Best American animated series since the DCAU wrapped.

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If they miss an opportunity to demonstrate RODNEY's reaction to someone else inhabiting his body, I will never forgive them.

I don't know if they'd be able to do rodney's humor right in SG:U. Universe seems to be trying it's damnedest to ditch the "light-hearted adventure" aspect of the franchise and take it squarely into "gritty and relevant" Neo-BSG territory. I'm not pleased at the change, and half the point of bringing Rodney in goes up in smoke if they don't use him for any humor.

Again, it'd be fun to see him drive Rush up the walls with his OCD demeanor. They could have fun playing him off Eli, too.

And it looks like SGU's heading back into the adventure quotient next season given the aforementioned storyline involving the ship's ultimate destination.

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It's confirmed; Woolsey and McKay will be the SGA characters appearing on SGU next season.

[CaptainChewbacca]

It would be funny if McKay ended up in Lieutenant Hooters.

"Why does my back hurt so much?!"

[Zac Naloen]

Interesting that it's episode 15 they appear in, the shows third season fate will already be decided by then so it's not just a cynical ratings push.

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It would be funny if McKay ended up in Lieutenant Hooters.

"Why does my back hurt so much?!"

[CaptJodan]

I'll be interested to see how they play this. The tone of SGU is far different than Atlantis and SG-1. It shows most prominently with General Jack O'Neill of SG-1 vs. General Jack O'Neill of SGU. It's not that they took away all the humor from Jack, but a lot of it is toned down. General O'Neill of SG-1 didn't ever work for me because the character never seemed serious enough to carry the role. General O'Neill of SGU does a better job of this.

When SGU first started, there were a lot of complaints around here about how Carter or McKay could have figured out half the ship's systems before lunch time on the first day, both because they had tons of experience with Ancient technology, and because they were just that good. Because of the tone of SGU, I don't think we'll see that. We may see Rodney crack a problem that Rush can't crack (in fact, I hope we do), but people forget that the tone of the show itself isn't necessarily about our heroes fixing problems or solving ancient mysteries in a 45 minute time period. That's what SG-1 and SGA were. At the same time, it's not strong on humorous antics either.* I expect we'll certainly see some humorous antics with McKay (maybe a long look as James walks by), and he might solve a minor problem or discover a minor answer to a question, but I don't think he'll be turning shields into cloaks anytime soon.

*barring whether they've modified the format some by season 2. There seemed to be a lot of nerd rage about the drastic change of the show in season 1, so they might try and inject more classic SG-1 and SGA into to the series in season 2 for all I know.

[Zac Naloen]

I think SGU has more humour than people give it credit for, the reason may be that the delivery is often extremely dead pan, but also the funniest lines come from the supporting characters rather than the heroes.

FTR, having rented the bluray set and listening to some directors commentaries they were going The SHIELD when they pitched the show, if they follow that narrative structure that means slow build and then a fairly fast paced show for the rest of the run. I don't think we'll see a long run like the first half of the season 1 again.

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FTR, having rented the bluray set and listening to some directors commentaries they were going The SHIELD when they pitched the show, if they follow that narrative structure that means slow build and then a fairly fast paced show for the rest of the run. I don't think we'll see a long run like the first half of the season 1 again.

My thoughts exactly. We've had 20 hours to see the characters set up, to know what they're like, and how they will handle adversity. There's no need to repeat it with Season 2.

[Steve]

Two questions.

A) Lieutenant Hooters? Huh?

B) I don't get the "James" joke. Unless it's a reference to actors having been in another work or the actor having been on SGA as someone different.

[Alyeska]

A) Lieutenant Hooters? Huh?

B) I don't get the "James" joke. Unless it's a reference to actors having been in another work or the actor having been on SGA as someone different.

Her characters last name is James. The jokes are in regards to her bust size.