The BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Ending that could have Been - GeekTyrant

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The BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Ending that could have Been

Ranted: March 23, 09

As we all know there are several ways that Battlestar Galactica could have ended, but there was another ending that actually could have happened had the writers strike not happened. Personally I was happy with the way the series ended but there are some fans out there that were not. Here is what Ron Moore tells us the ending could have been:

There was a different ending that we had, it was all about Ellen aboard the Colony. She was sort of turned by Cavil, because she found out that Tigh had impregnated Caprica Six, and that deeply embittered her. And she sort of became dedicated to the idea of destroying Galactica and the fleet out of revenge. And [she and Cavil] got Hera, and then the final confrontation became very personalized between Tigh versus Ellen, and should they forgive.

That was the story, generally speaking. We didn’t have a lot more than just what I spun out to you, when the writer’s strike hit. Over the course of the writer’s strike, I rethought about it and thought, “That’s not going to do it. It’s not epic enough. It’s not interesting enough.” That’s when we decided to start over, and reinvent the last arc of the show.

I agree with changing that ending, it really didn’t seem like it would be epic enough. I am still glad they went the route they did. When Moore was asked if he would ever revisit any of the Battlestar characters in the future he said:

You know, you never say never - which I’ve really learned in this business… I can just tell you that there’s no plan to do anything like that. There’s not even like a notion in ...

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