Yes, Battlestar Galactica Will End … No Matter What Happens With the Writers’ Strike
Even fans that are passionate about writers rights to be paid for their work worry about the fates of their favorite shows. This is especially true for fans of Battlestar Galactica, who have already waited so long to find out the fate of the Galactica crew and their quest to find peace on earth.
BSG executive producer Ron Moore spoke about the fate of the show from the picket lines last week, and GalacticaSitRep was kind enough to post his assurances that the story will end, eventually, no matter what happens with the strike. The cast and crew are committed to the concept and contracts are in place, so fans can support the strike without worrying that it means they will be left stranded and never learn the identity of the fifth Cylon.
"I know that the entire cast and crew and writing staff are eager to finish and it’s very, very important to us to finish, so whenever it’s resolved, we’ll all be ready to go back in and finish the show," Moore says. "We know what the stories are. We haven’t written the scripts, but we know what the stories are, leading up to the finale. "
Moore says that ten episodes will be filmed before the show shuts down production due to the strike, and coincidentally filming will end right after the mid-season cliffhanger. Since the SciFi network was thinking of splitting the show in half anyway, holding the second half of the fourth season to 2009 to increase the network’s revenues from the show, this could actually be good news for Battlestar Galactica fans who like to avoid spoilers. One of the concerns about having great shows on the shelf for that long was that the studio would leak some (or all) of the show information to keep interest high, spoiling the show for the fans before it airs.
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