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INTERVIEWS
March 27, 2008
Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell and Ronald D. Moore look ahead to the end of Battlestar Galactica
By Ian Spelling
Earlier this week, SCI FI Weekly caught up with Battlestar Galactica actors Tricia Helfer, Jamie Bamber and Katee Sackhoff, as well as executive producer David Eick, to discuss the April 4 start of Galactica's fourth season on the SCI FI Channel and the fact that the current season will be the show's last.
Here, in additional interviews conducted in New York City at SCI FI Channel's 2008 upfront presentation to advertisers, stars Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, along with executive producer Ronald D. Moore, weigh in on the issues.
Ronald D. Moore, how prepared are you to let the show go?
Moore: Oh, it's hard. It's been such a great ride. It's been such a great experience. It's going to be hard to let it go and to know that there's not a Battlestar sitting up in Vancouver anymore. So it's bittersweet at best.
How will season four differ from what's come before it?
Moore: Well, season four is different in that this season it's one long, continuous season. It picks up, literally, where season three ended, in real time. Lee [Jamie Bamber] and Kara [Katee Sackhoff] are still on their Vipers. The Final Four have just revealed themselves. We're in the middle of what's about to be a space battle. We just pick up in real time, and then it's sort of one long story that branches off in a lot of different directions. There's going to be a lot of shakeup in the Cylon world. A lot of divisions are forming. Different alliances and counter-alliances form over there. Starbuck comes back and says she's been to Earth, and there are immediate questions of who believes, who doesn't believe her. What is she? Do we trust her? Is she a Cylon? Isn't she? That develops its own long storyline. There are a lot of different things that are in motion.
**snippage**
Mary McDonnell, how sad and/or relieved are you that the show is coming to an end?
McDonnell: I'm very sad to let go of the world. I think that's going to be difficult, because it's been an extraordinary opportunity to kind of externalize what we're going through. So it's been a real gift as an artist to be able to play in the realm. It's very hard to let go of the people. But I am very excited about completing this saga. I find that the energy going into the last nine, and knowing that we're completing the telling of the story, is a very unusual experience on television. You have the choice to go ahead and finish the story, and it's very specifically laid out to be bookended. So on that level I'm thrilled. I think it's a great idea. But I honestly don't even know yet what kind of hole it's going to leave. I'm probably just going to have to work for Hillary [Clinton] or something.
**snippage**
Edward James Olmos, how ready are you to get back on set and close out the Battlestar Galactica saga?
Olmos: I would love to just take the slowest, slowest train we can. This is really going to be a very, very sad ending on all the levels. The storylines are very, very dark. The fact that this is the final season, the fact that we won't work with this ensemble again, it's really heartbreaking.
A lot of people were surprised that you actually signed on for Battlestar Galactica ...
Olmos: I was surprised!
**snippage**
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