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Galactica's Future as 'Allegory for the American Revolution'
By Patrick Di Justo
April 19, 2008
NEW YORK -- Where will Battlestar Galactica fans get their heavy dose of revolutionary sci-fi after the show ends?
In Caprica, if Mark Stern has his way. The BSG prequel (the pilot's in the works) will follow Galactica's successful template, tackling weighty issues through science fiction's speculative lens, according to Stern, executive vice president of original programming for Sci Fi Channel.
Stern was the odd man out Saturday at the Galactica panel at New York Comic Con -- as if anyone could compete with the other panelists: actors Michael Hogan (who plays Col. Saul Tigh), Rekha Sharma (Tory Foster) and Michael Trucco (Sam Anders).
After the panel discussion, Wired.com spoke to Stern about the science of Battlestar Galactica and the freedom science fiction offers creative types. Stern also dropped some compelling hints about the future of the Galactica franchise.
Wired: Battlestar Galactica has been called "science fiction without the science." Do you agree?
Stern: "Really? I think the show is science. It's more science than fiction, actually. It's not about transporters and laser beams. The emphasis is so much on being in our world; not having aliens, shooting real bullets, things like that. The science of Battlestar Galactica is our science. Probably the only thing we take liberties with is jumping."
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Battlestar Galactica's 'Escape Velocity" airs Friday, April 25 at 10pm on the SciFi Channel (US).
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