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Back in Time with the Crew of Caprica

By Jordan Riefe

Now that Battlestar Galactica is counting down the end of its run, and with the Television Critics Association press events once again in full swing for 2009, we're looking ahead to a passing of the Galactica torch when the upcoming Battlestar spin-off, Caprica, hits the airwaves in the not-too-distant future. As creator Ronald Moore has revealed, Caprica takes place 51 years prior to the setting of the current Battlestar Galactica and centers around two rival families - the Graystones and the Adamas - that will determine the fate of the 12 Colonies.

Since Caprica still doesn’t have a confirmed air date on SCI FI, we're revisiting our time spent at the 2008 TCAs and the Caprica panel as we get set to say good-bye to BSG. But with Galactica picking up steam toward its final 10 episode run and the end of a fantastic era of revamped sci-fi, we know there's going to be a huge void once the doors close on BSG forever.

Back in July we were on hand at the TCAs where Galactica creator Ronald D. Moore sat down with producer David Eick and writer Remi Aubuchon to catch the press up to speed on Caprica. Although the panel also featured a few of the cast members, we've also included the panel additions of Caprica actors Eric Stolz and Paula Malcolmson.



Paula Malcolmson and Eric Stoltz

For those looking to a future beyond Battlestar Galactica, here's a look at the questions and what went down in July at the Caprica panel while we were there, which is still relevant today since there's no word on the Caprica premiere.

... How often in Caprica will there be reference sort of to the world of Battlestar Galactica? Will we be seeing, like, Gaeta's grandfather ...

MOORE: I don't think so. I'd like to hope that we probably don't do that.

STOLTZ: We say no now.

MOORE: We say no now. It might be one of those things you just can't resist, but I think the plan is not to really do that. We kind of felt ...

AUBUCHON: I think we made a pretty conscious decision to only make the Adamas the only touchstone to that, I think.

MOORE: Yeah.

AUBUCHON: It's also a whole different world. I mean the 12 planets in Caprica - I don't think I'm giving too much away - are not united in - at all. Each planet has its own government, each - in fact, we're calling this the - there's a prime minister on Caprica now, and there will be a lot of -- part of the plotting will be the conflict between the 12 Colonies.

MOORE: Yeah.

AUBUCHON: So it's a very different world.

MOORE: Because presumably, all the people in Battlestar, most of the people came from sort of a federalized universe where all 12 colonies -- it was one president. There's no equivalent to Laura Roslin in Caprica, a president who serves all of the people of the 12 Colonies. At this point in the story, they're all disparate and they're - they war against each other periodically ...