So I had no illusions about that.” He noted he was mainly interested in seeing how fandom responded, and explained that he rarely comes across a Star Trek fan who hasn’t seen Stargate, and vice versa. You have a dedicated audience that really only knows you from that. “Let’s face it - after seven years on Star Trek in my 40s, I was pegged as a science fiction guy. Picardo noted that it was important to have had a number of roles before getting into science fiction. Read moved on to Picardo, asking him if he knew what he was getting into when he joined another science fiction franchise (he was probably best known for playing EMH in Star Trek: Voyager) late in Stargate SG-1’s run: “was part of you like do I want to be known for science fiction - and only science fiction?” To me though, it seems amazing that it’s 17 years - it feels longer to me. “I think SG-1, which went for years, that did a lot of the cementing of that franchise. “It is amazing at how it’s survived and thrived,” Higginson broke in. That said, he said that he hadn’t heard anything official about the future of the franchise. He also noted that there’s been some persistent chatter about the Stargate franchise returning after the news that Amazon purchased MGM, which he pointed to as evidence that fandom was thriving.
Hewlett noted that people don’t say that “hey, you’re on that show,” they say “hey, you’re on that show my parents used to watch!” and Nykl noted that the pandemic has made it harder to connect with fans outside of conventions - everything’s been held on Zoom. Read kicked off the chat by checking in with the actors to see how they’d weathered the COVID-19 pandemic and what they’ve been up to, before looking back on the show that brought them all together: “is that hard to believe that fans are still into almost as fervently as when it was airing ?” Aiden Ford), David Nykl (scientist Radek Zelenka), and Robert Picardo (IOA oversight representative and expedition leader Richard Woolsey). Moderated by David Read of YouTube channel the Dial the Gate, the reunion included David Hewlett (scientist Rodney McKay), Torri Higginson (expedition leader Elizabeth Weir), Rachel Luttrell (Athosian leader Teyla Emmagan), Paul McGillion (medic Carson Beckett), Rainbow Sun Francks (Marine Lt. There, they met a dangerous new enemy, the Wraith.Īt this year’s virtual San Diego Comic-Con, the cast of the show came together for a panel discussion that looked back on the series. The spinoff of the network’s Stargate SG-1 (itself a spinoff of of Roland Emmerich’s 1994 film Stargate) introduced a new team of soldiers and military personnel who journeyed through the Stargate to the distant Pegasus Galaxy to an advanced city left abandoned by the Ancients (an early race of advanced humans). It’s been 12 years since Stargate fans travelled to the Pegasus Galaxy with Syfy’s Stargate Atlantis.
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