# Battlestar Galactica: Will Ron Moore actually do it? (HUGE FRAKKING SPOILER) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-will-ron-moore-actually-do-it-huge-frakking-spoiler/385997 "2006-12-29T16:42:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-will-ron-moore-actually-do-it-huge-frakking-spoiler/385997/21 "2006-12-30T01:04:09Z")
[QUOTE=levdrakon] Anyway, I’ll believe this particular character is dead for good only when the show is finally canceled and she actually was dead for good. [/QUOTE] You’re mixing your tenses and confusing me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-will-ron-moore-actually-do-it-huge-frakking-spoiler/385997/22 "2006-12-30T02:40:38Z")
Earlier, when Starbuck went to caprica to retrieve Apollo’s Arrow, didn’t a 6 say she was important? it also seemed that Leoben thought she was “special” in some way too… implying that she had a larger role to play. Wonder if this has been forgotten, or if it’s finally coming to fruition. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-will-ron-moore-actually-do-it-huge-frakking-spoiler/385997/23 "2006-12-30T06:31:43Z")
From The Patriot Resource: 12/29/06: Speculation time from The Patriot Resource: Adding in the tease from the promos, Kara’s destiny will likely be to find Earth. We’ll also find out that her mess of a personal life was what has been written in the prophecies and contribute to her being able to find Earth. These two things will form the basis of rehabilitating her character in Season 4. Leoben’s efforts (and the Cylons) were to draw that knowledge out of her. Kara disappears after she realizes the secret to finding Earth. We likely won’t know if it’s the seven known models, the five unknown models or the “Ship of the Lights” that grabbed her. She might even strike out for Earth on her own. 12/29/06: One Season 3.5 promo states “One will die. One will realize they are a Cylon. And One will find Earth.” [We know that with Kara’s “destiny,” she’ll likely fulfill at least one of those.] So I stand by my previous. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-will-ron-moore-actually-do-it-huge-frakking-spoiler/385997/24 "2006-12-30T09:29:47Z")
If that spoiler is correct, then - and note that I haven’t seen any of S3 yet - I hope they’ll wrap it all up then. Now _that_ would be ballsy. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-will-ron-moore-actually-do-it-huge-frakking-spoiler/385997/25 "2006-12-31T11:30:33Z")
How’s BSG doing in the ratings? Because I’d really like it to come to a firm end rather than just be cancelled. I can just imagine them killing off humanity entirely. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-will-ron-moore-actually-do-it-huge-frakking-spoiler/385997/26 "2006-12-31T17:23:02Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] From The Patriot Resource:…So I stand by my previous. [/QUOTE] If that’s true it’ll be really interesting if/how RDM handles the Ships of Light in a way that doesn’t seem cliched. Perhaps we’ll finally get to meet a “Lord of Kobol” 😉 . ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-will-ron-moore-actually-do-it-huge-frakking-spoiler/385997/27 "2007-01-01T02:58:23Z")
[QUOTE=alphaboi867] I wonder what will happen to _Baltar_. [/spoiler] [/QUOTE] Nothing pleasant, but I’m betting he’ll weasel his way out. Baltar is a survivor, and I imagine he can keep everyone dangling as they wait for whatever information he’s got stuffed in his head. Hell, he can be used to play off against Athena, seeing as how they both have exclusive information. Baltar will be fine. As for the character death, I hope not. I’m quite fond of the character. My own preference would be Lee because he’s such an irritating little whiny girl. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![brianmelendez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-will-ron-moore-actually-do-it-huge-frakking-spoiler/385997/28 "2007-01-01T11:13:30Z")
[QUOTE=simster] I still assume that the rumors of the boxed cylon to be true…Does she count as a major? [/QUOTE] “Rumors of the boxed cylon”? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-will-ron-moore-actually-do-it-huge-frakking-spoiler/385997/29 "2007-01-01T13:25:24Z")
[QUOTE=brianmelendez] “Rumors of the boxed cylon”? [/QUOTE] Rumour has it that one of the Cylon models is to be taken out of service by the others. Most likely going to be De’anna when she becomes even more insane than she currently is ---
**Author:** ![brianmelendez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-will-ron-moore-actually-do-it-huge-frakking-spoiler/385997/30 "2007-01-01T13:28:39Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] Rumour has it that one of the Cylon models is to be taken out of service by the others. Most likely going to be De’anna when she becomes even more insane than she currently is [/QUOTE] Ah. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-will-ron-moore-actually-do-it-huge-frakking-spoiler/385997/31 "2007-01-01T13:46:23Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] How’s BSG doing in the ratings? Because I’d really like it to come to a firm end rather than just be cancelled. I can just imagine them killing off humanity entirely. [/QUOTE] Mr. Rilch and I went to a sneak preview of the mid-season finale last month. There was a short Q&A with some of the writers afterwards, in which they admitted that the ratings are not high enough to guarantee survival. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-will-ron-moore-actually-do-it-huge-frakking-spoiler/385997/32 "2007-01-01T17:19:15Z")
That’s sad, but I hope they’ll view it as an opportunity to go out in style, rather than leave it as a cliff-hanger and then try to negotiate a 4th season. Finish it and move on. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-will-ron-moore-actually-do-it-huge-frakking-spoiler/385997/33 "2007-01-01T18:25:32Z")
Speculating based on \*\*Silenus’ \*\* spoilered text: One will die = Xenabot, death being her getting boxed. One will realize they are a Cylon = Baltar One will find Earth = Starbuck Thing that worries me…where do you go with the series after you find Earth? Either a final showdown with the Cylons, or ??? It’s gonna be hard to continue after that, I’d think. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-will-ron-moore-actually-do-it-huge-frakking-spoiler/385997/34 "2007-01-01T22:02:58Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] That’s sad, but I hope they’ll view it as an opportunity to go out in style, rather than leave it as a cliff-hanger and then try to negotiate a 4th season. Finish it and move on. [/QUOTE] Even if they don’t get a 4th season BSG is still popular enough to justify another mini-series or a straight-to-DVD movie. If they do get a 4th season I’d like to see them spend it leading up to a definate conclusion instead of holding out for a 5th season (the cast signed 5 yr contracts). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-will-ron-moore-actually-do-it-huge-frakking-spoiler/385997.md?page=1)