Battlestar Galactica’s Biggest Mystery Is Purposefully Tormenting Fans, But There Is An Answer

Posted by Jonathan Klotz | Published 1 hour ago

Battlestar Galactica a great series that helped revive sci-fi. The first two seasons are full of great character moments and intense cat and mouse chases between the Cylons and the Colonial Fleet. In season 3, some believe the show started to take off.

As a fan, I was frustrated by the increasing number of times that destroyed years of character development, and that was before the Final Five was revealed. But as it turns out, showrunner Ronald D. Moore deliberately designed the fate of one character, Starbuck, to confuse and cause fans to fight over it forever.

That’s not speculation; in an interview with SyFy after the finale aired, Moore explained, “I felt, as I got into the finale, that the more I explained what he was, the less interesting he became. So I just made the choice to go out on a vague note and let people argue about it forever. “

Divine Guidance

The output character of Battlestar Galactica revival, Ronald D. Moore, reimagined Starbuck as a woman, Kara Thrace, starring Katee Sackhoff as the hot pilot played by Dirk Benedict in the original series. Although the writers have been praised for creating a strong, multi-faceted character, some of that enthusiasm went out the window in Season 3’s “Maelstrom,” when Starbuck appears to die in his Viper as it enters the atmosphere of a distant planet. He didn’t waste time, reappearing without explanation in the season finale, “Crossroads, Part II,” and offering to guide the Colonial Fleet to Earth.

If it seems like a sudden transition from piloting the Viper to offering the figure of Moses to lead the colonies out of exile, that’s because, again, Moore explains that “This is what you want to think about him. It is left vague and vague on purpose.”

After she died in front of Apollo, Starbuck looked the same, and Katee Sackhoff still played her, but as Moore intended, fans still debated whether the character was human. The creator of the program did not respond to his controversial decision: “And I think he was a representative of a movement that did not like to be called God, but everyone talked about it in a godlike way. If you want to call him an angel, say so.”

There is evidence of a mysterious force guiding him, even years before the beginning of Battlestar Galacticarepresented by the Eye of Jupiter symbol that appears throughout his life, from childhood drawings to strange dreams shortly before his death. The sign had appeared earlier in the season on the walls of the Temple of the Five and within the supernova that guided the ships to their next destination. Specifically, Starbuck’s visions before his mother’s death, the residence, and what appears to be Leoben (Number Two), but it turns out to be a spirit guide.

Harbinger of Death

Hanging over Starbuck’s post-resurrection appearance is a prophecy from the First Crusade: “Kara Thrace will lead the human race to its end. He is the herald of the Apocalypse, the harbinger of death. They must not follow him.”

How does this play out in the final season of Battlestar Galactica slightly opposed, as he leads humanity to its end by taking them to Earth. To the humans, he was the leader of the promised land, but it was to the Cylons that he became Death, the destroyer of the world.

While this is all about speculation, and there is evidence to support almost any reading of the word “harbinger,” I believe that his destruction of the Cylon Resurrection ship and ending their cycle of reincarnation brought about the Apocalypse. There is also the argument that his choices led others to their deaths or, as explained in one of the deleted scenes of Battlestar Galactica included as a DVD extra, Starbuck explains to Apollo that finding the corrupted world fulfills that part of the prophecy.

As Ronald D. Moore intended, there is evidence for all to learn about the nature of Starbuck after his death, from fans who think he was a Cylon to others who believe he was an angel and even a few who go ahead and believe he was God. Going off on a “vague note,” he may have had a connection to Kobol’s creation as he did to The Five, but despite Moore’s intention to leave it really open, that didn’t stop Sackhoff from continuing. his meaning.

No Wrong Answers

Buried in the comments on a photo Katee Sackhoff posted of herself relaxing in the sun was her response to a fan who tweeted asking if Starbuck is a spiritual director. Sackhoff actually answered, saying, “He was a spirit brought to guide mankind to the world and salvation.”

You can see why, ten years later Battlestar Galactica went off the air, fans are still debating about Starbuck. Moore and Sackhoff have two different answers, and based on the evidence presented within the thread itself, neither is wrong.

My belief is that he was an angel sent to lead humanity into exile in a mirror of Moses’ story, but that’s because I don’t think the Cylon evidence is strong. Visions of the Eye of Jupiter, associated with prophecy, seem to point to a divine, spiritual force that moves humanity in a certain direction. The theory that Number 7 was his father, and thus a Cylon, hinges on many other factors, some of which are explained in the show, most notably that Cylon mating cannot produce offspring.

But that’s just my opinion, and thankfully Ronald D. Moore realized that, unlike what was happening with Star Wars, not everything needs a nice and tidy explanation. If you go back and rewatch Battlestar Galactica on Amazon Prime, see what evidence you can find to support Team Angel, Team Cylon, or the infamous but still valid Team She Was A Ghost.