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Joseph Mallozzi reveals episode stories in his blog

We recently reported that Joseph Mallozzi revealed the names of the episodes which were being worked on by the writers of both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. Mallozzi didn’t distinguish which show each episode was slated for until just recently.

Stargate SG-1
– Collateral Damage
– Ripple Effect
– Ethon
– Stronghold
– Off the Grid
– Untitled: “off-world ambassador story”
– Untitled: “return of THAT character story”

Stargate Atlantis
– Critical Mass
– Grace Under Pressure
– Untitled: “Sister City story”
– Untitled: “Genii story”
– Charlie

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Stargate SG-1 Season Nine Guide

Get Ready For Something New

Images from the SciFi Channel’s promos aired June 6, 2005, and June 10, 2005, have been added to the Season Nine page in the StargateWiki. Viewers were treated to learning more about Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell, who comes to the SGC to reunite the old members of SG-1. Mitchell finds himself quickly learning from the best, but apparently getting a little overwhelmed, asking for directions to the Stargate!

It is a fun view of what’s coming up, including a formidable foe in the form of the Doci from “Origin”. This representative of the Orii, the fiery gods, is met by Daniel Jackson on the planet Celestis in another galaxy. The Orii are ascended beings who manifest themselves in a wall of fire, seen behind the Doci in the screencap.

Also included is a quick glimpse of Gen. Jack O’Neill. It appears at first that it is Mitchell who is speaking with him, but further close examination revealing the rim of eyeglasses leads to the conclusion that it is Daniel instead.

The “Get Ready For Something New” promo mixes many older action shots from earlier seasons. Included are glimpses of scenes from “Full Circle”, “Lost City”, and “Moebius”. Current Season Nine images of Lt. Col. Samantha Carter are not yet available, it appears.

Season Nine of Stargate SG-1 will premiere on Friday, July 15, at 8PM Eastern on the SciFi Channel.

Links to discussion threads for Season Nine episodes on our Stargate SG1Solutions Forum

A few new spoilers for Season Nine

Executive Producer Joseph Mallozzi has been keeping us up to date with all of the movies he’s watching in his new home theater, which flavors of ice cream are his favorites, and which television shows he enjoys in his new blog at Gateworld. In addition to answering questions in his “Ask Joe Mallozzi” thread, he places notes of his progress as writer and producer for the Stargate franchise.

His latest entry, dated May 27, has the following to say about production of Season Nine: “As I expected, it was a busy week. We prepped the big mid-season SG-1 two-parter – The 4th Horseman I and II. The show’s 9th season continues to add to its already impressive list of guest stars. Watch for ex-X-Files semi-regular William B. Davis to make a couple of appearances as well as the very talented Cameron Bright (who you may recognize from his performaces in Godsend opposite Robert DeNiro, and Birth opposite Nicole Kidman).”

Although we’ve gotten the titles for thirteen episodes, we think, of Stargate SG-1‘s ninth season, the episode order is still up for grabs. The relatively unknown “The Order” doesn’t seem to have a place, so it gets shuffled around quite a bit. Mallozzi did mention, however, that Vala and Carter appear together in “Beachhead”, and Executive Producer/Writer/Show Runner Robert C. Cooper mentioned only six episodes in his recent Cult Times interview, so “Beachhead” will most likely be the sixth episode rather than the seventh as previous assumed.

Mallozzi continued in his blog entry: “We cut Ex Deus Machina (Chris Judge did such a great job that I immediately went down to set after watching the Director’s cut and told him as much) and Paul cut Instinct [Stargate Atlantis episode] while I started beating out an outline for our next script (tentatively titled “Convergence”) that, if all goes as planned, may see the return of a much-loved, sorely-missed character. Over on the Babylon location, Ben Browder continues to impress, insisting on performing his own stunts and taking a beating (quite literally) for his troubles.”

In “Ex Deus Machina”, the Free Jaffa are tracking down the whereabouts of former System Lord Ba’al. Intelligence gathered by Gerak (played by Lou Gossett, Jr.) had that Ba’al had been hiding on Earth ever since the defeat of the System Lords at the end of Season Eight. Gerak sent a Jaffa to Earth secretly and that Jaffa ends up dead (he was formerly under the service of Lord Yu). Gerak challenges the relationships among the Jaffa, Tau’ri and Tok’ra and that very challenge brings Teal’c’s loyalty under question.

In “Babylon”, Mitchell finds himself in a major fight with the Sodan Jaffa, a group of Jaffa who sought Kheb five thousand years ago, but found a different planet instead. The Sodan worship the Ancients as gods, until a Prior of the Orii happens to make his vie. The leader of the Sodan, Lord Haikon (played by Tony Todd), thinks he has found the true gods in the Orii and Mitchell attempts to tell him otherwise. Mitchell is captured by the Sodan after the fight and is then trained in the fighting practices of the Sodan, just so he may participate in a ritual fight to the death.

Lord Haikon is due to make a reappearance in the season two-parter, “The Fourth Horseman”.

Speaking of “The Fourth Horseman”, Mallozzi advised fans in his Q&A on May 22: “Check out the big mid-season two-parter, The Fourth Horseman, in which a certain someone from her [Samantha Carter] past drops in to lend a hand – with poignant consequences.” This sounds like Orlin might indeed return as originally thought. Mallozzi didn’t mention Sean Patrick Flanery, who originally played the role in “Ascension”, so it is possible that Orlin might return in another form, much like Oma Desala did for Daniel (such as in “Maternal Instinct” and “Meridian”). No word one way or the other has been confirmed, so this is mere speculation at this point. [Edited to add: Mallozzi posted on his Q&A after this article was first released: “We know now that Sean Patrick Flannery will not be playing Orlin again in The Fourth Horseman I and II. Instead, the part will be played by the terrific Cameron Bright. How is this possible, you’re no doubt asking. Well, there’s a very good reason Orlin’s appearance has changed…”]

So, here are the 13 episodes we have thus far — remember the order is still tentative:
9.01 “Avalon Part 1”
9.02 “Avalon Part 2”
9.03 “Origin Part 3”
9.04 “The Ties That Bind”
9.05 “The Powers That Be”
9.06 “Beachhead”
9.07 “Ex Deus Machina”
9.08 “Babylon”
9.09 “The Order”
9.10 “The Fourth Horseman Part 1”
9.11 “The Fourth Horseman Part 2”
9.12 “Collateral Damage”
9.13 “Convergence”

Season Nine on the Stargate SG-1 Solutions Wiki (StargateWiki)
GateWorld: Joseph Mallozzi’s Blog and Q&A

Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell and the Sword in the Stone

When Stargate SG-1 opens its ninth season with a three-part opener (“Avalon Part 1”, “Avalon Part 2”, and “Origin”), the newly-formed SG-1 plunge themselves into another Ancient legacy: Avalon. Arthurian legend wouldn’t be complete without King Arthur, Merlin, Excalibur, and knights, and writer Robert C. Cooper rises to the challenge of combining our myths and legends with the mythology of Stargate.

Also rising to the challenge of bringing these stories to life were Stargate SG-1‘s new cast member Ben Browder and show fight coordinator James “BamBam” Bamford. The two men worked several hours in coordinating and executing a sword fight between Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell and a knight after Mitchell pulls the legendary sword from the stone. (The props department displayed this sword at a recent convention and labeled it “Excalibur”.) What is impressive about the sword fight is that Ben Browder performed the stunt himself.

Bamford had this to say about the casts of both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis (for which Bamford is stunt coordinator) in his Q&A thread on the GateWorld Forum: “The cast on SGA and on SG1 are both fantastic. Every actor is an individual. Some prefer to do everything themselves…others don’t. It is my job to ensure that the action sequences look their best while at the same time keeping the actors safe and sound. All of our actors enjoy the rush of doing their own stunts as much as I do, but sometimes it is not safe enough to risk the well being of any actor.”

Concerning the broadsword fight in which Mitchell finds himself in “Avalon”, Bamford stated, “Ben has had some prior sword training so he was a natural. I had about 6 hours of rehearsal time in total with Ben, before the shoot date. We always rehearse just before we roll the camera, a couple of times, to jog the brain on the moves. That scene took 1 full 12 [-hour] day to shoot and about 3 hours on second unit shooting to finish. I think you will be impressed with Mr. B!!”

Discuss “Avalon” on our Stargate SG1Solutions Fan Forum.

According to Joseph Mallozzi, executive producer and writer, the primary resource used for the Arthurian legend was Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur. Visit Amazon.com (US) or Amazon.com (UK) for more information about Malory’s Morte D’Arthur (Oxford World’s Classics).

More shuffling is predicted before it is all said and done!

In a recent post on the Gateworld Forum, Joseph Mallozzi stated that Carter will return in the episode, “Beachhead”. Since we know that Carter will be in “Ex Deus Machina” playing opposite NID Agent Malcolm Barrett, and since we know that Vala is only around when Carter isn’t and is doing six episodes, we’re going to assume that “Beachhead” is the seventh episode and “Ex Deus Machina” follows.

Filming schedules are not always the best way to tell the order that episodes will air. A few prime examples of this are from Season Six where “Frozen” was filmed after “Abyss” and “Full Circle” before “Prophecy”! Also, Season Five’s “Revelations” was filmed before “Meridian” and Season Seven’s “Fragile Balance” before “Fallen”.

Some of the episodes which are listed in our Season Nine Episode Guide page will move around as we discover their rightful places in the airing schedules.

So, here’s a revised episode order for Season Nine. It’s not written in stone (except for the opener and the mid-season two-parter!), but is only a guess based off of various assumptions from spoilers, producers’ comments, writers’ comments, and actors’ comments:

-9.01 “Avalon Part 1”
-9.02 “Avalon Part 2”
-9.03 “Origin” (Part 3)
-9.04 “The Ties That Bind”
-9.05 “The Powers That Be”
-9.06 “The Order”
-9.07 “Beachhead”
-9.08 “Ex Deus Machina”
-9.09 “Babylon”
-9.10 “The Fourth Horseman Part 1”
-9.11 “The Fourth Horseman Part 2”
-9.12 “Collateral Damage”

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