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The article highlighted that [[Entertainment Weekly|''Entertainment Weekly'']] had featured ''Battlestar Galactica'' as their choice for Best Drama Emmy in the lead-up to nominations, and the influential trade magazine [[Wikipedia:Variety (magazine)|Variety]] had discussed the series in their Emmy coverage.<ref group="external" name="bsg_mag_7_emmy_coverage"/> The magazine quoted [[Ronald D. Moore]] addressing the snub directly: "Sci-fi movies and novels have always been considered second-class material. You start with the premise that it's science fiction, it's called ''Battlestar Galactica'' and it's on Sci-Fi Channel. So our show has a lot of obstacles to overcome before anyone's even seen it."<ref group="external" name="bsg_mag_7_emmy_coverage"/> | The article highlighted that [[Entertainment Weekly|''Entertainment Weekly'']] had featured ''Battlestar Galactica'' as their choice for Best Drama Emmy in the lead-up to nominations, and the influential trade magazine [[Wikipedia:Variety (magazine)|Variety]] had discussed the series in their Emmy coverage.<ref group="external" name="bsg_mag_7_emmy_coverage"/> The magazine quoted [[Ronald D. Moore]] addressing the snub directly: "Sci-fi movies and novels have always been considered second-class material. You start with the premise that it's science fiction, it's called ''Battlestar Galactica'' and it's on Sci-Fi Channel. So our show has a lot of obstacles to overcome before anyone's even seen it."<ref group="external" name="bsg_mag_7_emmy_coverage"/> | ||
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The magazine provided extensive coverage of [[Caprica (series)| | The magazine provided extensive coverage of [[Caprica (series)|Caprica]], the planned prequel series then in development.<ref group="development" name="bsg_mag_7_caprica_coverage">{{cite magazine|magazine=Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine|issue=7|pages=8|date=October/November 2006|publisher=[[Titan Magazines]]|title=Caprica Development}}</ref> Writer and executive producer [[Remi Aubuchon]] revealed significant details about the project, which was set to take place 50 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica. | ||
Aubuchon described | Aubuchon described Caprica as "a very human story about how our hubris can lead us to disaster," explaining that the series would be more influenced by ''[[Wikipedia:Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]'' than ''[[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]]'' in its approach to storytelling.<ref group="development" name="bsg_mag_7_caprica_coverage"/> The series would follow life on the eponymous Colonial world as humanity created the Cylons, exploring the social, political, and technological factors that led to the creation of artificial life. | ||
The producer revealed that elements of [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season 3]] of ''Battlestar Galactica'' would serve to set up | The producer revealed that elements of [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season 3]] of ''Battlestar Galactica'' would serve to set up Caprica, and confirmed that [[William Adama]] would be aged 11 in the spin-off series, though he declined to confirm whether the young Adama would actually appear on screen.<ref group="development" name="bsg_mag_7_caprica_coverage"/> Aubuchon stated that Caprica would end with the [[Cylon War]], explaining: "The series will explain how humans made the Cylon War inevitable. Viewers might well find themselves rooting for the Cylons during much of the series."<ref group="development" name="bsg_mag_7_caprica_coverage"/> | ||
The article addressed viewer concerns that [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[David Eick]]'s involvement with | The article addressed viewer concerns that [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[David Eick]]'s involvement with Caprica might limit their work on ''Battlestar Galactica'' or reduce the quality of the parent series.<ref group="development" name="bsg_mag_7_caprica_coverage"/> Eick directly addressed these fears: "Ron and I are deeply involved with Caprica, and we're very enthusiastic and thrilled about it, but when it comes to the detail work of pounding out the script, there's a third partner involved who's at the helm. I think that is the job that tends to be the one that creates the distractions and dilutes a person's attention and focus. So in this particular case, we don't have that problem."<ref group="development" name="bsg_mag_7_caprica_coverage"/> | ||
====Book Releases==== | ====Book Releases==== | ||