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Summary

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Story

On Friday June 1 2007 the Sci Fi Channel issued a statement saying that season 4 is going to be the final season. Ending the series with the upcoming 22-episode fourth season was a creative decision made by the hit show's executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick. Sci Fi executive vp original programming Mark Stern said the channel's brass "respect the producers' decision to end the series."^[1]
According to Ronald D. Moore, Katee Sackhoff is signed for this season.^[2]
A two hour story set during the events of Season 3 is slated to air in November 2007. The story, while occurring after the destruction of Pegasus, will be told via flashbacks to a time prior to "Pegasus" during Helena Cain's command.
Moore indicated that the last of the Final Five may be revealed this season.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

Moore indicates that this season begins the "third act in the three-act structure where we're all moving towards the finale and the climax of all these different plot lines. In my head there's two chapters to go in the story and those can be of varying lengths."^[3]
According to an official announcement by the SciFi Channel, Season 4 will be the final season of the show. Ron Moore claims that this was a creative decision and not handed down by the network.

Cast

Stars

Edward James Olmos as William Adama
Mary McDonnell as Laura Roslin
Katee Sackhoff as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
Jamie Bamber as Lee "Apollo" Adama
James Callis as Gaius Baltar
Tricia Helfer as Number Six
Grace Park as Sharon Valerii/Number Eight

Co-stars

Production Crew

Producers

Ronald D. Moore - Developer / Executive Producer / Writer
David Eick - Executive Producer
Toni Graphia - Co-Executive Producer / Writer
Harvey Frand - Producer
Glen A. Larson - Consulting Producer

Directors & Writing Staff

To view the list of all the directors and staff, go to the Battlestar Galactica Crew Guide page.

Episodes

To view the list of episodes, go to the Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide page.

Official Statements

Official SciFi.com Release
Ronald D. Moore discusses planning the season:

It will be a serialized show to an extent. I think what we talked about with the network — because their concern is the drop-off in viewers and giving too many hurdles for new viewers to overcome to watch the show — we're always going to try to provide at least an episodic quality to each show. Even though there are plotlines that are ongoing over the course of the whole season, we'll try to give you something in each episode that you can hold on to that starts and stops within that episode.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Battlestar gets grounded by Sci Fi: Reuters/Hollywood Reporter (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). Retrieved on 1 June 2007. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "ew rdm" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Hibberd, James (26 March 2007). Q&A with "Battlestar" Showrunner Ron Moore: On the Return of Starbuck, Falling Ratings and 'Caprica' Prequel (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). Retrieved on 08 April 2007.
↑ Jacks, Brian (6 April 2007). MTV Movie News: 'Battlestar Galactica' Producer Talks Movie(s?), Possible Conclusion (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). Retrieved on 8 April 2007.

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-* On Friday June 1 2007 the Sci Fi Channel issued a statement saying that season 4 is going to be the final season. Ending the series with the upcoming 22-episode fourth season was a creative decision made by the hit show's executive producers Ronald Moore and David Eick. Sci Fi executive vp original programming Mark Stern said the channel's brass "respect the producers' decision to end the series."<ref name="ew rdm">{{cite_web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN0131913620070601|title=Battlestar gets grounded by Sci Fi: Reuters/Hollywood Reporter|date=|accessdate=1 June 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>
+* On Friday June 1 2007 the Sci Fi Channel issued a statement saying that season 4 is going to be the final season. Ending the series with the upcoming 22-episode fourth season was a creative decision made by the hit show's executive producers [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[David Eick]]. Sci Fi executive vp original programming Mark Stern said the channel's brass "respect the producers' decision to end the series."<ref name="ew rdm">{{cite_web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN0131913620070601|title=Battlestar gets grounded by Sci Fi: Reuters/Hollywood Reporter|date=|accessdate=1 June 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>
 * According to Ronald D. Moore, [[Katee Sackhoff]] is signed for this season.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvweek.com/article.cms?articleId=31699|title=Q&A with "Battlestar" Showrunner Ron Moore: On the Return of Starbuck, Falling Ratings and 'Caprica' Prequel|date=26 March 2007|accessdate=08 April 2007|last=Hibberd|first=James|format=|language=}}</ref>
 * A [[Battlestar Galactica (2007 DVD movie)|two hour story]] set during the events of [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season 3]] is slated to air in November 2007. The story, while occurring after the destruction of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', will be told via flashbacks to a time prior to "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" during [[Helena Cain]]'s command.