‘… Welcome to Stargate Command!’
Stargate SG-1 enters a new era, and the Stargate Rewatch enters its ninth month! All through April we’re enjoying Season Nine of the series, which brought new cast members, storylines, and a terrifying new threat to the galaxy.
Join thousands of Stargate fans all over the world for the Rewatch! Blog, tweet (#SGRewatch), or post on Facebook about your own rewatch progress. Reflect on the best (and worst) of the show, and join the conversation here and at GateWorld Forum. We’re watching one season per month, or about five episodes per week. So relax with Stargate every night after work or school, or save them up for a weekend mini-marathon!
We want to hear from you! If you are blogging about your Rewatch, writing new fanfic, creating artwork, or doing something else related to SG-1 Season Seven, e-mail us a brief description and a link.
Learn more about the Stargate Rewatch and how you can participate here.
Without further ado, here is your intro to Season Nine, including links to everything related on GateWorld.
SG-1 got a new lease on life in its ninth season. The Goa’uld and the Replicators had been defeated and Richard Dean Anderson departed the show, and the producers kicked off a brand new story with the introduction of the Ori, as well as a new member of the team: Ben Browder as Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell. And with actress Amanda Tapping away on maternity leave, the year also started out with the return of Claudia Black in a 6-episode run for Vala Mal Doran.
After Earth inadvertently makes contact with another galaxy, they draw the attention of a race of evil ascended beings — distant cousins of the Ancients, but diametrically opposed to their non-interference philosophy. Now the forces of the Ori have the Milky Way Galaxy in their sights, and are sending ahead emissaries called Priors to convert whole planets to worship them. Meanwhile General Hank Landry takes command of the S.G.C., and the newly-birthed Free Jaffa Nation struggles to hold on to their hard-fought freedom.
Things to watch for this season:
- Supergate!
- Highly addictive space corn
- The return of the goddess Qetesh … sort of
- A technology that would become very important to Destiny‘s crew
- Old friends and parallel realities
- “General, I shrunk the team”?
- Baal’s multiple personalities
- A lost tribe of Jaffa warriors
- The destruction of an Earth battleship
- Anubis’ clever security system
On GateWorld:
- Forum: Official discussion threads for every episode! (The main thread for the Rewatch project is here.)
- Podcast: Darren and David discuss all of Season Nine. (If this is your first time watching, beware of thorough spoilers!)
- Episode Guide: Our handy guide to every episode of Season Nine
- Gallery: Production photos
- Gallery: Thousands of high-quality screen captures
Where to Watch?
- Amazon
: Buy Season Nine on DVD (and support GateWorld)!
- Amazon
: Download Season Nine episodes
- iTunes: Download Season Nine episodes
- Netflix: Online viewing for $7.99 per month
Nominations, Please!
We’re taking your nominations for the following categories for the SG-1 Season Nine Awards. Use this forum thread if you want your nominations to count. One nomination for each category per person, please. (All nominations must be from Season Nine and Season Nine only!)
- Best Episode (Season Nine)
- Best Cameron Moment
- Best Daniel Moment
- Best Sam Moment
- Best Teal’c Moment
- Best Vala Moment
- Best Team Moment
- Best Alien Race
- Best Villain
- Coolest Technology
- Best Guest Star (based on one specific episode)
Those “moments” can be a single moment, a line of dialogue, a scene, or even a full episode’s storyline.
Remember: The point of the Rewatch is not just to watch everything again, but to watch it together as a fan community! So post your thoughts on your blog, on Twitter (hastag: #SGRewatch), Facebook, or over at GateWorld Forum. Write a new piece of fanfic to go along with what you’re watching, create a new piece of art, chat it up on your podcast — whatever your creative outlet is! Be sure to post a link so we can see it and share it with other Stargate fans.
Come back in a couple of weeks to cast your ballot for the Season Nine Awards!
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seasons nine and ten had a lot of great episodes but were what i like to call time to milk the show seasons. i had and still have a theory that if there was a season 11 or 12 we would have seen jesus as a ancient. and dracula as a wraith. the story got a lot weaker with the inclusion of the ori. merlin, camelot, excalibur? make the ori strong enough to the point where our human tech that took 8 seasons to achieve was like throwing marbles at a tank. i did not hate these seasons but they… Read more »
I must Agree with grif … I don’t like to say the show went down hill from season 8 but for me it kind of did, Don’t know if it was because RDA was not in it as much but for me he made the show for me and the chemical relationship between the characters wasn’t just the same. Stargate will always be my favourite show of all time and I miss it greatly. The potential of the show just got shot down towards the end, Mainly forgetting about what Stargate was about, Exploring new worlds and meeting new life… Read more »
Vala as a main character is a welcome surprise, one of the few pluses of this season
I just started watching this today. Been going through the entire Stargate Francise again. Loving it. Movie to SG-1 to Atlantis to 2 movies to Universe.
It’s been quite a few years, but I do remember giving up on SG1 at around this time. I did not like sex-kitten Vala (and I adore Claudia Black) or the fact that they never brought back Jonas. Also hated Action Jackson, I liked nerdy Daniel from the earliest seasons. I think these things and the change of tone of the show (new showrunners?) really killed it for me. I don’t have the DVDs but maybe someday I will catch up online.
@Sylvia:
Amen to everything you just said.
I had the exact same feelings around that time– “sex kitten Vala” just about summed up my own opinions on that subject as well. The way the writers treated the character of Jonas was an unforgivable crime in my book (and don’t even get me started on his omission from “Seizure” on SGU..!)
“Action Jackson”… I love that!
@grif:
“[I] had and still have a theory that if there was a season 11 or 12 we would have seen jesus as a ancient.”
You weren’t the only one. A few years back on this site, I joked that Season Nine was turning into “Stargate: Golden Compass”, because I was half-expecting the showrunners to turn what was then called ‘Origin’ in another galaxy into ‘The Church’ here in our Milky Way…
That was *too* close…
I liked the last couple of seasons. Ben Browder brought a new energy and enthusiasm to the show. By then, RDA seemed bored with the whole thing, and it showed. While I missed the great Don Davis, Beau Bridges did just fine and created his own identity. Vala was a little over the top, but added a little needed spice to the ensemble. I only wish the show had remained a little more episodic, with a bit less of the Ori.
We got another season after RDA left and it was high quality sci-fi programming. Something we don’t see anymore …but I won’t go off on a tangent right now.
To the point;
RDA = Great, but
BB = Also great
DD = Great, but
BBridges = Also great
That is all.
That is all.
The last line was a typo.
That is all
@grif: I disagree. For me, Season 8 was clearly the weakest, with its meandering plot, several uninteresting episodes, and way too many Earth-based episodes (O’Neill was heading the SGC, so I guess that was why). Season 9 was a much-needed revitalization for the show. In fact, that season was one of my favorites for the entire series. After Season 8, I almost felt like giving up on the show. Season 9 made me realize that “SG-1” was still worth watching. Season 10 was a little worse than Season 9, but it was still better than Season 8. But then again,… Read more »
I couldnt have said it better worgel. U just dont see quality storytelling like this anymore. Ive seen every episode countless times and it never gets old.
For me season 8 was also the worst and I agree,RDA WAS soo obviously bored with the whole thing by that point,which is not just us guessing..it is a known fact.But even season 8,I loved and was better than most things on tv nowdays. Anyway,this 9th season that came after it for me felt a bit weird in the beginning,but I warmed up to it fairly quickly,especially cause it felt so refreshing after 8,with a whole new injection of energy and dynamic.It became one of my favorites of the whole series.But have to admit,I too never warmed up to Vala… Read more »
I loved season 9 and 10. Vala was an excellent addition to the show. Really liked the Ori storyline. An enemy more powerful and a bigger threat than the Goa’uld were. But it only took 2 season to defeat them which was a huge disappointment. The Ori storyline should have had a whole new show all together to tell the story. THAT should of become the third spin off show and NOT SGU. SGU was just horrible!!
it would have been a three season story line for the ori if there was a season 11. ark of truth was said to be a whole season crammed into one movie. vala is a complete waste of time and space until she shows up again at the end of the season and during season 10.