For fans of Stargate Universe, the show’s abrupt cancellation after two seasons is still a tender wound. This year marks 12 years since the show went off the air, with the crew of Destiny frozen in stasis to cross the long void between galaxies.

While fans wait for MGM and its new owner Amazon to decide what they will do with the Stargate franchise next, many are holding out hope for some form of continuation of the existing TV franchise. If it’s not a third season of SGU, maybe at least a one-off movie or mini-series to wrap up the story originally conceived by creators Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper?

In a new pair of interviews with Sidewalks Entertainment, former SGU cast members Brian J. Smith and Robert Carlyle speak to the possibility of a revival and whether they would play their characters again.

“It was huge for me,” Smith said. He played young Lt. Matthew Scott on the show. “Stargate was the first time I really had some solidity in my life. I was able to pay off my student loans. It kind of made me feel like an adult for the first time in my life.”

“We’re still cryogenically frozen on the Destiny, on that space ship somewhere out there in the cosmos!” he said. “It’s kind of teed up for someone to do a movie or something where we can finish off that story. It’d be really fascinating to revisit it after all these years.

Smith said that he had a great time working with the SGU cast and being a part of the Stargate universe. “Please, yes — if that happens sign me up,” he said of a potential return. “… There’s so many worlds in that franchise. It can go so many different ways. I’m curious to see what they do.”

Smith is currently promoting his new limited series Class of ’09, which is now streaming on Hulu. It’s described as a suspense thriller that tells the story of a class of FBI agents across three different time periods as they grapple with the future impact of artificial intelligence on the criminal justice system.

Carlyle, meanwhile, intimated that he would also be willing to portray Dr. Nicholas Rush again — though he is skeptical on whether MGM will one day revive the show. “You never say never,” he said — “I’ve learned that! I would think it would be unlikely for it to come back. … It was unfortunate what happened to it at the time,” when the show was cancelled by the network right at the time that MGM was declaring bankruptcy in 2010.

Robert Carlyle’s Dr. Nicholas Rush goes into stasis in the final episode of Stargate Universe.

But he noted that the series did leave the characters in a perfect position for a revival, even many years later.

“They’re still up there in the sky, floating around on that ship,” Carlyle said. “Whether someone takes it to bring them down to earth again, who knows.”

Carlyle also has a new show: a TV adaptation of his classic film The Fully Monty, which premieres June 14.

Stargate Universe ran for two seasons, which are now streaming on Amazon Prime Video in the United States.

Would you like to see Amazon and MGM revive Stargate Universe in some form? If not a full-fledged season of television, what form would you like to see this story take? Post it in the comments!