Why battlestar galactica ended

With the grand old Galactica crippled from the final jump, the survivors' only choice was to settle wherever Starbuck had landed them. The fleet had just enough juice left that what was left of Sam Anders was able to pilot the ships into the sun. The 38, or so humans who survived the Battlestar Galactica saga were divided into groups to settle all over the world, with nothing in the way of technology and no conveniences beyond the clothes on their back.

It was a bold undertaking by a people ready for a fresh start. Considering that the survivors' DNA was a surprisingly close match to the primitive humans already on Earth, there was even the potential to breed and create a new gene pool.

Unfortunately, a fresh start was not in the cards for all of the folks who lasted all four seasons on Battlestar Galactica.

Laura Roslin finally lost her life to the cancer that had been slowly killing her ever since the series premiere, although she was able to enjoy her final hours knowing that her people had a chance on a beautiful new world. Her death in the Raptor with Adama was a heartbreaking but fitting end to her journey. Roslin could finally rest, and Adama would remember her by building a cabin with an easterly view.

Earth was the end for Starbuck as well. Kara technically died way back in Season 3, but she mysteriously returned for Season 4 with an apparent higher purpose. The reprieve from death was relatively brief, and she vanished into the great beyond before the end of the series finale. Galen Tyrol decided that he'd had enough of people and would settle all by his lonesome on Scotland, and the Tigh twosome seemed in store for a happily-ever-after of sorts. Helo and Athena were last seen telling young Hera about all she would learn on Earth.

Baltar and his Six stayed together for whatever the future would hold. Along with 38, others, they survived to start anew. The biggest force of Cavil and the rest of the malevolent Cylons were destroyed with the colony base after the good guys rescued Hera, and there were still plenty of friendly Cylons around in the wake of the destruction.

The Twos, Sixes, and Eights decided to stay on Earth and join the humans in attempting to find a new way of life on a new planet. The self-aware Centurion Cylons who assisted in the final battle were deemed worthy of their freedom, and they were granted control of the Basestar to jump wherever they wanted in space. The human survivors took a big leap of faith that none of the Cylons would follow in the footsteps of their forebears and decide to swing by Earth to massacre them from above.

Luckily for them, the gamble paid off, and Earth evidently became a prosperous new home for those who chose to stay. As sad as the finale was with the death of Laura Roslin and the farewells to Starbuck and Sam, it didn't actually get all that weird until the very end when a flashforward to , years in the future showed Baltar in sunglasses and Six in her classic red dress in the present day.

Six exposited to Baltar that scientists had recently discovered the remains of an ancestor common to all living humans, and the twosome strolled down a modern street to debate the possibility of Earth coming to as bloody an end as Caprica all those centuries ago. Six believed that the law of averages meant that humankind was in for a break from periodic slaughter from sentient machines. The ending montage of robots, however, indicated that humans might have new versions of Cylons in the works.

We may still face our doom if we make our machines too smart and too sentient. Battlestar Galactica 's remake would go on to fare better and last longer, but it too was canceled after a short run. Like the original series, Battlestar Galactica , produced by Ronald Moore and David Eick, follows a ragtag fleet of human survivors attempting to locate the lost colony of Earth, all while evading the pursuing Cyclon fleet intent on wiping out the last of humanity.

At its core, Battlestar Galactica was a thrilling and profoundly philosophical sci-fi adventure, but the series was more than a story built around survival and the chase -- it was also a political thriller and an allegory of the war on terror and the dangers of religious fundamentalism. The series became a hit for the Sci-Fi channel, pulling in 19 Emmy nominations and leading to the development of a spinoff prequel series, Caprica , and two spinoff web films.

However, despite its critical acclaim, Battlestar Galactica was canceled after four seasons. Not many details have been released on why the series was axed, but according to producers Moore and Eick , the cancellation came as no surprise. The rebooted Battlestar Galactica was one of Syfy 's biggest success stories, putting the channel on the map for quality television programming and paving the way for prestige television.

It also helped usher in an era in which science fiction programming, particularly of the "space and robots" variety, could become more mainstream. Even more iconic and much more successful than the original series, the show's hit status wouldn't keep it from delivering the ultimate disappointment in its fourth season. This came in the form of the show's series finale, which was notoriously bad in the eyes of its most loyal fans.

While not as controversial as say, the final episode of Game of Thrones , it was certainly despised by viewers none the less. This finale failed due to a combination of poor storytelling, unanswered questions, and a very literal deus ex machina. Here's how Syfy's star show completely fell apart in its final episode. Michael Ahr is a writer and multimedia producer at Den of Geek with a focus on science fiction television. Elsewhere, he teaches video production to high…. Skip to main content area.

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