Nix | September 18, 2008
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Introducing the Stargate: Universe Characters…

While Yes, in theory, I think it sucks that they’re canceling Stargate: Atlantis just as it’s getting good, I have to think back to the final few seasons of Stargate: SG1, and it reminds me how stale the show got. But that’s just me; I know a lot of Stargate fans still think those final seasons with the Ori were really good. I just happen to not be one of them. But in any case, you probably already know that this season of Atlantis is also its final season, and that the show’s cast will be heading off into a series of direct-to-DVD original movies once the show shuts down production. That leaves, of course, the introduction of a new Stargate show — Universe — to fill the void.

Thanks to the blokes at Gateworld, who got their hands on casting notices for the upcoming Universe show, we now have an idea of who the characters of Stargate: Universe will be.

Here they are:

Colonel Everett Young
40′s handsome, capable, former SG team leader. Like the Jack O’Neill of ten years ago, but Young’s edges have tended to sharpen over time. He requested permission to serve the remainder of his commission on Earth upon marrying his wife, Hailey, two years ago, but for now he’s temporary commander of a secret off world base. The loss of two members of his team several years ago has taught him never to take anything for granted, and be prepared for anything. He stays on top of his team so they stay alive. STAR NAMES ONLY. SERIES REGULAR;

Tamara Jon
20-25, all ethnicities (Asian Preferably). SGC Field medic, Captain grade. Off world experience. Beautiful, tough, smart, capable. Paramedic level training. Able to triage serious injury. Modest background. Dreamed of being a doctor but couldn’t afford medical school and the Air Force was her best option. She ends up being the most medically inclined person on the ship but is overwhelmed by the lack of knowledge and experience treating seriously wounded and ill patients. She also lacks the medicine and supplies and has to make do. SERIES REGULAR;

Chloe Carpenter
20ish. Stunning and sexy. Daughter of a U.S. Senator. Silver spoon upbringing and a little spoiled but not stupid either. Politically and socially savvy. Dreams of following in her father’s footsteps but for now she’s a bit of a party girl in her first year at an Ivy League school. Her father’s tragic death and the dire circumstances of being trapped on a spaceship seriously tests her character. SERIES REGULAR;

Eli Hitchcock
20-25. Total slacker. Utter genius. Mathematics, computers, anything he puts his mind to. Acerbic sense of humor. A social outcast. Comes from a broken home. Lacks confidence because his true intelligence has never really been recognized like Matt Damon’s character from Good Will Hunting with a little Jack Black thrown in. SERIES REGULAR;

Lt. Jared Nash
20-25. Junior S.G.C. team member. Officer material but green and rough around the edges. Every teenage girl’s fantasy. Like a college quarterback thrown into his first pro game, he is thrust into the role of leader well before he’s ready for the responsibility and must learn to take command, earn respect through action, and manage the diverse personalities on the ship to keep everyone alive. Like Jason Bourne, he is skilled and well-trained however he is mentally unprepared for the urgency of the situation. SERIES REGULAR;

Ron “Psycho” Stasiak
20, all ethnicities. Marine. Big, strong, silent. You want him on your side. You don’t want him mad at you. Lacks control over his temper in non combat situations. His past is a mystery but it’s clear something dark formed the hard shell around him. Yet, there must also be some moral center because otherwise he’d kill everyone around him. Think Eric Bana’s character “Hoot” in Blackhawk Down. SERIES REGULAR.

From the looks of it, it sounds like the Jared Nash character is the main male lead, with the Everett Young character (the RDA 10-years earlier guy) will be slotted as the George Hammond role. It also looks like all the rumors we heard about the show is correct — they’re going “younger” with Universe.

I personally don’t know if that’s a good idea. If the idea is to introduce a younger cast to get younger audiences, they’re fooling themselves. Stargate audiences come in every shape and sizes, for sure, but just making the show “younger” won’t get them what they want. We’ll see how this goes, but if everyone on the show turns out to be whining little 90210-ish bores, it won’t be Stargate, it’ll be, well, 90210 In Space, and that would just really suck.


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  • elyse

    Please note the original source for the casting information is http://www.morrischapdelaine.com/posts/show/83. That’s where GW and everybody else got the info…

  • Muteen Hussain

    can some one tell me how i go go for an audition for the show. i would like to try and be on it

  • http://www.therampancy.net/ Tyler

    I personally think that it is a foolish mistake on MGM’s part to make a new Stargate series based on a ship, in the middle of no-where, with no way to get home.

    In this regard, it reminds me of another show named Star Trek: Voyager in which the crew travels in a ship, out in some cloud, get’s shifted thousands of light years away from their home world, and is now stranded in another quadrant, as they call it, of the galaxy. The same concept is there with SG: U in which this band of explorers get’s marooned on a Star Ship in the middle of no-man’s land, has to travel the galaxy meeting new races, like Voyager did, trying to get home.

    The idea is not fresh and I expect that if they don’t try to re-introduce this series in a different concept, it’ll only get poor ratings down the line with its pilot episode probably receiving the highest of ratings for the series. I personally am ashamed that both SG:1 and SG:A were canceled, only to be replaced with SG:U.

    I realize that change is not always the warmest of welcomes, especially when something like SG:1 has been running for nine years now, but if you’re going to make a transition to a new series, come up with something a lot fresher than a remake of another Sci Fi series.

  • tomkon

    The character profiles I’ve read for this new Stargate Universe show doesn’t make a lot of sense! The 2 series always had a high standard for the type people they would even let go through the gate,. The profile of characters for this new show doesn’t sound like the type of people that would even be told of the existence of he gate much less be allowed to go through it!! Keep Atlantis just in case this show bombs. By the way Earth now has ships capable of extermley fast Hyper-Space speeds, just as fast as anything the Ancyents had according to the Atlantis series. If needed be we could send our own rescue mission with these ships.
    Give the young audiences a cartoon version and leave the adults their show.

  • Lynn Hubsch

    Watched the final episode tonight. Felt a sense of melencoly as I watched the credits role at the end. It was a great finale. Atlantis on earth….that alone is enough for a new series. Certainly new materials for more seasons. I hate that the series has ended. I want it back. I need my escapism with familiar and likable characters. I liked these people, they were my friends, I looked forward to seeing them every Friday. They were all strong characters. Inspiring and amusing. Hero’s. We need hero’s. Even if they are fanciful characters. I’m not simply a viewer, I ‘m a participant, an unseen member of the team. I have a full and rewarding life in reality but my Friday night trip through the stargate was my icing on the cake. I will miss it. I want it back.

  • Lynn Hubsch

    CRAP !!

  • Helen

    Why would I want to trade an exciting Stargate Atlantis for Stargate Teeny Bopper. P-l-e-a-s-e I’m devastated. It has been my escape since the beginning. Please I want all my characters back.

  • Eric

    I’m willing to take a “wait-and-See” attitude about this. The bottom line is that it’s not the age, gender or ethnicity of the actors that makes or breaks a show; it’s the chemistry of the people and the quality of the writing.

    On another note, I don’t doubt that there are a LOT of considerations that went into the concept for the show, which includes the casting. Specifically, I think one very real consideration for the cast was age; or a very practical byproduct of aging. Watch Emancipation from SG1′s First Season and then watch The Shroud from SG1′s last. While the chemistry that developed was showcased brilliantly in the scene where Jack shows up to speak with Ori Daniel, the MILEAGE on these people is astonishing. Actors age, and it creates problems for Producers & Directors, not to mention writers.

    Finally, I think a lot of people are missing an important point. The producers have created something fairly unusual in TV Land. Ironically, the only other show I can think of that ever did this was Star Trek, although SG-X did it much better. Basically, I’m referring to the “Permanent Series” aspect of SG-X. Whenever a series gets long in the tooth, they simply take the same Canon and build a new show around it. SG-X could, if SG-U goes well; mark only the third in a more or less permanent storyline.

    When I think about the possibilities this opens up, I find myself feeling very optimistic.

  • Brian

    I had come to fear this exact situation when SG1 announced its finale. The same gut tells me that this is a test. A misdirection, and nothing is concrete yet. In this day, at least a standby page with intriguing splash art is up. I plan to at least give the pilot season a chance.

  • Michael Jouvenat

    STARGATE UNIVERSE; SyFy Soap, lathered up with with adolesent drama in an attempt to create charcter development with an incongruous plot line. Maybe it will slip through the cracks. If I can get the soap out of my eyes ….. I did like the casting, they have talent, let us hope it is not wasted.

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