"Battlestar Galactica" show co-producer David Eick has confirmed that a pilot for a series to be called "Caprica" is completed and is awaiting a blessing from the Lords of Sci-Fi Channel to become regular programming.The show concept sounds like it has a touch of the same thing affecting "Star Wars" -- the dreaded prequel-itis syndrome. It has been reported the story of the pilot would take place some fifty years before the events we have witnessed over these last four seasons.
In "Caprica" we would get to see the Adama clan a generation before the ones we know and love. And the show will introduce the character Daniel Greystone, a brilliant inventor who plays an important part in future events.
In his interview with Newsarama this week David Eick said he was not sure whether the series will be picked up yet, but did mention actor Eric Stoltz "who plays Daniel." The mill out there says this will be a two-hour pilot.
Not that there is anything wrong with going back in time before main story events in small doses (The Battlestar movie "RAZOR" was good). I would have been thrilled to see only a single prequel project on the CLONE WARS and then a sequel to STAR WARS proper, for example. Perhaps "Caprica" will not be a series and only end up as something of a one-shot that compliments the current show.
Eick did not announce when the "Caprica" movie/pilot will air.
And about "Battlestar Galactica" ...
The current series has run half of its fourth season and ended with a devestating twist (NO SPOILER WARNING NEEDED THIS TIME, BUT YOU BETTER CATCH UP) and will start the second half of the fourth season in "early 2009."
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