Stargate Fans Rally To Save New Series From Amazon

By Jonathan Klotz
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After news broke that Amazon had canceled the new Stargate series being put together by long-time franchise writer and director Martin Gero, the fan base decided to make their voices heard. There hasn’t been a new Stargate series Stargate Universe went off the air in 2011 but that doesn’t matter as the franchise has a loud, vocal fanbase that might be the nicest in sci-fi. Until you tick them off, which is what Amazon did with its short-sighted decision to cancel a series being developed for fans in order to, potentially, retool it as a mass-market generic sci-fi. 

#SaveStargate

Less than a year ago, Amazon made the grand announcement that it was bringing back Stargate. At the time, the streaming giant was excited about getting Martin Gero as the showrunner and Dean Devlin, one of the original producers, was back alongside Roland Emmerich as executive producers. For the first time this decade, the long-suffering fanbase allowed themselves to feel….hope. 

Like Lucy with the football, Amazon yanked the new series away and left fans to fall flat on their back, cursing themselves for falling for it. Again. They started a Change.org petition to help convince Amazon to bring back the Gero series. As of this writing, over 101,000 fans have signed, including myself, and the fan action is going a few steps further. On forums and social media, Stargate fans are canceling Prime memberships, boycotting Amazon, and finding other ways to show their support for the beleaguered franchise. 

David Blue, who played Eli on Stargate Universe, is proving he’s a multi-hyphenate by putting together a new sci-fi movie with lots of familiar faces for fans of Stargate. If you’re so inclined, he has a Patreon that includes access to his podcast, Out of the Blue, where he interviews other stars, directors, producers, anyone who has made a career in the entertainment industry. The first set of episodes includes Doug Jones and Robert Picardo. If the studio won’t give fans new Stargate content, the stars will do it themselves. 

The Best Time To Rewatch Stargate SG-1

Ironically, the flagship series Stargate SG-1 is gaining in popularity thanks to its inclusion on Netflix. New fans are discovering O’Neil, Carter, Jackson, and Teal’c for the very first time, and hopefully, this will lead to Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe being included as well. Stargate’s unique blend of military sci-fi, campy goofiness, humor, and elaborate, years-long storylines some of which have run through all three shows, is unmatched by any other sci-fi franchise out there. 

Amazon allegedly canceled the new Stargate series because it was being developed for the hardcore fans. In doing so, they told fans who have stood by the franchise for over 30 years that they don’t matter. It’s why #SaveStargate is trending on all social media platforms, why a petition has over 100,000 signatures already, and why the stars themselves are fighting for the fans. Amazon doesn’t care about them, so it’s good that someone is. 

If you haven’t experienced Stargate for yourself, start binging Stargate SG-1 on Netflix.