According to the show's producers, the upcoming fourth season of the retro-geek cream dream known as Battlestar Galactica will be it's last.
This came as a shock to it's fans after months of the Sci Fi channel dispelling rumors about "Battlestar" ending its run after the fourth season.
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A couple of weeks ago, one of the show's stars, Edward James Olmos, was quoted as saying that the upcoming batch of episodes were definitely the last ones. Sci Fi issued a statement denying such a decision had been made.
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Ending "Battlestar" with the upcoming 22-episode fourth season was a creative decision made by the hit show's executive producers Ronald Moore and David Eick:
This show was always meant to have a beginning, a middle and, finally, an end," Eick and Moore said in a statement Thursday. "Over the course of the last year, the story and the characters have been moving strongly toward that end, and we've decided to listen to those internal voices and conclude the show on our own terms. And while we know our fans will be saddened to know the end is coming, they should brace themselves for a wild ride getting there -- we're going out with a bang.
Sci Fi executive vp original programming Mark Stern said the channel's brass "respect the producers' decision to end the series."