Making-of, Concept art, Stargate SG-1
Stargate: SG-1 concept art - "Scorched Earth" On the Enkarans' new home, SG-1 discovers a…
Stargate: SG-1 concept art - "Scorched Earth"
On the Enkarans' new home, SG-1 discovers a giant spaceship is threatening the colonists as it terraforms the planet.
The first script we ever wrote for Stargate, the one that landed us our staff position, was produced as the fourth season’s ninth episode. Before my writing partner, Paul Mullie, eventually came up with the Scorched Earth title, I was simply referring to the script as “Whose Planet Is It Anyway?”.
The onscreen version of this episode differed in several respects from the early script, the biggest difference being the ending. In the original version, Daniel convinces Lotan to make a difficult decision and the caretaker does, destroying his ship and the building blocks of an entire race, leaving the planet to the Enkarans. In the episode’s final scene, Daniel sits alone in his quarters, listening to Lotan’s parting gift: the music of a now extinct race. The ending was changed to allow for a compromise that led to a happier resolution for all. While I didn’t mind the shift to a more positive conclusion to the story, I still regret that the solution to the issue seemed, in hindsight, somewhat convenient and obvious.
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