Stargate: The Ark of Truth
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| Stargate: The Ark of Truth | |
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| Directed by | |
| Produced by |
Robert C. Cooper |
| Written by | |
| Starring |
Ben Browder |
| Music by | |
| Cinematography | |
| Released date(s) |
March 11, 2008 |
| Running time |
97 min. |
| Continuity | |
| Preceded by |
"Unending" |
| Followed by | |
Stargate: The Ark of Truth is a direct-to-DVD movie written and directed by Robert C. Cooper. The film is the conclusion of Stargate SG-1's Ori arc, and picks up after the SG-1 series finale, but takes place before the fourth season of Stargate Atlantis. The Ark of Truth was released as a Region 1 DVD on March 11, 2008. British Sky One will broadcast the film on March 24, 2008, to be followed by the Region 2 DVD release on April 14, 2008 with the Region 4 DVD release on April 9, 2008.
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The Road Taken
The movie came with the option to watch a short prelude before it which was called Stargate SG-1: The Road Taken. This recaps various key points in Ori arc of Stargate SG-1 ranging from when Mitchell joined SG-1 to the most recent showdown with the Ori in Unending.
The Plot
The movie covers SG-1's attempt to recover the "Ark of Truth", an Ancient device designed to brainwash whoever looks into it. Even though the Ori's promise of Ascension is a lie, the Ancients believed that people should be free to believe it if they wished.[1]
SG-1 discovers a box that they believe to be the Ark while digging on Dakara, but before they can open it, Ori soldiers arrive, led by Tomin. Daniel tricks them into opening the box, but it is revealed to be a fake. When Tomin is ordered by a Prior to kill them, he refuses, and Cameron Mitchell is able to kill the Prior, whose powers are being blocked by the Anti-Prior device.
Back on Earth, General Hank Landry and Mitchell meet James Marrick, an IOA representative sent to interrogate Tomin. When Daniel Jackson realizes that the Ark is still in the Ori galaxy, Marrick is assigned to accompany them on board the Odyssey through the Supergate. In the Ori galaxy, a member of the anti-Ori resistance tells the team that according to legend, the Ark is on Celestis. When SG-1 beams down the planet, Marrick activates the Asgard computer core which alerts the Ori to the ship's location.
Mitchell and Carter beam back to the Odyssey and discover that Marrick has used the core to build a Replicator, intending to plant it on an Ori ship and let it spread to their entire fleet. The IOA felt that in the event the Supergate couldn't be destroyed, an alternative was suggested. When the Ori fleet is destroyed, the IOA will initiate a shut down program. They didn't expect SG-1 to find the Ark. When Mitchell attempts to destroy it with an Anti-Replicator Gun, the replicator escapes, and Marrick reveals that the IOA removed that weakness from the design. With several Ori ships approaching, Mitchell attempts to beam Daniel, Teal'c, Vala, and Tomin up from the planet, but the replicator takes over the system and keeps from doing so. With no other option, the Odyssey jumps to hyperspace to escape, leaving the others on the planet.
Daniel finds the Ark in a set of catacombs, and after several ground tremors, decides to bring it to the surface. When the team emerges, they are ambushed by Ori warriors, and Teal'c is shot in the back. When the rest are brought to the city, Vala discovers that the Ori were indeed killed by the Sangraal and Adria has now taken over all of their combined power. Teal'c, who has been walking toward the city of Celestis since he was shot, frees Daniel. Morgan Le Fay arrives and tells Daniel if he can turn one Prior, the others will be turned by a link in their staffs. This will weaken Adria enough so that Morgan will be able to defeat her.
In the meantime, a Prior arrives on Earth, offering a last chance to convert to Origin. When General Landry refuses to even listen to him, the Apollo detects a fleet of Ori motherships waiting on the edge of the solar system. On the Odyssey, Marrick is turned into a Human-Replicator hybrid to find out the shut down code. After a fight with Mitchell, the latter pulls out the arms attached to his head, Marrick informs Mitchell about a shut down code for the Replicators, located on the other side of the chip used to create them. Sam flips the crystal and the Asgard Core deactivates the Replicators.
When the Ark is activated and opened, the Doci is caught by the beam and made to believe that the Ori are not gods. Through the link, all the priors in the Ori galaxy are turned and they stop the attack on the Odyssey. In Adria's new weakened state, Morgan is able to engage Adria either in an eternal battle similar to Oma Desala's eternal battle with Anubis or she may have sacrificed herself to destroy them both. SG-1 exposes the Prior on Earth to the Ark, transmitting the knowledge about the Ori to all of the Priors in the Milky Way, and thus turning all known priors in the Universe.
The Cast
- Ben Browder as Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell
- Michael Shanks as Dr. Daniel Jackson
- Amanda Tapping as Lt. Col. Samantha Carter
- Christopher Judge as Teal'c
- Claudia Black as Vala Mal Doran
- Beau Bridges as Major General Hank Landry
- Tim Guinee as Tomin
- Currie Graham as James Marrick
- Morena Baccarin as Adria
- Sarah Strange as Morgan le Fay
- Julian Sands as Doci
Other Stargate veterans appearing include Gary Jones (CMSgt. Walter Harriman), Michael Beach (Col. Abe Ellis), Eric Breker (Col. Reynolds), Martin Christopher (Maj. Marks), Matthew Walker (Merlin), Greg Anderson (Prior), and Doug Abrahams (Prior).
References
External links
- Stargate SG-1 Official Site
- Gateworld Spoilers
- Solutions Spoilers
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