The first of two DVD movies set in the successful Stargate SG-1 universe, the first movie, Stargate: The Ark Of Truth, concludes the events of the series as depicted in Season 10. The film is slated for release in the Spring of 2008.....
Plot
The war with the forces of the Ori continues. But Earth (and all of our galaxy) has just gotten a major break: Tomin, Vala's husband and a commander of the invading armies, has defected.
SG-1 brings Tomin to Earth, and he tells them that the worshippers of the Ori are about to bring another wave of warships through the intergalactic Supergate. There has been little we could do to stand up to only the first four ships ("Flesh and Blood")—with dozens of ships fighting their holy war, the Ori victory will be swift. And a coordinated attack on Earth is most certainly imminent.
Tomin is welcomed as a guest, a war-torn soul who is still coming to terms with the fact that he has done terrible things in the service of false gods. But the I.O.A., the agency over the Stargate program, wants to interrogate him as an enemy prisoner. With Richard Woolsey occupied with the Atlantis expedition, they send James Merek to the S.G.C. Merek pretends to be friendly and disarming, an ally just doing his job, but makes it clear to Tomin that he holds him in great disdain, heartlessly confronting him about his war atrocities. Soon Vala cannot listen any more.
Meanwhile, SG-1 is planning a bold mission to travel to the Ori home galaxy itself. They are in search of the "Ortus Mallum" (Latin for "place of origin"), perhaps to find the "Ark of Truth," which they hope can put an end to the war. Tomin wishes to go with them, believing that he can help SG-1 make contact with the anti-Ori underground.
The "Ark of Truth" is a piece of Alteran technology developed before they left for the Milky Way. In an attempt to prevent the Ori and their followers rising to power, a device was created that could essentially "brainwash" individuals, for instance Priors, into believing whatever "truth" was programmed into the device. The Ancients' non-interference policy and belief in free will resulted in the device never being used. Even though Origin is believed to be a lie, the freedom to believe was something the Alterans ultimately decided they did not have the right to restrict. SG-1 likewise faces the moral and ethical issues raised by the use of the device.
Cast
Ben Browder as Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell
Amanda Tapping as Col. Samantha Carter
Christopher Judge as Teal'c
Claudia Black as Vala Mal Doran
Beau Bridges as Major General Hank Landry
Michael Shanks as Dr. Daniel Jackson
Tim Guinee as Tomin
Greg Anderson as Prior
Currie Graham as James Merek
Morena Baccarin as Adria
Sarah Strange as Morgan le Fay
Julian Sands as Doci
Richard Dean Anderson will not return as Gen. Jack O'Neill, but he will appear in the next SG-1 movie, Stargate: Continuum.
Stargate Mythology
Not much is known about this special (this is not to be confused with "Behind the Mythology of Stargate SG-1" special on Sci-Fi). Robert C. Cooper said in an official interview:
"We're probably going to produce a little one-hour special that will be included on the DVDs that will help catch you up if you haven't been following the series lately. [...] We're doing a one-hour special called Stargate Mythology, which will I think not just be a clip show that helps you get up to speed on where we're at, but also kind of explore the concept of mythology as it relates to the Stargate universe."[15]
Notes
According to Robert C. Cooper, the film will have higher production values than episodes of the television series. The film will be shot in a 16:9 aspect ratio on 35 mm film. Joel Goldsmith will produce an orchestral score for the film, rather than a synthetic score as he did for episodes of the series.
Fans who attended the Vancouver Con held March 22-26, 2007, report in their journals and forums that Robert C. Cooper read a few pages from the script.[citation needed]
"That's going to be the story that Robert C. Cooper wanted to end the season with. It's going to be a big, splashy feature film. ... It is a great story. It's a big story. It involves travelling to the Ori galaxy." The plot of the movie "has to do with wrapping up the Ori storyline, which is the storyline that has taken prominence for the last two years of the show. I don't know if [Cooper] is going to wrap it up completely or bring it to some conclusion for the sake of the fans and the franchise, to bring that epic struggle to a close."
"They're not big-budget [films] by any definition, but for us it's pretty good," Wright said. "As we've proven over the years, just give us little more money and we can make pretty good television, or DVDs."
