SG-1 Season 8 "New Order" (Spoilers)

[Sci-Fi]

From Gateworld:
http://www.gateworld.net/news/episodeupdate.html

Spoiler Old enemies return in Season Eight premiere The first details on the 2-hour season premiere of Stargate SG-1 have arrived! "New Order" will see the return of deadly enemies from SG-1's past, and will set the stage for sending the show in some new directions in the year to come. Beware of spoilers below! "Baal has stepped into Anubis' power vacuum, taking over his powerbase of super-soldiers," co-executive producer Joseph Mallozzi told GateWorld. "He's kicking butt, and the System Lords are reeling and they go to us for help, because we have a common enemy. We'll see Yu and we'll see a couple of new System Lords: Camulus and Amaterasu. Yu has fallen on hard times, and his First Prime does a lot of the speaking for him. "So these three representatives come to convince us to help them take down Baal. But, of course, we have problems of our own -- the biggest being that we can't use the weapon. We've used up all the energy (or most of it), and O'Neill is the only one who can use it." "The System Lords noticed that we wiped out Anubis' fleet in five minutes or less," co-executive producer Paul Mullie said, "and the other System Lords are interested in how we managed to do that. That's one issue that has to be dealt with." But the arrival of the System Lords and the threat of Baal is just one side of the story. SG-1 goes in search of their long-absent allies, the Asgard, in the hope that they can save Colonel O'Neill's life from the knowledge of the Ancients that has taken over his mind ("Lost City"). What they discover is that the highly-evolved Replicators -- left in a time-dilation prison in Season Six's "Unnatural Selection" -- have escaped. And the Asgard are about to launch yet another plan to try and stop them. Fifth (Patrick Currie) discovers that he has been betrayed, in Season Six's "Unnatural Selection." Patrick Currie guest stars in the episode as the Replicator "Fifth," who took a liking to Major Carter in "Unnatural Selection," only to be betrayed by her. Actress Amanda Tapping ("Samantha Carter") endured gruelling torture scenes for this episode. "Fifth realized we had betrayed him, and he was literally reaching for that device when they got 'frozen' -- or just really slowed down -- in time," Mullie said. "And the Asgard figured out that it was only going to take them, in real time, a couple of years to reach that device and turn it off. For O'Neill's sake we go seek out the Asgard, and we happen along just when their new plan for dealing with the Replicators is about to fail miserably." The premiere will also see Jack O'Neill replace Dr. Elizabeth Weir as commander of the S.G.C. O'Neill will be promoted to the rank of brigadier general, leaving Carter in command of the SG-1 field unit.

Also new Goa'uld Syste4m Lords: Camulus and Amaterasu
From SGC Archives - historical background information:

Spoiler Amaterasu The Japanese sun goddess, she had to hide from her brother, Susanowo, the storm god, who wreaked havoc on the land (although he was actually a god of the sea). He destroyed rice-fields, uprooted trees, and tore down sacred buildings. He even ripped the roof of his sister's weaving hall, frightened her ladies to death, and drove Amaterasu herself into hiding in a cave, the entrance to which Susanowo then sealed shut, preventing the world being lit by the sun, and wild spirits ran free across the Earth, darkness covering the world. Camulus In Continental Brythonic mythology, especially Gaul, Camulus (alternatively Camulos) was the god of war and sky. The town Camulodunum, (now Colchester) was named after him.

[thomas7g]

it sounds pretty good! I'm glad to see the Carter-Replicator guy see more developement. Oh I bet he don't like us after that!

I also like Baal. Baal has presence. He seems less whiny then other Goaulds. He actually has a brain. he's one of the few of these "gods" that don't seem laughable.

[dec5]

I hope Yu recovers.....he is the best of the system lords.....and is almost a friend to SG1..

As for the new system Lords......Linda Park of Enterprise would be a great and total babalicious female system Lord.