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- Are you excited to see what
Amazon is planning to do with Stargate
now that it owns MGM?
Like us, have you waited patiently for nearly 10 years,
hoping and praying for a new Stargate TV series?
Well, of course you have.
But, you'll want to be ready.
If you could take a Stargate 101 course to catch up,
would you?
Well, no one is offering that course as of right now,
but as luck would have it,
Daniel Jackson himself taught new Stargate team members
a few basic lessons from his experiences
to get them up to speed,
and we'd like to share these behind the scenes courses
with you, right now.
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After watching SG-1, Atlantis and Universe,
there doesn't seem to be a lot of mysteries left to unravel
about the gate.
But Dr. Jackson's description of the gate,
and how it works,
is something every new team member needs to hear.
- Hello, I'm Dr. Daniel Jackson and
behind me is a Stargate.
Found in Giza, Egypt in 1928,
we now know it was originally built millennia ago
by an alien race who we call "The Ancients".
Over the next few hours, we'll be touching on
some of the things you need to know about the Stargate,
and how it works.
There are 39 symbols representing star constellations,
as seen from Earth,
capable of transporting people, objects,
hundreds of thousands of light years
via an interstellar wormhole.
Within the Milky Way galaxy,
a seven-symbol addresses is used.
The first six symbols lock down a point in space
while the seventh represents the point of origin.
When a connection is made between two Stargates,
and unstable energy vortex emerges from the gates,
then settles into the event horizon, or,
"puddle" as we like to call it.
Later, it was discovered that using an eighth symbol
would actually dial another galaxy.
It is believed that unprecedented amount of power
is required to reach the near-mythical
nine-chevron destination.
Icarus Base was established
on a planet discovered two years ago,
to have a uniquely powerful core made of the mineral
Naquadria.
The entire purpose of the project is to hopefully one day
dial the nine-chevron address found
in the Ancient database.
- [Narrator] Who was the worst enemy
our Stargate teams needed to face?
Was it the Priors?
Or, maybe the Replicators?
Or was it the Goa'uld?
Just the thought of being taken over
by a parasitic race of sentience symbiotic beings
makes us shiver.
But, let's hear it from the expert.
- Hi, I'm Dr. Daniel Jackson.
When we first stepped through the Stargate
over a decade ago,
we found that the galaxy was dominated by a race of beings
known as the Goa'uld,
a parasitical snake-like creature,
which burrows into the body of the human host
and takes complete control.
It was the Goa'uld Ra who Jack O'Neill and I defeated
on the very first mission through the Stargate.
Ra, along with many others of his kind
had posed as an ancient Egyptian God
in order to enslave a transplanted human population.
In fact, the identity, iconography and wardrobe
of pretty much every ancient God in human history
has been purloined by the Goa'uld
to dominate and enslave humans
on other planets for thousands of years.
That is until, Stargate command,
along with the allies of Earth,
managed to defeat the Goa'uld in the early 21st century.
- [Narrator] Have you ever wondered what hyperspace
is exactly?
Yeah, us too.
Let's see if our resident Stargate professor
can help us understand it.
- Hi, I'm Dr. Daniel Jackson.
Now, you've heard the term "hyperspace" for years
in sci-fi movies and television shows.
But, what does it really mean?
Well, basically we live our lives
in three dimensions plus time...
That's another DVD.
Hyperspace, also called subspace, is another dimension
in which certain laws of physics like the speed of light
or the effects of relativity don't apply.
Now, by entering hyperspace,
a ship can travel vast distances at speeds
many times the speed of light and return to normal space
once it reaches its destination.
The actual math of how it all works
is still highly classified
and I'm not completely sure I understand it myself.
But, it's how most advanced races get
around the galaxy when they're not using a Stargate.
- [Narrator] Ah, The Ancients.
They are one of the most advanced races known to have
existed and provided the Stargate teams with many wonders.
Well, let the master explain it.
- Hi, I'm Daniel Jackson.
The Ancients were once a race of humans known as Alterans.
They left their galaxy to avoid a war
with another race of humans called the Ori.
They flew to the Milky Way millions of years ago,
and first landed on the planet Dakara.
From there, they made their way to Earth,
which they would call home for some time.
The Ancients are the inventors of the Stargates
and much of the advanced technology that was
later usurped and used by the Goa'uld
to enforce their rule.
Prior to that, the Ancients left for Pegasus.
And then, ultimately some of them returned to the Milky Way
where it is believed they used their knowledge
to restart human life as we know it on Earth.
At some point, they evolved both physically and mentally
to the point where they no longer required
their human bodies.
Which, brings me to my next topic.
- [Narrator] Daniel Jackson wants speculated that Ascension
is what the Earth religion Buddhism is based on.
Ascension can happen spiritually or evolutionary.
But perhaps we should let someone who is actually ascended
explain it.
- My name is Dr. Daniel Jackson.
Ascension is an extremely advanced evolutionary process
whereby the human consciousness becomes pure energy,
and actually rises to a higher plane of existence.
While it takes several thousand years of evolution
for humans to reach the point
where they can attain this state of being naturally,
a less evolved person can actually be ascended
by other ascended beings.
In fact, it happened to me once.
I have little memory of it now,
but I can tell you ascension comes with a much greater
understanding of the universe and the forces of nature
within it.
The power that comes with that knowledge is
potentially dangerous if misused, as we have seen
with the Ori.
It is for this reason that ascended Ancients
now have a strict rule about noninterference
in our human existence.
I could go on about that,
but we would probably have to get another tape.
- [Narrator] What happened when the Goa'uld Empire fell?
The Lucian Alliance was created.
And that began a lot of headaches for Earth
and the Stargate teams.
Who are they exactly?
Great question.
- I'm Dr. Daniel Jackson.
The Lucian Alliance is an organization of humans
from a number of sovereign planets
who have taken control
of the resources and technology left behind
after the Goa'uld were defeated.
Not unlike the mafia or street gangs
from our own fair planet,
the Alliance is made up of power-hungry criminals
who use violence as a means of enforcing their dominion.
Leadership is tenuous and constantly changing,
but the association itself is formidable
and must be taken seriously.
They control a sizeable army and numerous Hatak vessels,
or, former Goa'uld motherships,
as well as a fleet of smaller gliders and bombers.
The Lucian Alliance is also known for ensuring the servitude
of less fortunate followers
through the distribution of an addictive corn-like food crop
known as "Kassa".
- [Narrator] Well, it sounds like
the Lucian Alliance could be
at the center of a lot of problems of the Stargate teams
moving forward.
I guess we'll have to see what Brad Wright
has in store for Daniel, Samantha, Jack, Teal'c,
and the rest of the Stargate personnel.
Hopefully we won't have to wait long to find out.
Stay tuned as we bring more Dr. Jackson Stargate 101 classes
for you to enjoy.
In the meantime, are you excited that Stargate may be just
around the corner?
Let's talk about it in the comments below.
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