Faith and False Gods in Stargate: The Lost Interview

https://www.gateworld.net/news/2022/05/faith-false-gods-stargate-lost-interview-robert-cooper/

Are you interested in religion and theology in Stargate SG-1? This lost interview with writer and director Robert C. Cooper is a companion piece to an in-depth essay written by GateWorld editor Darren Sumner. “Faith and False Gods: Religion in Stargate SG-1” appears in the book Unauthorized Offworld Activation: Exploring the Stargate Franchise (Sequart, 2022).

Earlier in 2008 GateWorld had published most of my conversation with Cooper, shortly after he released Stargate: The Ark of Truth. It was SG-1’s first bigger-budget movie, and Cooper — who created the Ori storyline — had both written and directed it. In a lengthy phone conversation we talked about the film and his creative choices, the Ori and the Ancients, Adria, Vala … and how Stargate as a whole portrayed religion and faith.