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[Kirsty ᐰ #SaveStargate @Kirstylgreen12]

Jack O'Neill could crack a joke during a galaxy-ending crisis.

Daniel Jackson could find common ground with almost anyone.

Carter could solve the impossible.

Teal'c could deliver a single word and somehow say everything.

That's not nostalgia.

That's exceptional character writing.
#SaveStargate
@AmazonMGMStudios
@PrimeVideo

[CJ (Coding Garden) @CodingGarden]

i for one welcome our new robot overlords

[Derrick Levasseur @DerrickL]

Better late than never! We can use all the help we can get sharing these tragic cases still looking for justice.

[Mitchell Rosenbloom @m_rosenbloom28]

What a great looking group! #SaveStargate

[Jay @JamesBryhan]

It’s been a month.

Every day we’ve shown up.

Every day new people have joined.

Some days it’s one signature.
Some days it’s a hundred.

It doesn’t matter.

Progress is still progress.

Every new supporter is another person saying, “Stargate still matters.”

More importantly, we’ve become united—not just by our love and respect for Stargate, but by our love and respect for each other.

We’ve encouraged one another.

We’ve lifted each other up.

We’ve become a family.

Along the way, we’ve earned the respect of the very people whose work inspired us for so many years. Their belief in this community, their support, and their faith in our campaign remind us why we started this journey.

Every voice matters.

Every poster matters.

Every signature matters.

Every stream matters.

We don’t need to sprint.

We just need to keep putting one foot in front of the other.

Because that’s how every great journey begins…

And that’s how this one will continue.

#SaveStargate

We shall not go quietly into the night.

[Jack O'Neill @Jack2LOneill]

Hey Amazon, I fixed your poster.

BRING BACK STARGATE
#SaveStargate

[Logan @limeunfiltered]

Hey @dominos, would you reply to this post with #SaveStargate?

In return, I’ll order Domino’s for dinner tonight and post pics. If not, I’ll happily take a like, and interpret it as tacit approval that you want to see Gero’s Stargate produced.

[Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ @BaronDestructo]

Remembering Don S. Davis - Hammond of Texas

My earliest memory of Don S. Davis is of a charming, bigger-than-life individual who greeted me with a hardy handshake and a boisterous “Hellooo, Jooooe! Welcome to Stargate!” on one of my very first days on set. This was back in season four, sometime between our second script (Window of Opportunity) and our third (Point of No Return). In those early years, Paul and I spent most of our days in our respective offices, writing, spinning or, in one inspired afternoon, creating the lyrics to the Stargate SG-1 theme. We were busy and, most important of all, we wanted to look busy. The last thing we needed was to be seen hanging around set, gawking at the actors when there were scripts to be written, brilliant ideas to be spun. But several weeks in, it became apparent to me that sitting alone in my office (or, occasionally, Paul’s office for a little variety) would inevitably drive me nuts – and the loss of my sanity would no doubt be reflected in the quality of my work. So I decided to start taking little walks. Pitch document or outline in hand, I would pace – up and down the corridors, in and around the building, and through the empty sets.

Except for one afternoon when I inadvertently strolled onto an active set where they were setting up for the next shot. Realizing my error, I immediately turned on my heels, prepared to march right back out when Brad Wright spotted me and called me over. “Joe,”he said, “I’d like you to meet Don Davis. Don, Joe is one of our new writers.” Don, who’d been standing by, waiting for that next shot, threw me his trademark ear to ear grin, gave me a firm handshake and bellowed “Hellooo, Jooooe! Welcome to Stargate!”

“Hellooo, Jooooe!” It was a greeting I’d come to associate with the man, a good-natured, self-deprecating southern gent who always had a story to tell but, more than anything, always wanted to hear how YOU were doing. “Hellooo, Jooooe! How’s that script coming along?”. “Hellooo Jooooe! How was lunch?” “Hellooo, Jooooe! How was your weekend?” Meeting actors for the first time can be a little daunting, especially for a newbie writer on his first big show, but Don’s down-home warmth and cordiality put me instantly at ease. And it was no different when he met the fans. I’ve seen convention-goers approach him with trepidation, perhaps fearful of overstepping their bounds and imposing upon him. But Don was never the type to be stand-offish or put himself on display. When you met Don, you weren’t meeting a t.v. star – you were meeting a regular guy. A regular, modest, kind-hearted guy who genuinely cared for his fans and the people he worked with. And, inevitably, those convention-goers who had, moments before, cautiously approached the man they knew as General Hammond would, moments later, be sitting, chatting and laughing, in conversation with good old Don.

If there’s one thing I’ll always remember about the man, it was his willingness to put others before him. Back when Rick was reducing his workload to spend more time with his young daughter, and the writing department was scrambling to come up with in-story reasons for O’Neill’s off-world absences, Don came up to the offices and offered a solution. “Have Hammond step aside and let O’Neill be General,”he suggested. I was floored. Here was a guy, perfectly willing to walk away from a plum role as a regular on a hit series, just to (in his mind) make it easier on everyone else. Of course we thanked him for his kind offer, but we weren’t willing to let George Hammond go just yet.

Ultimately, the decision was made for us when health issues curtailed Don’s involvement in the show. But even so, he continued to maintain a presence in the Stargate universe, popping up in occasional episodes and then in his final appearance in Stargate: Continuum. And every time he was on set, he would always make it a point to drop by the office to say hello.

As the years wore on, I saw less and less of Don. Still, I’d run into him now and then and whenever I’d inquire about him, he was always upbeat. There was never a trace of bitterness or remorse that he was no longer a regular presence on the show. “I have no regrets,”he’d told me on more than one occasion. And, always: “I’m the luckiest man in the world.” It was a wild, fun-filled ride and, finally, it was time for the southern gent to settle back and enjoy his retirement.

The last time I spoke to Don was when he called me up out of the blue after being tipped off that I’d mentioned him in a blog entry. In answering a fan who wanted to know why I didn’t keep in touch with Richard Dean Anderson, I responded: “We don’t talk a lot for the simple reason that he no longer works on the show. I don’t really talk to Don Davis that much and I love the guy. It’s nothing personal.” Less than twenty-four hours later, I got the call. “Ah luuv yoou tooo,“came that familiar low, Southern drawl. He‘d been tipped off to what I’d written and wanted to touch base. “It’s always great hearing from my fellow gourmand,”I’d written. “Apparently, 2007 was a busy year for him (which is great to hear), and he’s now enjoying some much-needed downtime." I'd expressed the hope that we would soon be able to get together for another culinary excursion. Sadly, that day would never come.

In my many years at Stargate, I’ve worked with actors whose company I have greatly enjoyed, but only a few would I actually be bold enough to call my friends. And among those few was the magnanimous southern gent who used to greet me with that familiar “Hellooo, Joooe!”, the always affable Don S. Davis.

He is truly missed.

(One of my favorite pictures of Don I snapped of him, happily eating chocolate in my office.)

[Stargate Zone ᐰ @StargateZone]

18 years ago today we lost our steadfast heart of the SGC - Remembering Don S. Davis, forever our General Hammond 🙏 #savestargate

[Michael Shanks @MichaelShanks]

This fandom deserves everything #SaveStargate

[Philippe #SaveStargate 🇨🇦🇨🇵🇨🇭🏳️‍🌈 @Stargayte]

Do you know how rare it is for a fandom to still be this loud decades later? That's a built-in audience you're ignoring, @AmazonMGMStudio. #SaveStargate @PrimeVideo

[Dan Abrams @danabrams]

Here we go! #OPLive

[smcmayi @smcmayi]

@danabrams Not live next week, alert the peeps

[smcmayi @smcmayi]

@danabrams Not live next week, alert the peeps

[Teish Grasso @GrassoLati30007]

It's incredible that a television show can still bring people together decades after it first aired.
Friends have been made because of Stargate. Families have watched it together. Fans from opposite sides of the world have found common ground because of one shared story.
That's something truly special.
#SaveStargate

[Dan Abrams @danabrams]

#OPLive

[Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ @BaronDestructo]

Stargate Fans' Campaign to Save Amazon's Canceled Series Officially Expands https://t.co/wURkiBJz2r

[Jay @JamesBryhan]

To everyone involved in this incredible movement.

To the cast. To the crew. To the writers, producers and creators who built something that still inspires people decades later.

To @BaronDestructo, @MichaelShanks , @imcorinnemec , @SuanneBraun , @martingero @robertpatrickT2 @rachel_luttrell and everyone who has supported, liked, reposted, commented on, or amplified this campaign.

To every fan who signed the petition, shared a post, joined a tweetstorm, created artwork, made videos, spread the word, or simply refused to let Stargate be forgotten.

You are all fantastic.

You are all part of the reason we stand here today at 100,000 signatures.

This campaign has never been about one person. It has always been about a community united by a franchise that continues to inspire hope, exploration, courage, intelligence and humanity.

The momentum is real.

The support is real.

The audience is here.

We are nearly there.

Let’s keep pushing.

Let’s keep sharing.

Let’s keep making our voices heard.

We shall not go quietly into the night!

#SaveStargate

[Jay @JamesBryhan]

100,000.

Not viewers.

Not impressions.

Not clicks.

100,000 people who took the time to add their name and say:

“Stargate still matters.”

For a franchise whose last live-action series ended over a decade ago, that is remarkable.

This isn’t just nostalgia.

It’s a community that never stopped believing.

Fans from around the world have come together with one message: the audience is here, the passion is here, and the gate is still open.

If you haven’t signed yet, you can add your voice here:

https://t.co/yourIUj0mt

100,000 signatures is an incredible milestone, but we’re not done yet.

#SaveStargate #Stargate

[smcmayi @smcmayi]

@marked141 @JamesBryhan LG Channels has it on 24/7