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to October 5, 2006, filling the story gap between seasons two and three of the re-imagined *Battlestar Galactica* television series.[1](https://galactica.fandom.com/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica%3A_The_Resistance) The serial documents life on Cylon-occupied New Caprica after the invasion that closed the second season, showing the activities of the human resistance and of collaborators with the Cylons.[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/26692/battlestar-galactica-the-resistance)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Format | 10 webisodes of roughly two to five minutes each, about 27 minutes in total[1](https://galactica.fandom.com/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica%3A_The_Resistance) • [3](https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Battlestar_Galactica%3A_The_Resistance) |\n| Release | September 5 to October 5, 2006, two webisodes per week on SCIFI.COM, leading into the October 6 season 3 premiere[4](https://www.awn.com/news/battlestar-galactica-resistance-premieres-exclusively-scificom) |\n| Writers / director | Bradley Thompson and David Weddle; directed by Wayne Rose[3](https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Battlestar_Galactica%3A_The_Resistance) |\n| Setting | New Caprica under Cylon occupation, between the season 2 finale \"Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II\" and the season 3 premiere \"Occupation\"[3](https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Battlestar_Galactica%3A_The_Resistance) |\n| Original title | *Battlestar Galactica: Crossroads*; the name was later used for the third-season finale instead[1](https://galactica.fandom.com/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica%3A_The_Resistance) |\n| Home video | Included in the Region 1 Season 3 DVD box set but not the Region 2 version; included on all Blu-ray releases[3](https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Battlestar_Galactica%3A_The_Resistance) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Story\n\nThe webisodes begin about two months into the Cylon occupation of New Caprica; the first episode starts on the 67th day of the occupation.[5](https://www.popapostle.com/BSG/html/episodes/BSG2000/The-Resistance.htm) Colonel Saul Tigh (Michael Hogan) and Chief Galen Tyrol ([Aaron Douglas](https://www.edgepedia.org/aaron-douglas-actor)) organize an insurgency, recruiting members while playing a shell game with the Cylons over the whereabouts of their weapons cache.[4](https://www.awn.com/news/battlestar-galactica-resistance-premieres-exclusively-scificom) • [6](https://www.jammersreviews.com/bsg/s3/resistance.php) The Cylons, meanwhile, preach peaceful coexistence while enforcing a strict curfew and jailing or eliminating anyone who steps out of line.[7](https://www.chron.com/culture/main/article/galactica-will-fill-sci-fi-void-with-an-online-1868101.php)\n\nThe series centers on two supporting characters. Former Viper pilot Tucker \"Duck\" Clellan (Christian Tessier) turns toward violence after a Cylon raid: Centurions open fire on a temple where weapons were hidden, killing people attending services, and Duck becomes a suicide bomber. Former [Galactica](https://www.edgepedia.org/galactica) deckhand Jammer (Dominic Zamprogna) is taken by the Cylons, interrogated by Doral, and invited to keep tabs on the resistance to avoid further incidents like the temple massacre, becoming a collaborator.[6](https://www.jammersreviews.com/bsg/s3/resistance.php) • [8](https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Portal%3ABattlestar_Galactica_%28RDM%29/Webisodes) Sources describe the person Duck loses in the raid differently: Jammer's review calls her his girlfriend, while [Katee Sackhoff](https://www.edgepedia.org/katee-sackhoff)'s rewatch podcast identifies her as his wife, Cally.[6](https://www.jammersreviews.com/bsg/s3/resistance.php) • [9](https://skipclips.com/episode/WIXBmoJ4)\n\nAccording to Weddle, the goal was to chronicle Duck and Jammer, close friends from their time on New Caprica, and demonstrate how one tragedy, the temple massacre, sends them down separate roads toward deeds that influence how the battle to free humanity ends.[3](https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Battlestar_Galactica%3A_The_Resistance)\n\n## Production\n\n[Ronald D. Moore](https://www.edgepedia.org/ronald-d-moore) and David Eick assigned the webisodes to Thompson and Weddle during production of the season 3 episode \"Exodus.\" Thompson explained that the ten segments were not written as standalone stories but combine to tell one story set during the Cylon occupation that ended season 2; the first cut of all ten ran about 25 minutes, with individual running lengths varying as needed.[3](https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Battlestar_Galactica%3A_The_Resistance) They were shot during season three production, squeezed into the regular production day, and made for early mobile screens.[9](https://skipclips.com/episode/WIXBmoJ4) According to Sackhoff and her co-host Larry Massa, each clip cost about $10,000 and the series drew 1.2 million streams.[9](https://skipclips.com/episode/WIXBmoJ4)\n\nThe series was produced as a promotional event for the television show, and as such generated no residuals (royalty payments writers earn when content is reused) for its writers.[1](https://galactica.fandom.com/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica%3A_The_Resistance) In August 2006 negotiations between the [Writers Guild of America](https://www.edgepedia.org/writers-guild-of-america) and NBC-Universal broke down, and the WGA ordered series producing webisodes, including *Battlestar Galactica* and *The Office*, to refuse to deliver the webisodes to NBC-Universal for online distribution. Afterward, Moore took it upon himself to credit the people responsible through his blog on the Sci Fi Channel website.[3](https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Battlestar_Galactica%3A_The_Resistance)\n\n## Reception and availability\n\nThe webisodes were an early example of a network launching a television season online; the Animation World Network described the five-week, ten-episode online-only prequel as a broadcasting first.[4](https://www.awn.com/news/battlestar-galactica-resistance-premieres-exclusively-scificom) Media scholars Aino-Kaisa Koistinen, Raine Koskimaa, and Tanja Välisalo of the University of Jyväskylä treat the series as a \"classic\" transmedia expansion in Henry Jenkins's sense, with a schedule coordinated with the television series and content that contributes to the whole, while also noting, drawing on Jason Mittell, that it can be read simply as a way of keeping viewers engaged during the season break.[10](https://widerscreen.fi/numerot/ajankohtaista/constructing-a-transmedia-universe-the-case-of-battlestar-galactica/)\n\nViewing the webisodes was not essential to following the season-three story.[7](https://www.chron.com/culture/main/article/galactica-will-fill-sci-fi-void-with-an-online-1868101.php) Reviewer Jamahl Epsicokhan judged that their brevity prevented any narrative momentum and that, because most of the television audience would not see them, they had to remain inconsequential to the overall plot.[6](https://www.jammersreviews.com/bsg/s3/resistance.php) Sackhoff and Massa later concluded on their rewatch podcast that the webisodes were unnecessary and that the mystery left by the season three opener was stronger on its own.[9](https://skipclips.com/episode/WIXBmoJ4)\n\nThe webisodes were later included in the Season 3 home-video releases on Region 1 DVD and on Blu-ray, though not on the Region 2 DVD version.[3](https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Battlestar_Galactica%3A_The_Resistance) In late 2006 Australia's Network Ten made them available on its website alongside its Ten HD broadcast of season three, but they were later taken down.[1](https://galactica.fandom.com/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica%3A_The_Resistance) They are no longer available at their original location on the Sci Fi Channel website.[11](https://www.looper.com/364095/the-battlestar-galactica-episodes-you-never-knew-existed/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance, Battlestar Galactica Wiki (Fandom)](https://galactica.fandom.com/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica%3A_The_Resistance)\n2. [Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/26692/battlestar-galactica-the-resistance)\n3. [Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance, Battlestar Wiki](https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Battlestar_Galactica%3A_The_Resistance)\n4. [Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance Premieres Exclusively on SCIFI.COM, Animation World Network (September 5, 2006)](https://www.awn.com/news/battlestar-galactica-resistance-premieres-exclusively-scificom)\n5. [Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance, PopApostle](https://www.popapostle.com/BSG/html/episodes/BSG2000/The-Resistance.htm)\n6. [\"The Resistance\" review, Jammer's Reviews](https://www.jammersreviews.com/bsg/s3/resistance.php)\n7. [Galactica will fill sci-fi void with an online miniseries, Houston Chronicle / Zap2it (September 7, 2006)](https://www.chron.com/culture/main/article/galactica-will-fill-sci-fi-void-with-an-online-1868101.php)\n8. [Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Webisodes, Battlestar Wiki](https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Portal%3ABattlestar_Galactica_%28RDM%29/Webisodes)\n9. [BSG Webisodes THE RESISTANCE | Actor Reaction | Katee Sackhoff's first watch!, Skip Clips](https://skipclips.com/episode/WIXBmoJ4)\n10. [Koistinen, Aino-Kaisa, Raine Koskimaa & Tanja Välisalo (2021). Constructing a Transmedia Universe: The Case of Battlestar Galactica. WiderScreen.](https://widerscreen.fi/numerot/ajankohtaista/constructing-a-transmedia-universe-the-case-of-battlestar-galactica/)\n11. 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