Battlestar Galactica: The Meaning Behind Starbuck's Ending Twist Explained
Battlestar Galactica ended in 2009 and left its viewers with a myriad of questions, one of the most poignant being the real meaning behind Kara «Starbuck» Thrace's twist ending and resurrection. Like the 1978 original, Ronald D. Moore's 2004 reboot depicts the small remnants of human civilization living on planets known as the Twelve Colonies. The series was praised for intertwining political and philosophical debate into the science-fiction space adventure genre. The storyline that the character of Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) saw from the end of season 3 till Battlestar Galactica's season 4 finale goes to show exactly how well-crafted the show's religious-philosophical layer is.
In Battlestar Galactica season 3, episode 17, Starbuck pursues a Cylon vessel and descends into a storm system that looks remarkably like the «Eye of Jupiter» mandala she has been drawing. Although the enemy clips her Viper, the ship appears unscathed once she makes her way back to the base. The pilots review her gun camera and see Starbuck shooting at clouds. Starbuck's visions continue as she flies out again and is hit by the Heavy Raiders — this time, she sees Leoben (Callum Keith Rennie) asking her to face her past and fulfill her destiny. She wakes up, tells Lee (Jamie Bamber) "I'll see you on the other side" and her Viper explodes. But three episodes later, Katee Sackhoff's Battlestar Galactica character appears again in an intact Viper, claiming she has been to Earth and she wants to guide the Fleet there. Starbuck spends Battlestar Galactica season 4 defending her human identity (while questioning it herself), only to disappear in the series finale after having fulfilled her destiny.
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