All of this has happened before and all of this will happen again.

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Whether youve watchedBattlestar Galacticaor not, youve probably heard about the space operas political relevance in the post-9/11 era.

TheBattlestar Galacticaminiseries premiered in December 2003, nine months after Americas invasion of Iraq.

Should we prioritize safety over healing or freedom?

What if we dont all agree?

One of the reasons some people find theBattlestarending disappointing is because we wanted clear-cut answers to impossibly complex questions.

We wantedBattlestarto be our guide book for how to heal our fractured country.

Battlestar Galacticaenjoyed reunion celebrations at the ATX TV Festival in June and at San Diego Comic-Con in July.

During both events, the subject of how the show is still relevant today came up.

[The current socio-political climate] is so satirical as it is, he said.

Youre not even quite sure how to really dramatize it, because its so outrageous already.

Its like, Im not quite sure what to do.

EvenHouse of Cardsstarts to feel tame.

You feel likeVeepis closer to reality.

Can you imagine what [Battlestar Galactica] could do right now?

asked Aaron Douglaswho played Chief Galen Tyrolat San Diego Comic-Con.

You know who would be writing the show?

Itd be like [Stephen] Colbert, [Jon] Stewart, John Oliver.

The writers room would be ridiculous, but man the show would be good.

Looking back, the campaign and the candidate dynamic share many unfortunate parallels with the 2016 presidential election.

They want an easy answer to their suffering.

And someone contacted me and said, I think you better write MakeNewCaprica Great Again.

For McDonnell, it was hard not to think about her Laura Roslin role during the 2016 presidential election.

The parallels were almost chilling.

What is it about Roslin that is so inspiring?

She had absolutely no other agenda.

There wasnt ego in her way.

I learned so much about the potential of strong decisions by playing a leader who had nothing to lose.

A lot of people thinkBattlestaris very, very dark, Callis said.

Ron always said to me that he wrote it out of hope.

Its not about the darkness.

Its about what we can do if we get together.

Survival, healing, safety, freedom, forgiveness, compromise, and building something new take work.

There are no shortcuts.Battlestar Galacticawas always honest about that.

Thats why we loved it.