Stargate is finally coming back — and I’ve waited over a decade to say that sentence out loud.
Even better? The team behind it isn’t rebooting anything. This new show lives inside the existing canon. Same universe. Same history. Same consequences.
So what story do they tell next?
This post breaks down five directions the new Stargate series could realistically take.
Let’s dial in.
If you prefer to watch a video, here's the video version of this essay on my YouTube channel:
Video: Oren's YouTube Channel.
Stargate Atlantis Season 6
Atlantis had five strong seasons — even if some between-season decisions still make me raise an eyebrow in 2025. But the big thing is this:
Atlantis didn’t end. It stopped.
The city jumped to Earth via wormhole, leaving everything in Pegasus behind mid-crisis.
- The Wraith were still a threat.
- The Coalition storyline was just warming up.
- Teyla’s son had a whole arc left to explore.
- And the fallout from the wormhole drive? Barely touched.
We even learn in Universe that Atlantis is still operational and quietly sitting on a 9th-chevron secret.
There’s plenty of room for a continuation — or at the very least, a final mission.
The Stargate Universe Cliffhanger
Speaking of unfinished stories… Universe left us with one of the most painful cliffhangers in sci-fi TV.
Eli. Alone on the Destiny. One final shot of him staring into the galaxy.
Everyone else goes into stasis. Eli is left awake because there’s not enough pods for everyone. And then… darkness. For over a decade.
What happened to him?
What happened to the crew?
What happened to Destiny?
A new show doesn’t need to become SGU Season 3 to answer those questions.
A single mission, a recovered data log, a transmission — that’s all it takes to give fans closure.
SG-1: The Next Generation
If Amazon wants “familiar but fresh,” this is the obvious play.
Set it in the current timeline. Fifteen-plus years have passed. The SGC is older, bigger, more political, more complicated. Earth has changed. The galaxy has changed.
Imagine a new SG-1 team navigating a world where:
- Carter runs the base.
- Daniel is buried in diplomacy.
- Teal’c is a statesman.
- Vala is… still Vala.
The legacy cast pops in when it makes sense, but the new team carries the story.
It’s a clean “passing the torch” setup without erasing anything.
The 10th Chevron / A Completely New Stargate Show
Let’s get weird for a second.
They could go full new era — a new gate, new rules, new physics, new threats.
Think: the 10th chevron as a concept, not just a punchy graphic.
A place even the Ancients never explored.
A region of space (or outside space…) untouched by Goa’uld, Ori, Wraith, any of it.
This lets the writers break away from old lore while still playing inside the canon.
It’s the most “safe but ambitious” route they could take.
The Stargate That Could’ve Been: Foundation / The Expanse Vibes
Let me put this bluntly:
Stargate had everything The Expanse and Foundation have… plus aliens.
It could’ve been the modern epic sci-fi universe years before either of them launched.
If they want to lean into that now?
Political tension. Galactic power struggles. Rogue factions. Jaffa politics. Tok’ra splinter groups. Earth becoming a power other races aren’t thrilled about.
A grounded, serialized, tense Stargate show could absolutely crush in 2025.
And honestly… I’d watch the hell out of it.
Where Do You Think the New Show Will Go?
This is the most fun part of the fandom — everyone sees a different possible future.
Do you want Atlantis? Universe? A brand-new gate? Something darker? Something weird?
Tell me your theories. I read every comment.