{"id":35724,"date":"2026-08-10T03:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T22:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35724"},"modified":"2026-08-10T03:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T22:40:08","slug":"battlestar-galactica-wasted-a-forgotten-character-and-star-wars-proves-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35724","title":{"rendered":"Battlestar Galactica Wasted A Forgotten Character And Star Wars Proves It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/db\/tv-show\/battlestar-galactica\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Battlestar Galactica<\/strong><\/em><\/a> was a relatively small show during its four seasons on Syfy, and many cast members hadn&#8217;t yet become big names in TV. Stars like Katee Sackhoff and Grace Park had long enough runs on the show to eventually become icons of <em>Battlestar Galactica<\/em>, but one actor&#8217;s character was killed off early enough that he&#8217;s largely been forgotten in the years since. Even though <em>BSG<\/em> still ranks as one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/best-sci-fi-fantasy-tv-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\">greatest sci-fi\/fantasy shows of all time<\/a> after killing off Crashdown, Sam Witwer&#8217;s <em>Star Wars<\/em> success proves that he likely still had more to give on <em>Battlestar<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<p>Before he became best known as a <em>Star Wars<\/em> star, Sam Witwer played Lt. Alex &#8220;Crashdown&#8221; Quartararo across 11 episodes of the first two seasons. After joining the <em>Galactica<\/em> crew, he replaced Helo as the ECO (Electronic Countermeasures Officer) to Sharon &#8220;Boomer&#8221; Valerii&#8217;s Raptor. He didn&#8217;t get the warmest welcome among the pilots who wanted Helo back, but he had a big chance to prove himself after he and Boomer discovered Kobol.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, everything started to go wrong on the surface of the planet. After an attack by Cylons, Crashdown began to unravel as he took command of the survivors: Gaius Baltar, Galen Tyrol, Cally Henderson, Diana Seelix, Tarn, and D. Socinus. When Cally refused his orders, Crashdown pulled his gun on her, leading Tyrol to then pull his gun on the ECO. With Crashdown refusing to listen to reason, the standoff seemed like it was going to end badly for Cally, but Baltar managed to shoot and kill Crashdown first.<\/p>\n<p>Suffice it to say that Crashdown got one of the more memorable deaths of the first few episodes of season 2, but the character was largely forgotten after his demise. Baltar was arguably the only one who was seriously affected, and that certainly wasn&#8217;t due to any attachment to Crashdown as a person. Sam Witwer did an excellent job in portraying Crashdown&#8217;s breakdown, which makes it all the worse that he didn&#8217;t at least make it to the end of season 2. After Crashdown was killed in 2005, <em>Battlestar Galactica<\/em> ran for another four years.<\/p>\n<p>On the plus side, Witwer was able to move over to another massive sci-fi franchise after being killed off: <em>Star Wars<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"star-wars-proves-sam-witwer-had-more-to-offer-battlestar-galactica\">\n                        Star Wars Proves Sam Witwer Had More To Offer Battlestar Galactica<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape mobile-optimized\">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mixcollage-09-aug-2026-05-58-am-1180.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;MovieStillsDB&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mixcollage-09-aug-2026-05-58-am-1180.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mixcollage-09-aug-2026-05-58-am-1180.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mixcollage-09-aug-2026-05-58-am-1180.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mixcollage-09-aug-2026-05-58-am-1180.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mixcollage-09-aug-2026-05-58-am-1180.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mixcollage-09-aug-2026-05-58-am-1180.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"928\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam Witwer in Battlestar Galactica season 2\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mixcollage-09-aug-2026-05-58-am-1180.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mixcollage-09-aug-2026-05-58-am-1180.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">Sam Witwer in Battlestar Galactica season 2<\/figcaption><small class=\"body-img-caption\">MovieStillsDB<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If there was one perk to Sam Witwer being killed off <em>Battlestar Galactica<\/em> in 2005 after just 11 episodes, it was that his schedule was open enough for him to switch from one sci-fi universe to another. After first joining the <em>Star Wars<\/em> franchise for the <em>Star Wars: The Force Unleashed<\/em> video game in 2008, he has continued to work in the galaxy far, far away over nearly two decades. He proved how versatile he can be as an actor by voicing many different characters, even within the same show, and he developed a knack for voicing villains.<\/p>\n<p>While Crashdown wasn&#8217;t explicitly a villain by the end of his time on <em>Battlestar Galactica<\/em>, Witwer&#8217;s versatility as an actor in <em>Star Wars<\/em> proves that he likely could have delivered standout performances in season 2 and beyond if his character continued to spiral instead of being killed off. He crossed the point of no return when he pulled a gun on Cally, but it would have been interesting to see what the <em>Battlestar<\/em> team did with him (and Witwer) if the conflict had ended differently.<\/p>\n<p>That said, it&#8217;s worth noting that Witwer himself only had good things to say about how the show handled Crashdown&#8217;s exit. Speaking at the Farpoint science-fiction convention in 2010 (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X4kRuvwTUjo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>) about his character&#8217;s demise, Witwer shared:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I honestly couldn&#8217;t think of anything better than the way they had him go out, because I liked how you could have played that wrong&#8230; You could have really just gone nuts throughout the whole thing, and it would have been very boring. You would have seen the end coming from a mile away. The challenge of getting people to understand why things are not working for this guy was really fun, and to have it all fall apart at the very last minute, I thought it was more realistic.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Crashdown wouldn&#8217;t be the only one of Witwer&#8217;s sci-fi characters to be killed off. More than one of his <em>Star Wars<\/em> personas either died while he was voicing them, or had already canonically died in the <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/star-wars-timeline-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Star Wars<\/em> timeline<\/a> in a way that couldn&#8217;t be undone. Of course, the various projects being set throughout that timeline meant that Maul dying in <em>Star Wars Rebels<\/em> didn&#8217;t mean he couldn&#8217;t come back in another show, and he certainly did. <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"sam-witwer-is-now-a-sci-fi-icon-thanks-to-maul\">\n                        Sam Witwer Is Now A Sci-Fi Icon Thanks To Maul<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape mobile-optimized\">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/darth-maul-in-star-wars-maul-shadow-lord.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;Disney+&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/darth-maul-in-star-wars-maul-shadow-lord.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/darth-maul-in-star-wars-maul-shadow-lord.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/darth-maul-in-star-wars-maul-shadow-lord.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/darth-maul-in-star-wars-maul-shadow-lord.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/darth-maul-in-star-wars-maul-shadow-lord.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/darth-maul-in-star-wars-maul-shadow-lord.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"928\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Darth Maul in Star Wars Maul Shadow Lord\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/darth-maul-in-star-wars-maul-shadow-lord.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/darth-maul-in-star-wars-maul-shadow-lord.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">Darth Maul in Star Wars Maul Shadow Lord<\/figcaption><small class=\"body-img-caption\">Disney+<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> While Sam Witwer made his mark on <em>Battlestar Galactica<\/em> in live-action, he ultimately became a <em>Star Wars<\/em> legend as a voice actor. He first joined the franchise via video games, credited as &#8220;Vader&#8217;s Secret Apprentice&#8221; and &#8220;Emperor Palpatine&#8221;<em> <\/em>in <em>Star Wars: The Force Unleashed<\/em> in 2008, followed by <em>Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II<\/em> in 2010 as Starkiller.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;d continue to voice Palpatine in various shows and games, but the role he really made his own was that of Maul in <em>Star Wars: The Clone Wars<\/em>, starting in 2011. He&#8217;d reprise the role for <em>Star Wars Rebels<\/em>, the animated follow-up to <em>The Clone Wars<\/em>. Witwer even made a voice cameo in <em>Solo: A Star Wars Story<\/em>, and contributed to various <em>Lego Star Wars<\/em> projects. The series that really showcased him, however, was <em>Star Wars: Maul \u2013 Shadow Lord<\/em>, which debuted the first season in 2026. Season 2 is currently in development.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"display-card  article article-card small  no-badge  active-content                              \" data-include-community-rating=\"false\" id=\"darth-maul-shadow-lord-star-wars-appearances-comparison-sam-witwer\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<p>                                                                                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/darth-maul-shadow-lord-star-wars-appearances-comparison-sam-witwer\/\"><br \/>\n                        <img width=\"440\" height=\"248\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Maul Igniting Lightsaber in Shadow Lord Trailer\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/maul-igniting-lightsaber-in-shadow-lord-trailer.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=220&amp;h=124&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/maul-igniting-lightsaber-in-shadow-lord-trailer.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=220&amp;h=124&amp;dpr=2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <span data-field=\"label\" class=\"article-card-label\"><label>Related<\/label><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-content regular article-block\">\n<h5 class=\"display-card-title \">\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/darth-maul-shadow-lord-star-wars-appearances-comparison-sam-witwer\/\" title=\"How Darth Maul Is Different In Star Wars\u2019 New Series Compared To Past Appearances Explained By Returning Star\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tHow Darth Maul Is Different In Star Wars\u2019 New Series Compared To Past Appearances Explained By Returning Star<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/h5>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">EXCLUSIVE: A new Star Wars series will show Darth Maul at a different point in his life, according to the actor who has voiced the villain for years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s a mark of Witwer&#8217;s talent in voicing Maul that <em>Star Wars<\/em> fans willingly went along with <em>Clone Wars<\/em>&#8216; convoluted means of bringing him back, since he seemed pretty definitively killed off in <em>The Phantom Menace<\/em> back in 1999. Maul even lasted longer in <em>Star Wars Rebels<\/em> than might have been expected at that point in the timeline. Now, his solo series as Maul is a hit on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/tv\/star_wars_maul_shadow_lord\/s01\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Rotten Tomatoes<\/em><\/a>, with a critics&#8217; score of 98% and audience score of 93%.<\/p>\n<p>Maul is one of the most iconic villains of <em>Star Wars<\/em> TV shows, and <strong><em>Star Wars: Maul \u2013 Shadow Lord<\/em><\/strong> can continue to prove that with season 2. 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