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It won’t be an easy journey. It’ll be long, and arduous. But I promise you one thing: on the memory of those lying here before you, we shall find it, and Earth shall become our new home. So say we all!
— Battlestar Galactica ‧ 2003
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Adama is lying, and he knows it: he sells a destination he does not believe in because a fleet with nowhere to go will tear itself apart. Olmos delivers it as grief and command at once, and the closing 'So say we all' turned into the show's ritual, used at the end of every big speech and by fans at conventions as a toast.
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In context
Spoilers for Battlestar GalacticaShow the scene
In Part 2 of the 2003 Battlestar Galactica miniseries, the Cylons have wiped out the Twelve Colonies and the survivors are fleeing in a ragged fleet led by the aging battleship Galactica. At a funeral for the dead, Commander William Adama (Edward James Olmos) tells the survivors he will take them to a legendary thirteenth colony called Earth. Afterwards President Laura Roslin confronts him, and he admits Earth is probably a myth and that he used it to give people hope. The speech ends with the call-and-response "So say we all", which becomes the show's creed.
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- Wikipedia: Battlestar Galactica (2003 miniseries)Plot, Part 2Reference checked
- Wikiquote: Battlestar Galactica (2003 TV series)MiniseriesReference checked
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