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Both Ronald D. Moore and David Eick said their decision to pull the plug on "Battlestar Galactica" was based on the uncertainty of the show's future past the fourth season. No one has disputed that, but occasional actor Richard Hatch has shed some light on what it would've taken to keep the show going.

"He couldn't get a commitment for at least two [more] seasons," Hatch told fans at Comic-Con over the weekend, according to a report by IGN. "He decided to give the fans a resolution."

Hatch, who played Apollo in the original 1970s series and later played political terrorist Tom Zarek in the new series, said the two executive producers wanted to tell the story in at least five seasons. However, SciFi Channel executives -- remembering the show's eroding ratings and the large cost to produce -- didn't want to commit to more than a fourth season which led to Eick and Moore asking to end the series after the fourth season.

Hatch said the door was being left open for some movies or continuations, but Moore recently told fans that it was unlikely that the network or NBC Universal as a whole would be interested in the large costs of rebuilding sets and making more "Galactica" in the future.

With the show coming to a close, Hatch -- once one of the project's largest critics -- said he would miss what the newer, darker "Battlestar Galactica" brought to the franchise. According to IGN, the new series "has proven to be something truly special," and if it hadn't been, Hatch certainly would be kicking up a fuss.

"Battlestar Galactica" returns in November with its Battlestar Pegasus telemovie "Razor," and will premier its fourth and final season in early 2008.

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