One great unanswered question in terms of Galactica production history was whether it was a mere coincidence caused by casting Patrick Macnee as Iblis that made Larson add that very important conversation with Baltar in the prison cell that IMO is the absolute lynchpin in Galactica history in terms of understand the nature of the whole Human-Cylon conflict. Whatever the circumstances, in that one scene alone Larson managed to give the series a deeper subtext than he probably first envisioned and in the process made ABC seem like inadvertant geniuses for insisting that the Cylons not be living creatures. It takes on a much more chillingly effective connotation to realize that Iblis was responsible for destroying the living race of Cylons, and that the entire conflict is not one viewed through conventional "shades of gray" thinking like the Federation battles with Klingons and Romulans are, but a case where it can only be seen through a Good-Evil and black-white lens.
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