Universe Season 1

The first season of Stargate Universe will air a total of 20 episode, a trend with every season since 2004. This includes a special three-part premiere starting October 2, 2009, on Syfy in the United States. SPACE in Canada will air the series in tandem with Syfy. Sky1 in the United Kingdom and Ireland will start airing the series on October 6. Australia's Sci Fi network will air the series one week after the original broadcast, in October 9.

It has been confirmed that Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping and Gary Jones will be appearing in a few Universe episodes. Gary Jones and Amanda Tapping have been confirmed to make cameo appearances as Walter Harriman and Samantha Carter respectively in the first episode, "Air", while Anderson has been confirmed to play Jack O'Neill in "Air", "Earth" and sporadically throughout the first season. Shanks is confirmed to appear as Daniel Jackson in "Air" and "Human".

Main characters

 * Robert Carlyle as Doctor Nicholas Rush (2/2 episodes)
 * Louis Ferreira as Colonel Everett Young (2/2 episodes)
 * Brian J. Smith as Lieutenant Matthew Scott (2/2 episodes)
 * Elyse Levesque as Chloe Armstrong (2/2 episodes)
 * David Blue as Eli Wallace (2/2 episodes)
 * Alaina Huffman as Lieutenant Tamara Johansen (2/2 episodes)
 * Jamil Walker Smith as Sergeant Ronald Greer (2/2 episodes)
 * Ming-Na as Camile Wray (2/2 episodes)

Recurring characters

 * Julia Anderson as Lieutenant Vanessa James (2/2 episodes)
 * Lou Diamond Phillips as Colonel David Telford (1/2 episodes)
 * Christopher McDonald as Alan Armstrong (2/2 Episodes)
 * Haig Sutherland as Hunter Riley (2/2 episodes)
 * Jennifer Spence as Lisa Park (2/2 episodes)
 * Peter Kelamis as Adam Brody (2/2 episodes)
 * Mark Burgess as Jeremy Franklin (2/2 episodes)
 * Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman as Darren Becker (2/2 episodes)
 * Josh Blacker as Spencer (2/2 episodes)
 * Patrick Gilmore as Dale Volker (2/2 episodes)
 * Bradley Stryker as Curtis (2/2 episodes)
 * Christina Schild as Andrea Palmer (2/2 episodes)
 * Ona Grauer as Emily Young (1/2 episodes)
 * Richard Dean Anderson as General Jack O'Neill (1/2 episodes)
 * Andrew Dunbar as Corporal Gorman

Guest stars

 * Amanda Tapping as Colonel Samantha Carter (1/2 episodes)
 * Michael Shanks as Doctor Daniel Jackson (1/2 episodes)
 * Martin Christopher as Kevin Marks (1/2 episodes)
 * Bill Dow as Bill Lee (1/2 episodes)
 * Gary Jones as Sergeant Walter Harriman (1/2 episodes)

Critical reception

 * In an early review of the series premiere, "Air", Joseph Dilworth Jr. of popculturezoo.com wrote:
 * This is a very strong and exciting debut and if the following seventeen hours build upon the high quality presented here then we are all in for one hell of a season. Stargate Universe would be the series I see as the spiritual successor to Battlestar Galactica except that I see it surpassing the previous Syfy magnum opus in that it is not cruel or unnecessarily grim. On all levels I would say that this is the finest three hours that Syfy has produced to date and considering that includes the likes of Farscape, Eureka, the aforementioned Battlestar Galactica, Sanctuary and the previous two Stargate series, take that as you will. (Read more)


 * Another early positive review from Curt Wagner of chicagonow.com:
 * "SGU" marries many familiar sci-fi conventions with relatable emotional stories to create a non-genre spectacular. If you root for the underdog, you'll love this completely enthralling, heartbreaking and inspiring epic. (Read more)

Novels

 * Stargate Universe: Air