I just finished watching the season finale of Battlestar Galactica from a few weeks ago (which was awesome, by the way). The end of the episode was so different from what I was expecting, I went in search of more information. I hit up gateworld.net because it’s always been a good source of info without giving away everything. What I found instead was this little gem about Richard Dean Anderson appearing next season on Stargate! The link contains mild spoilers so be careful. Here’s the spoiler-free highlights:

Anderson will appear first in the episode titled “200,” which not coincidentally will air at the show’s 200th episode, this summer. “200” will allow the cast and crew to break outside the mold of the traditional Stargate episode while revisiting a comical storyline from the past — precisely 100 episodes ago, in fact. [Think Wormhole X-Treme!]
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The show’s former leading man will also guest star on Stargate Atlantis in Season Three, and will appear in additional episodes of SG-1’s tenth year. Anderson told his official Web site that he will appear in a total of five episodes this year. He was asked to appear in the 200th episode, and during negotiations offered to do a few more if the writers wanted to use his character to tie up any loose ends.
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The show’s producers also told GateWorld that Anderson’s appearance in [“200”] will be substantial, and not a brief cameo as he did in Season Nine’s “Avalon, Part 1” and “Origin.”

Sweet! I’ve always hoped he would come back for some closure. Col. Mitchell is cool and definitely a worthy replacement, but you just can’t beat Jack O’Neill. Apparently he spilled the beans to a fan site a few weeks ago. His first new episode should air sometime in August.