Although based on the movie ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]],'' and the television series ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' share the same name, they utilizesare a differentnumber of differences in the [[canon (fiction)|canon]] of these fictional works. Through official production notes, scripts, and subsequent text and graphic novel series, [[Roland Emmerich]] and [[Dean Devlin]] created a rich backstory and universe. When MGM decided to make a TV versionseries based on the movie, new creators [[Brad Wright]] and [[Jonathan Glassner]] introduced many new concepts, changing many aspects of the film's backstory forand the TV versionuniverse.
