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Although the movie ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'' and the television series ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' share similar names, there is a number 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.{{OROriginal research|date=September 2007}} When MGM decided to make a TV series based on the movie, new creators [[Brad Wright]] and [[Jonathan Glassner]] introduced many novel concepts, changing many aspects of the film's backstory and universe.

==Changes to the Stargate==

[[Image:Wormhole_oldWormhole old.jpg|thumb|Movie and SG-1 wormhole from Seasons 1-8.]][[Image:New_wormholeNew wormhole.jpg|thumb|TV show wormhole in Season 9 and later.]]

After the ''SG-1'' television series got a greenlight from MGM, the original [[Stargate (device)|Stargate device]] prop was considered to be re-used. The prop was found on a studio backlot, weather-beaten beyond usability for the TV series. A cast was made instead, and several new Stargate props were constructed from it for use in the gate room and on-___location shooting.

* The [[chevron (Stargate)|chevron]]s in the ''Stargate'' film do not glow as they do in the series.

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==Other changes==

[[Image:Ra_original_humanoidRa original humanoid.jpg|thumb|Concept drawing of Ra's original humanoid form by [[Patrick Tatopoulos]]. [http://www.tatopoulosstudios.net/mainpage.html] ]]

* In the ''Stargate'' film, Ra is the last of an unnamed race, which is a humanoid species with large black eyes and a lack of facial features, not very dissimilar to the [[Asgard (Stargate)|Asgard]]. In ''SG-1'' however, Ra is one of many "[[Goa'uld]] [[System Lord]]s," who are a race of parasitic snake-like creatures.

* In the film, the [[planet]] [[Abydos (Stargate)|Abydos]] resides millions of [[lightyear]]s away in an entirely different [[galaxy]]. In ''SG-1'', Abydos is the closest planet to [[Earth]] that has a Stargate, residing in the same galaxy as Earth. Also in ''SG-1'', Stargate travel is limited to the Stargate network in the [[Milky Way galaxy]] (unless a tremendous amount of power is used to lengthen the subspace wormhole of a Stargate to another galaxy's Stargate).

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