9.08 "Babylon" Episode Guide

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Gravely wounded in a battle with Sodan warrior Volnek, Mitchell is taken captive by the legendary Sodan Jaffa sect and nursed back to health in order to prepare him for a fight to the death as atonement for spilling sacred Sodan blood. Meanwhile, Teal'c, Carter and Daniel struggle to convince the 'dead' Sodan they're not his enemy.

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SG-1 goes to the planet of Sodan, home of a great Jaffa warrior race who sought Kheb, but found their planet instead. The Sodan warriors are descendants of those Jaffa who opposed the Goa'uld Ishkur 5,000 years ago. When Ishkur learned of their insubordination, he ordered their deaths as traitors, but they fled instead. They set out to find Kheb, hoping their souls would finally know peace, but their search led them to the world which they now inhabit.

The Sodan see the Ancients, whom they call the Shen'asai, as the true gods. The Sodan Jaffa follow the Path of the Shen'asai. They have successfully hidden themselves away from the universe, free to pursue the path of wisdom and the nature of the true god without interference from the outside. SG-1 attempts to warn them about the Ori, but one of their leaders, Lord Haikon, has already accepted them as saviors. However a Prior of the Ori happens upon them and perhaps changes their view.

Mitchell ends up fighting with the Sodan and is then captured by them. He is then trained in the fighting practices of the Sodan, just so he may participate in a ritual fight to the death.

Damian Kindler's story Babylon introduces a never-before­ seen sect of Jaffa called the Sodan, who could play a very important role in shaping the future of the Jaffa council. "Political instability within the Jaffa council is growing," says the writer. "If Teal'c and Bra'tac [Tony Amendola] hope to push forward with their idea of a more democratic stance of representation by population then they need more allies. They're hoping if they can find these mysterious Jaffa warriors called the Sodan then it will help lend more weight to their cause.

"Instead, the Sodan find SG-1 first and a fight ensues. When all the dust settles, Mitchell is seriously wounded along with one of the Sodan. Believing their warrior to be dead, they take Mitchell with them. Our heroes then bring the injured Sodan warrior back to the SGC and save his life. So we get a bit of a Last Samurai vibe going on with Mitchell being kept in the Sodan village. He's being trained to fight to the death in a ritual battle so that he may answer for his crimes because, again, they think he's killed one of them."

Adds Peter DeLuise, who is directing Babylon. "We've got Tony Todd playing Lord Haikon, the head dude of the Sodan. He also played Worf's brother on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. I'm looking forward to working with him. An actor by the name of Jarvis George is playing Volnek, the Sodan warrior who's wounded and whose life we end up saving. Jarvis's real­life brother Jason actually plays his brother [Jolan] in the episode. He's the guy who has all the scenes with Mitchell where he's training him for the big fight."

— TV Zone Special #64

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--Michelle 21:36, 23 Jun 2005 (PDT)

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