Battlestar Galactica Movie Destroys Fan Favorite Character For No Good Reason

The answer is that it doesn’t quite come together because it’s all a retcon. Creator Ronald D. Moore would admit later that, despite the opening credits, the Cylons never had a plan, and Battlestar Galactica: The Plan was a late attempt, coming after the series had ended, to explain what the plan was….even if it never really existed. Boomer’s treatment between The Plan and Season 1 robs her story arc of its shock value, and seeing her alongside the other Significant Seven before the fall of the colonies is jarring. As with so much about the series, if the Final Five didn’t exist, Boomer’s arc would, even with The Plan as canon, make far more sense.