And Devlin and Emmerich were fully committed to the world-building from the jump. How Stargate recreated an Egyptian language for Abydos The stargate in Stargate (1994) ...

It would be wrong to call Stargate: SG-1 the Sopranos of ‘90s sci-fi, but it wouldn’t be far off either. It’s a show that took big risks with complex, season-long stories.