‘Stargate SG-1’ Officially Returns With a Brand-New Next Month

It’s been a long, strange 12 months for Stargate fans. After over a decade of inactivity, a revival with series veteran Martin Gero at the helm was announced to much fanfare a year ago. Several months later, that revival was cancelled, only for a new take to be greenlit, this time headed up by WandaVision and Agatha All Along creator Jac Schaeffer. However, despite the rollercoaster ride of announcements and cancellations, the fan community has been well-served with collectibles, and there’s one last release coming next month, just in time for Christmas.

Stargate began in 1994 with the movie of the same name, which was written by 1990s blockbuster dream team Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, and directed by the latter. It centers around a US military team, led by career soldier Colonel Jack O’Neill (Kurt Russell) and eccentric scientist Dr. Daniel Jackson (James Spader), who use an ancient stargate to travel to an alien planet where an alien “god” rules over the enslaved human population. The movie was a hit, and spawned a TV spinoff, Stargate SG-1, which ran for 10 seasons and over 200 episodes. Two SG-1 spin-offs, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe, followed; however, after Universe ended in 2011, the franchise has largely lain fallow.

Now, Master Replicas, which has been busily producing Stargate starship and prop replicas for several years, is letting fans bring one of the most famous pieces of Stargate iconography home. The helmet of the fearsome Horus Guard can now decorate your desk. The desktop replica is painstakingly detailed to perfectly replicate the prop in painted polyresin, and measures just under 6 inches tall when placed on its display stand. The Horus Guard Helmet Desktop Replica will retail for $69.99 USD, and can be pre-ordered on MasterReplicas.com. It will be released in December.

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Who Are the Horus Guards?

• Image via Master Replicas

• Image via Master Replicas

• Image via Master Replicas

• Image via Master Replicas

First appearing in 1994’s Stargate, the Horus Guards are the elite troopers of Ra, a parasitic Goa’uld alien occupying a human host and claiming to be a living god. Like the falcon-headed Egyptian god they take their name from, the Horus Guards have a bird-like, sharp beaked appearance, thanks to their distinctive helmets. They are members of the Jaffa, a genetically engineered humanoid slave race with superhuman strength and endurance. After Ra’s death at the hands of the SG-1 team, they served his mate, Hathor, and their son, Heru’ur.

The Stargate SG-1 Horus Guard Helmet from Master Replicas will be released in December. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.

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