Sokar (Stargate)
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| Stargate character | |
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 Sokar in The Devil You Know |
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| Sokar | |
| Race | Goa'uld |
| Gender | Male |
| Rank | System Lord |
| Birthplace | Unknown |
| Portrayer | David Palffy None (film) |
| First episode | "Jolinar's Memories" |
Sokar is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 played by David Palffy.
He replaced Apophis as the principal enemy of SG-1 for a very short period of time during the third season, until his death. Although he was mentioned as a growing threat to the galaxy in several episodes, he only appeared in person in a single 2-episode story arc, at the end of which he was killed. He was very intelligent and relentlessly harsh to his enemies.
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[edit] History
[edit] Background
A Goa'uld who was outcast by the System Lords, Sokar was one of the most powerful of the Goa'uld. He had posed as the god of death on many different worlds.[1] On Earth, this took the form of the Judeo-Christian fallen angel Satan.[2] It is said that thousands of years ago, when the Goa'uld occupied Earth, Sokar's host body was that of an Unas. Sokar later became the ruler of the System Lords, but an alliance consisting of Ra, Apophis, Kronos, and others eventually overthrew him.[1]
Sokar's homeworld was Delmak. He terra-formed the nearby moon of Ne'tu to fit the myth of hell, exposing its molten core to make its atmosphere hot and chemically toxic. There he sent his captured enemies, and enjoyed regularly hearing tales of their torture and suffering by his appointed warden, Bynarr.
The Tok'ra Jolinar of Malkshur once tried to overthrow one of the System Lords, and was defeated only when Apophis joined the battle against her. Based on the fact that Jolinar spent some time in Sokar's prison, this System Lord may have been Sokar himself. Jolinar was also the first one who ever escaped from Ne'tu.[3]
[edit] Contact with SG-1
One of his most noteworthy enemies was the Goa'uld Apophis. After the loss of a significant portion of his forces during his failed attack on Earth, Apophis was captured and tortured by Sokar. He escaped and fled to Earth, demanding sanctuary. However, Sokar followed his enemy and nearly destroyed the iris guarding Earth's Stargate using a directed particle weapon. Sokar threatened to destroy Earth if the humans would not return Apophis to him, and after Apophis's death, they were forced to comply.[1] He was subsequently revived by Sokar using a Sarcophagus.
Several months later, Sokar had amassed the most powerful fleet in the entire Goa'uld domain, and was days away from launching an all-out attack on the System Lords, an attack that the Tok'ra believed he would have won. He was, in fact, at war with many other Goa'uld. His plan was to attack several key System Lords in order to tip the tenuous balace of power in the galaxy in his favor.
After Jacob Carter was captured by the System Lord, the Tok'ra Martouf visited the SGC searching for assistance in rescuing Carter. When SG-1 and Martouf arrived on Ne'tu, they were informed by Jacob Carter/Selmak of Sokar's massive army and his plans to attack the System Lords.[3] The Tok'ra launched a plan to take out Sokar, launching a weapon into the core of Ne'tu to cause it to explode. Sokar's ship was in orbit, and he was destroyed along with the planet.
As Apophis, who had been forced to serve Sokar after his defeat, was also trying to assassinate his new master at the time, he was able to seize control of Sokar's massive army. Apophis took his place as most powerful member of the System Lords.[4]
[edit] Trivia
- Although Daniel Jackson describes Sokar as "the original Satan", in reality the mythological Sokar was a minor funeral god who wasn't particularly evil. Apophis/Apep, the ultimate evil in Egyptian mythology and the one who seeks the destruction of the world, is much closer to the character of Satan. The character Sokar was described as "the original Satan" because of his connection to Christianity, as there is no Satan in Egyptian mythology.
- Palffy would also later play Anubis in Stargate SG-1, another extremely powerful Goa'uld who was considered far worse than the majority of his race. This reuse of an actor led to fan speculation that the two characters were the same.
- Sokar was originally intended to be an Unas.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Serpent's Song" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Demons" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ a b "Jolinar's Memories" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "The Devil You Know" (Stargate SG-1)
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| Recurring characters on Stargate SG-1 | Edit | |
| Tau'ri | Malcolm Barrett | Jacob Carter | Chekov | Adrian Conrad | Major Davis | Paul Emerson | Louis Ferretti | Janet Fraiser Walter Harriman | Charles Kawalsky | Robert Kinsey | Carolyn Lam | Catherine Langford | Bill Lee | Harry Maybourne Rodney McKay | Lionel Pendergast | Robert Rothman | Frank Simmons | Pete Shanahan | Siler | Richard Woolsey |
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| Other Humans | Cassandra | Kasuf | Linea | Ma'chello | Martin Lloyd | Sha're | Shifu | Skaara | |
| Goa'uld | Amonet | Anubis | Apophis | Ba'al | Cronus | Hathor | Heru-ur Nerus | Nirrti | Osiris | Ra | Sokar | Tanith | Yu | Zipacna |
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| Jaffa | Bra'tac | Gerak | Ishta | Rya'c | |
| Other | Adria | Chaka | Fifth | Harlan | Merlin | Oma Desala | Reese | Replicator Carter | Thor | |
| Lists by race | All | Tau'ri | Ancient, Aschen, Asgard, Goa'uld, Jaffa, Langaran, Lucian Alliance Ori, Replicator, Tok'ra, Tollan, System Lord |
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