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Stargate: The Ark of Truth is a 2008, military science fiction, direct-to-video

film in the Stargate franchise, acting as a sequel to the television series
Stargate SG-1. It is written and directed by Robert C. Cooper, produced by Cooper,
John G. Lenic, and the series' creator Brad Wright, and stars its regular cast. The
film is the conclusion of the Ori arc, and picks up after the SG-1 series finale,
but happens before the Stargate Atlantis third season finale.
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
Ark of Truth DVD.jpg
Official DVD cover
Directed by
Robert C. Cooper
Written by
Robert C. Cooper
Produced by
Robert C. Cooper
John G. Lenic
Brad Wright
Starring
Ben Browder
Amanda Tapping
Christopher Judge
Michael Shanks
Claudia Black
Beau Bridges
Cinematography
Peter F. Woeste
Edited by
Stein Myhrstad
Music by
Joel Goldsmith
Production
companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Acme Shark
Distributed by
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date
March 11, 2008
Running time
102 minutes
Countries
United States
Canada
Language
English
Budget
$7 million
Box office
$11,728,654[1]

The Ark of Truth was released as a Region 1 DVD by MGM's home media distributor
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on March 11, 2008. Sky One has broadcast the
film on March 24, 2008, to be followed by the Region 2 DVD release on April 28,
2008 with the Region 4 DVD release on April 9, 2008. SPACE has broadcast the film
on September 13, 2008. The SciFi Channel premiered the movie on March 27, 2009.

It is the first of two Stargate SG-1 direct-to-DVD films, the second one being
Stargate: Continuum.
PlotEdit

While digging on Dakara, SG-1 discovers a box that they believe contains the Ark of
Truth, but before they can open it, Ori soldiers arrive, led by Tomin. Daniel
tricks them into opening the box, but it is revealed to be a fake. When Tomin is
ordered by a Prior to kill them, he refuses, and Mitchell kills the Prior, whose
powers were being blocked by the Anti-Prior device. Shocked at the death of their
Prior, the Ori soldiers surrender with Tomin returning to Earth with SG-1 where he
resides at the SGC for a time.

Back on Earth, General Landry and Mitchell meet James Marrick, an IOA
representative sent to interrogate Tomin, because the original IOA representative,
Richard Woolsey, is now working for the Atlantis Expedition. When Daniel Jackson
realizes that the Ark is still in the Ori galaxy, Marrick is assigned to accompany
them on board the Odyssey through the Supergate. In the Ori galaxy, a member of the
anti-Ori resistance tells the team that according to legend, the Ark is on
Celestis, the Ori capital. When SG-1 beams down to the planet, Marrick activates
the Asgard computer core which alerts the Ori to the ship's location.

Upon being alerted by Major Kevin Marks of what is going on, Mitchell and Carter
beam back to the Odyssey and discover that Marrick has used the core to build a
Replicator, intending to plant it on an Ori ship and let it spread to their entire
fleet. When Mitchell attempts to destroy it with an anti-Replicator Gun, the
replicator escapes, and Marrick reveals that the IOA removed that weakness from the
design, although conventional weapons are sufficient to destroy individual
replicators. Marrick implies that a shutdown code has been included as a failsafe,
but claims he does not know what it is. He is placed in the ship's brig and falls
victim to the Replicators, when they make their way into the brig, resulting in
Marrick becoming a Human/Replicator hybrid. With several Ori ships approaching,
Mitchell attempts to beam Daniel, Teal'c, Vala, and Tomin up from the planet, but
the replicator takes over the system and keeps Mitchell from doing so. With no
other option, the Odyssey jumps to hyperspace to escape, leaving the others on the
planet.

Daniel finds the Ark in a set of catacombs, and after several ground tremors,
brings it to the surface. When the team emerges, they are ambushed by Ori warriors,
and Teal'c is shot in the back while the others are captured. When they are brought
to the city, Vala discovers that the Ori were indeed killed by the Sangraal during
the events of The Shroud. Adria has ascended and taken over all of their power.
Teal'c, who has been walking toward the city of Celestis since he was shot,
collapses due to his wound within sight of the city. He is subsequently revived by
Morgan le Fay and continues on to free Daniel. Morgan then arrives in Daniel's cell
(initially in the guise of Merlin) and tells him if he can expose one Prior to the
Ark, the others will be turned by a link in their staffs. This will weaken Adria
enough for Morgan to stalemate her.

In the meantime, a Prior arrives on Earth, offering a last chance to convert to

Origin. When General Landry refuses to even listen to him, the Apollo detects a
fleet of Ori motherships waiting on the edge of the Solar System. On the Odyssey,
Marrick is attacked by Replicators who infest his body. In the ensuing battle,
Mitchell is able to briefly disable the Replicator connection to Marrick's brain,
who then informs Mitchell the shut down code for the Replicators is on the other
side of the crystal used to create them. Mitchell activates an explosive charge
which kills Marrick. Mitchell informs Carter, who activates the shut-down command,
deactivating the Replicators.

When the Ark is activated and opened, the Doci is caught by the beam and made to
see that the Ori are not gods and spreads this belief to all of the Priors in the
Ori galaxy and through them their followers. With Adria now in a weakened state,
Morgan is able to engage her in an eternal battle. SG-1 exposes the Prior on Earth
to the Ark, transmitting the knowledge about the Ori to all of the Priors in the
Milky Way, and thus turning all known Priors in the Universe.

In the aftermath, Tomin departs for the Ori galaxy as the new leader of his people,
he and Vala agreeing that, while the Ori were liars, Origin itself has a worthwhile
message. Tomin asks Vala to come with him, but Vala apologizes and says that she
feels her place is with the SGC. Over Daniel's objections the Ark is taken to Area
51 for study while SG-1 later prepare for another new mission through the Stargate.
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