We're going to have some video, too, for this panel.

Saw Hayden Panettiere being escorted around by stormtroopers and apologizing to the crowd for the commotion.

Yesterday SciFi/Virgin Comics announced.

Five titles. Global ambitions. Unique properties. September launch. Road testing concepts. Comic fans will be the taste testers for bringing concepts to other media.

Kevin Smith moderating.

VP of marketing at Sci Fi. James Callis and Tricia Helfer.

Clip reel shown.

Boy fraks girl. Boy inadvertently ends world.

Classic love story.

Smith asks how someone gets into marketing.

Smith's Star Wars pen pal was in Alberta Canada, asks Helfer if she knew him.

Asks about the Six/Xena threesome. If he could also nail Scully, that would be the trifecta.

Helfer had been acting for a year before BSG. Drawn to script.

Almos very "passionate". Smith asks if that's code for being an asshole.

Callis had done Bridget Jones. At first he was acting almost in his own show with little interaction with rest of cast. Wasn't until he saw it all together that he saw how "amazing" it was.

Was there ever a moments hesitation about doing sci fi? Callis says he said are you f-ing kidding me when first approached about part. Didn't "get it", until he was auditioning with Helfer. Helfer's dad was a Battlestar fan.

Callis wanted to be very different from original, not a creep in a toga by a laptop.

Togas in season four.

Helfer had no prior character reference.

Callis says writers were brilliant in giving character his foil in Six. Original Baltar sold out humanity for a "bathrobe". New Baltar's motivations more complex.

How to play "Six"? Was originally a colder character. How does she walk, talk, sit?

Six's Jiminy Cricket relationship with Baltar? What was it like when character interaction changed when Six was shown to have a Baltar in her head? Didn't work at first. Had to re-figure out how they moved around each other. Had to do it slightly differently. Writers will be getting back to it. Helfer was happy that Callis would also see what it was like to be outside a scene while in a scene. First time they did it, Callis missed his line, forgetting he was in the scene, just watching the other actors.

Helfer loves challenge of playing multiple versions of same character.

When they're on a Basestar and have their hands in some shit... what is that shit? Sometimes nothing. Sometimes water. Smith expects them to say "you're soaking in it."

Does BSG open doors in the industry? Few in industry watch the show. Callis went to meeting with Disney. They thought he was in Stargate and was cancelled. Callis does great, funny American accents.

There's a snobbery in the industry against sci-fi. But outside the industry, it's massive. It's going to last in people's minds long after show is over.

Why the move to Sunday? Wanted to bring in new people. Ratings up 10%. The best show not many people are watching.

Won a Peabody.

DVD movie, then air on SciFi. Side stories to tell.

Trial coming up, within three episodes.

Special effects when Battlestar Galactica jumped into atmosphere. Callis was impressed by scenes of ships on Caprica during day. Firefly fan spoke up about their show.

Never want to come up against a browncoat. These cats celebrate a show not even on the air anymore. Helfer used to date Nathan Fillion.

There are rebel troopers "guarding" the stage...

Q&A:
Spoilers? Starbuck off the credits? Can't say.

Spin off Caprica still being worked on.

Baltar best character ever in history of any media? Will he be the eventual saviour off all humanity? He may not be. But you can't quite put your finger on what he's about.

On a Star Trek vs. BSG panel and Star Trek person said that dark as it is the characters on BSG keep their hope and ultimately that's what the show is about. Callis doubts Baltar can redeem himself.

How do you play Baltar in high emotion scenes? Take some time by yourself. Get head into space where you believe it yourself so you can project it to the camera.

Baltar's beard? Can we have an unkempt tv character? Baltar no longer cares about his appearance, it's emblematic of his state of mind.

Smith loses a bet when the marketing guy gets a question about repeats of Hollow Man. Are they limiting the exposure of the show by not re-running it constantly? Marketing guy says that's not accurate, schedule is on SciFi.com. Smith tells questioner he was "fucking Pwned!"

Any other original actors coming up? Dirk Benedict will play Baltar's Mini-Me. Anything possible. Smith says no, because Lorne Greene is dead.

Helfer have any concerns playing such a sexual character? No worries from miniseries due to the character's intelligence being so central.

Smith compliments them again to end it. Much clapping of hands.