Ra (Stargate)
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| Stargate character | |
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Image:Ra in 'Moebius Part I'.jpg | |
| Ra | |
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| Race | Goa'uld |
| Gender | Male |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Unknown |
| Rank | Supreme System Lord |
| Birthplace | Unknown |
| Film portrayer | Jaye Davidson (younger version by Dax Biagas and Kieron Lee as Ra masked) |
| Television portrayer | Jay Williams |
| First appearance | Stargate |
In the science fiction television show Stargate SG-1 and original movie Stargate, Ra was a fictional alien related to Ra of Egyptian Mythology.
Ra was killed in the original film Stargate. The premise for the movie was that Ra was actually a humanoid alien who posed as a god to enslave the peoples of Earth. He was overthrown on Earth but still ruled over Abydos, to which Colonel Jonathan "Jack" O'Neil, Dr. Daniel Jackson, Lt. Charles Kawalsky, Ferretti and others traveled. There, they managed to communicate with the locals who were being forced to mine naqahdah for Ra. O'Neill had brought a nuclear bomb from Earth, with orders to detonate it if there was trouble. Ra discovered this, and planned to instead send the nuclear bomb back to Earth with an additional payload of naquadah. The resulting explosion would most probably have destroyed Earth. Ra was defeated before he could do this, and decided to leave Abydos in his pyramid-shaped Ha'tak, leaving the nuclear bomb armed and counting down towards detonation on Abydos' surface. In defense, Jackson sent the bomb and its naqahdah up into the Ha'tak by way of a ring transporter. The bomb exploded there above Abydos' atmosphere, destroying the Ha'tak and killing Ra.
As a side note, beyond glowing eyes and the bass-augmented voice, when Ra became angry the outline of the real alien Ra could be seen within the host. This portion appears to be in direct contradiction to Stargate SG-1, where the true Goa'uld appear to be a serpent-like creature which occupies the brain stem in order to control the host. It is explained in the movie that the alien entity, near death, found a way to inhabit the bodies of like-constructed hosts, and seized the opportunity as his ship came upon the primitive peoples of the Tau'ri.
According to Stargate SG-1 canon, Ra was the most cunning and ruthless of the System Lords, so much so that he was awarded the title Supreme System Lord and became the de facto Emperor of the Goa'uld, though this would be very nominal.
Ra has appeared only once on Stargate SG-1, in the season eight episode "Moebius Part 1", in which the SG-1 crew, using an Ancient time machine, traveled to Earth's past before the revolution against Ra.es:Ra (Stargate) it:Ra (Stargate)
