27 Facts About Saul Tigh

Saul Tigh is a fictional character on Battlestar Galactica played by Michael Hogan.

Saul Tigh is a line officer assigned as executive officer on the Galactica.

Saul Tigh is actually a survivor of the ill-fated 13th tribe, a tribe made entirely of Humanoid Cylons.

Saul Tigh is approximately 2000 years old, with his last body having been operational since the first cylon war - any memories prior to that time are artificial.

Saul Tigh has a strong dislike of Gaius Baltar; this turns into murderous rage during Baltar's tenure as head of the collaborationist government.

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Saul Tigh had a particular respect for his subordinate Felix Gaeta, going so far as to defend him after he makes a foolish mistake separating Galactica from the civilian fleet, though this respect all but evaporated after Saul Tigh suspected Gaeta of collaboration with the Cylons on New Caprica.

Saul Tigh has an unrelenting moral vision and sense of duty, to the extent he publicly refuses to shake hands with Tom Zarek, a former Sagittaron rebel turned politician, even though it would be politically expedient to do so.

Saul Tigh is frequently able to anticipate Cylon tactics from his considerable combat experience.

Saul Tigh was eventually trained as a Viper pilot and commissioned as an officer.

Saul Tigh met William Adama during a bar fight that began when Saul Tigh was taunted by his shipmates over his wartime service, and the two quickly became firm friends.

At some point during this period Saul Tigh had three volumes of war history published, until his personal problems interfered.

Almost immediately, Saul Tigh is tested: after a nuclear missile hits Galactica, he has to decide whether to seal off the affected area and doom the crew serving there or fight the fire and potentially lose the ship.

Saul Tigh leads the marine detachment sent to overthrow Laura Roslin's presidency.

Calmly telling him, "this is mutiny, you know that, " Saul Tigh takes control of the situation after Roslin surrenders and is able to take both Roslin and Lee into custody.

Saul Tigh tries to keep the press and Quorum of Twelve from seeing Roslin.

Saul Tigh is jailed and tortured several times by the Cylons for acts of resistance against them, and his right eye is violently ripped out.

Now even more embittered, Saul Tigh allows volunteers to carry out suicide bombings against the Cylons, despite qualms from others within the Human community.

Adama confronts Saul Tigh, accusing him of spreading discontent and lowering morale.

Adama tells Saul Tigh he is to stay in his quarters until he can return to being the man Adama has come to know after 30 years of service together.

When Lieutenant Daniel "Bulldog" Novacek is picked up by the Galactica after three years in Cylon captivity, Saul Tigh reveals Adama's role in Bulldog's capture, again driven by his depression and anger: "Sometimes surviving can be its own death sentence, " he says bitterly.

Nevertheless, this incident ultimately provides the stimulus for him to break out of his downward spiral: when Bulldog attacks Adama, it is Saul Tigh who comes to the rescue, saving his old friend's life and making Bulldog see how he was acting as an unwitting pawn of the Cylons.

Saul Tigh is shocked and dazed, but quickly regains his composure.

Saul Tigh offers to let himself be jettisoned from an airlock in order to provide the Colonial Fleet with leverage against the Cylons, who do not want him harmed.

Saul Tigh refuses to leave and tells Caprica Six to go with the rest of the Cylons.

Saul Tigh is with Ellen, Tyrol and Tory in Joe's Bar when Kara starts playing the music, surprising them all.

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Saul Tigh is shocked to discover Tory murdered Cally and can only watch as Tyrol kills Tory in revenge, sparking a firefight that results in the demise of the attacking Cylon forces led by Cavil.

Saul Tigh forgives him for killing Tory, saying he'd have done the same thing if someone had done that to Ellen.