Holy crumpets, you're like an RDA encyclopaedia! *g*

I'm going to have to go back and find which one of the documentaries on the DVDs talks about the putting-together of Stargate, 'cause now I'm curious. I don't remember exactly what they said.

I think - but I'm biased - that SG-1 wouldn't have been as interesting without RDA. I like his sense of humour, and I don't think many lead actors would necessarily have wanted that sort of input / influence over their character - not to the extent that RDA seems to have had, anyhow. Although I guess the writers had a lot to do with creating the character's style (they sound a bit annoyed sometimes with everyone assuming all the funny lines are Rick ad-libs *g*) - but presumably he had a fair amount of power over which writers they actually used, so... Eh. Probably impossible to say now how much of Jack is RDA's direct or indirect influence, and how much comes from the writers / directors, etc.

I have heard that mainly what he did was editing work

...Editing? Really? Fascinating! That's so much more specifically involved than I'd thought. I just assumed it was more a matter of him being at creative meetings, etc, and saying "Well, I think we should do this..." - that sort of thing. But editing... wow. I'd love to know what aspects he chose to play up and play down. I know there's rumours about his influence over the Sam/Daniel and Sam/Jack relationships. Hm!