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The added dialogue underlines even more strongly the Minbari assassin’s last words to Sinclair, “there is a hole in your mind,” during the closing act of the pilot (the meaning of those words will only start to become clear by the first season finale, Chrysalis and the season 2 premiere, Points Of Departure.) Since The Gathering was released after season 4, the bit of prophetic dialogue introduced in that scene did nothing for the fans who had already seen Sinclair’s ultimate fate pan out in War Without End (episodes 16 & 17, season 3), but if you plan on watching the series for the first time, it is worth watching The Gathering before tackling season one.Įven though the series would only arguably find its voice in season 2, the pilot set the mood for the entire series. Revised, this scene now becomes a pivotal element of the series’ overarching narrative. The edits are by no means extensive, but Straczynski did use that opportunity to correct a few issues and add a few more touches to the original version.īesides fixing a few things like Sinclair’s walk through the Alien Sector that looked more like a stroll through a zoo, The Gathering introduced a revised version of Sinclair’s first encounter with Vorlon Ambassador Kosh that foreshadows Sinclair’s ultimate fate.
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So there are two versions of the pilot and even though the differences between them are slight, the Babylon 5 historians among us will be interested in viewing both, although it would be very hard to find a copy of the original version (harder than it is to find copies of the original, unadulterated version of Star Wars).
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But here are our top picks from each season, presented in no particular order. We can’t list everyone’s favourite episodes, obviously, so we expect Babylon 5 fans to dutifully remind us of the episodes that should also have made the list. Instead, it highlights some of the best episodes of the five-year arc − not including the made-for-TV movies and spin-offs. This feature is not meant to be an exhaustive roadmap of the show. The last two Babylon 5 stories titled Babylon 5 Tales were released directly on DVD in 2007.
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Another made-for-TV movie and pilot, Legends Of The Rangers, was produced, but it was not picked up as another spin-off. One of those tie-ins ( A Call To Arms) acted as a pilot (of a sort) for the spin-off series Crusade, which ran for only one season. Six made-for-TV tie-in movies were also produced. The series corresponds to five years (Earth years 2258 to 2262) in the history of the main space-faring races (Human, Centauri, Narn, Minbari, and Vorlon) and the other races first introduced as the League of Non-Aligned Worlds. It ran for its planned five-season run, which allowed J Michael Straczynski to tell the complete B5 story arc. Unlike many science fiction series of its time, it did not get cancelled. The Babylon 5 pilot aired in February 1993, but the series itself only debuted nearly a year later in January 1994. If you’ve never watched Babylon 5, you’ve missed out on some of the best sci-fi ever aired on television, and even though the upcoming reboot may spare you from having to sit through the original series, you might still want to see what you’ve missed out on.