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4 January 1998 (USA) more
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The background for the TV series, "Babylon 5," including the Earth-Minbari war, as told by Londo Mollari. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy. more
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Babylon 5: Last of the Fallen (USA) (working title)
In the Beginning
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USA:94 min
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In this TV-movie, Robin Sachs plays Coplann, a member of the Minbari Grey Council. In an episode of "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995), Sachs plays an alien named Valen. In B5, Valen is the name of the Minbari holy figure who originally formed the Council. more
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Continuity: When Sheridan, Franklin and G'Kar are captured by the Minbari, Sheridan is punched by a guard and his rank pin is crooked. In the next shot, his pin is suddenly straight. more
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Delenn: It is said that in every age, there is one singular event that forever changes the world around us. A nexus, if you will.
G'Kar: It is said that the future is always born in pain. The history of war is the history of pain. If we are wise what is born of that pain matures into the promise of a better world. Because we learn that we can no longer afford the mistakes of the past.
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Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#22.5)" (1999) more

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What a way to start it all, 5 August 2004

Although this movie came a long time after the series premiere, it was actually the first piece of B-5 I saw. It's a great movie on it's own, and a perfect way to start the whole series, because you get all the background info.

The movie revolves around the Earth-Minbari wars, a war erupting when a captain from an earth-warship reacts to a Minbari greeting in a hostile way, resulting in the death of several hundreds of thousands of Earthlings. And that's all you need to know, the rest will show itself when you watch the movie.

The action is great, special effect OK (they were never great, sad to say) and the acting first-class! So go see this movie, and then follow up with probably the second-best Sci-Fi series EVER (after Enterprise of course...:))

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