The Gathering is the pilot, depicting the arrival of several major characters upon the Babylon 5 station in the year 2257.

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The original show spawned a multimedia franchise of spin-offs consisting of a miniseries, five television movies, twenty-two novels, two tabletop games (an RPG and a wargame), and various other media such as technical books, comics, and trading cards.ĭuring and after production of Babylon 5, six television films set in the Babylon 5 universe were produced. With a strong emphasis on character development set against a backdrop of conflicting ideologies on multiple levels, Straczynski wanted 'to take an adult approach to SF, and attempt to do for television SF what Hill Street Blues did for cop shows.'

Described as 'one of the most complex programs on television' the various story arcs drew upon the prophesies, religious zealotry, racial tensions, social pressures and political rivalries which existed within each of their cultures, to create a contextual frame for the motivations and consequences of the protagonists actions. The ensemble cast portray alien ambassadorial staff and humans assigned to the five mile long Babylon 5 space station, a centre for trade and diplomacy. Colonies within the solar system, and beyond, make up the Earth Alliance and contact has been made with numerous spacefaring races. Set between the years 22, it depicts a future where Earth has sovereign states and a unifying Earthgov. Describing it as having 'always been conceived as, fundamentally, a five year story, a novel for television', Straczynski wrote 92 of the 110 episodes and served as executive producer, along with Douglas Netter. It premiered in the United States on Januand ran for the intended five seasons. commissioned the series as part of the second year schedule of programs provided by its Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN). After the successful airing of a pilot movie, Warner Bros. Michael Straczynski, under the Babylonian Productions label in association with Straczynski’s Synthetic Worlds Ltd. Babylon 5 is an American space opera television series created by writer and producer J.

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