B5: Shadow War End After Civil War

[The Evil Dead]

Yeah I hated "Scouring of the Shire" Personally I find plot/action to be more important than making a thematic note. Every action should (on a meta scale) be larger than the last one.

I think having a longer denouement suits the larger canvas of a television series, especially a series with so many great characters, but the entire season we got on Babylon 5 was a bit excessive, unfortunately that's the way the cookie crumbled.

I'd take what we got on Babylon 5 over Star Trek: Voyager's "Oh look, Earth!" *roll credits* ending.

 

[blockaderunner]

I just wanna see Bester get his comupance from Garibaldi. Is that too much to ask?

You need to read the Psi Corps trilogy. You won't get the war but you'll get that question answered.

Jan

I have too much on my reading plate already (but with my larvae back in school, I can finally catch up).

 

[JoeD80]

but the entire season we got on Babylon 5 was a bit excessive, unfortunately that's the way the cookie crumbled.

The way the cookie crumbled? It was the plan all along. From some of the earliest notes:

Each season equals one volume. Use prose fiction structure: introduction (season one), rising action (two), complication (three), climax (four), denouement (five). So story/series is five seasons/five year arc.

 

[Kira Nerys]

The series was threatening to be canceled ,so the early ending of the shadow war.

 

[JoeD80]

The series was threatening to be canceled ,so the early ending of the shadow war.

No. The Shadow War was not ended early because of PTEN's collapse. At least by the time of season 3 production Joe had already made the decision to end the shadow war before the final season. To quote jms (from season 3; emphases mine):

There was never the intention of carrying the shadow war through seasons 4 and 5. That'd get boring.

Yes, the shadow war was never meant to consume the entire emphasis of the show.

Never said the shadow war would be over in one year. Only that it wouldn't last three.