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In the Beginning

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  1. In the Beginning
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In the Beginning is the second of six Babylon 5 TV Movies. It is set during the Earth-Minbari War, prior to the events of the Babylon 5 TV Series.

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[edit] Production Information

[edit] Cast

[edit] Guest Starring

[edit] Special Guest Star

[edit] Co-Starring

[edit] Featuring

[edit] Summary

The story of the Earth-Minbari War is told from the memories of G'Kar, Delenn and Londo Mollari.

[edit] DVD Release

This TV Movie was released with four others and some limited special features on Region 1 DVD. For more information see:

This TV Movie was released on a single DVD with no Special Features on Region 2 DVD. For More Information see:

[edit] Novelization

The Novelization of Babylon 5: In the Beginning ISBN 0345424522 was published in 1998 and written by Peter David. It included several scenes not seen in the final film such as a brief encounter between Sinclair and Sheridan at a transit station, Jankowski's short lived gloating towards Sheridan and Sterns over his "victory" over the Minbari, his trial, court-martial and ultimate fate. Revealed some of the background and motivations to some of the characters along with the source of much of Londo's knowledge surrounding these events. It also revealed the names of character that appeared in the film, but were not named in dialogue or the credits; such as the "Centauri Woman" (Senna) and the "Presidential Aide" (Hastur).

[edit] Continuity Errors

  • The film contradicts the TV series in some notable ways:
  • Sheridan also claims in Points of Departure that a number of Minbari heavy cruisers were also destroyed. This is not shown in the film nor mentioned in the briefing after.
  • The briefing to a packed assembly room full of Earth Force personnel shows footage of the Black Stars destruction and General Leftcourt (in charge of the briefing)tells them that they plan on broadcasting the footage on every network and news service. It is strange then after all this publicity that in Points of Departure Ivanova is ignorant of how the Black Star was destroyed.
  • NOTE: This can be accounted for if the distress call element to the battle was played down by the press. Naturally the focus would have been on the actual destruction of the Blackstar. Furthermore it didn't sound as if Ivanova was actively trying to uncover any secret, just that in passing she'd never heard how it was done.
  • Ivanova is several years older in the film than she was stated to be in the series.


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