Anonymous said:
I think that the "prequal" of the first minbari war, were Valon and B4 went back intime would make great movie.....
starwars did it why can't B5 :wink:
Shalazar
As a fan, this is perhaps the story that I want to see more than others. It might be hard to see on the movie screen though, as casual viewers might find it harder to relate to a cast that is composed of non-human characters. As a mini-series however, I think that it is much more feasible, IMHO.
The Valen story is hinted at in several places, in particular 'City of Sorrows' and 'In Valen's Name'. The latter is one that I would have loved to have seen made into a two parter. There are so many unanswered questions about the Valen era. We know he beat the Shadows, enough to force them into their hiding places to wait for a thousand years. How did he do it? Did he have access to telepaths? Did the Vorlons get involved? What about the alliance of races that he set up, in the same way that Sheridan did a thousand years later. How did the Vorlons react, in the knowledge that Sinclair, by being born a thousand years hence, effectively knew more of their future history than they did? Did Kosh, via Sinclair, learn of his own death to effectively seal a new alliance of races in 2260? What happened to Zathras?
So many questions, so few answers... :lol:
As far as the Centauri Trilogy, I think the same for the feature film applies as for the Valen/B4 story. It needs to be human-focused, to help draw in casual watchers. Heck, us B5'ers will spend our cash, but for WB to make it really worthwhile, and hopefully power the juggernaut that B5 deserves to be, they need to pull in those that have heard about the series, perhaps seen an episode or two, but thats about it.
Chobbly
