Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers (episodic title: "To Live and Die in Starlight") was the fifth feature-length film set in the Babylon 5 universe (not including the pilot, The Gathering).
It originally aired on January 19, 2002 on the Sci Fi Channel, and was intended to be the pilot of a new series entitled The Legend of the Rangers. It was written by J. Michael Straczynski and directed by Mike Vejar.
The film's initial airing in the US was o...
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Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers (episodic title: "To Live and Die in Starlight") was the fifth feature-length film set in the Babylon 5 universe (not including the pilot, The Gathering).
It originally aired on January 19, 2002 on the Sci Fi Channel, and was intended to be the pilot of a new series entitled The Legend of the Rangers. It was written by J. Michael Straczynski and directed by Mike Vejar.
The film's initial airing in the US was opposite the NFL AFC Divisional Championship game; as such, the movie received poor ratings on the east coast (although west coast ratings were above expectations), and the SFC decided not to pursue a series. Straczynski posted the following to Usenet on January 27, 2002:
As the Shadow War ended, hundreds of civilizations were devastated. It is up to the Interstellar Alliance, with the help of the Rangers, to rebuild what the great war destroyed and to hold peace among the worlds of the ISA.
In the year 2265, David Martel (Dylan Neal), a Ranger...
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