Things seemed to sour for Babylon 5 fans in 1999. The series was over, but we always knew that was the way it would be. However, TNT had turned out not to be the best place for the B5 universe, with their own promotion problems and the debacle surrounding the treatment of Crusade. So by the time that this video debuted at DragonCon that summer, a certain moment that happens 17 seconds in got a thunderous round of applause from over 3000 fans in the room.
This video is also based around John Williams' Star Wars main theme and "Duel of the Fates", since The Phantom Menace had (for better or worse) come out that year, and I was intrigued at the idea of combining the visuals of B5 with Williams' music - and a LOT of Joe's dialogue. After that first showing, Claudia Christian dragged me up onstage with the B5 cast (quite a few attended that year as well) where I got a standing ovation from the crowd. I also apparently made Mira Furlan cry, as it moved her that much. It was a VERY good day, one I'll never forget.
I had intended for this to be my last B5 video, as it didn't look like there were any more B5 tales on the horizon, and I wanted to end on a high note. I was done - or so I thought...
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