This one was a bit of an adventure. In the spring of 1997, the fourth season was roaring to an end, but there were rumors the series would not get its fifth season. Joe and I had talked about using Christopher Franke's music again, highlighting the epic feel and scope of the Babylon 5 story, and with that in mind, I started editing.
After about a month, I got a call from Joe on a Friday, asking how close I was to being done. I was maybe 75% there, but he wanted to know if there was any way I could be done by Monday, as he was going to Atlanta the next week and would VERY much like to have a showreel inhand. Needless to say, I pulled a LONG weekend, as this was Joe's trip to hopefully finalize the deal to get B5 onto TNT for the fifth and final season, and he was going to use my work to do it. I was even ready to drive to Atlanta to meet him with a tape if need be, but the overnight delivery got to the B5 offices just in time for him to review the tape before he left.
This video premiered at DragonCon in July 1997, and the original version of this ended with the TNT logo and the announcement of Season Five. At the time, this was considered A Very Good Thing - but that's another story.
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