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Babylon 5 was a groundbreaking sci-fi television series an episode of which won the Hugo award for best dramatic presentation both in 1996 and 1997

Babylon 5 was created by J. Michael Straczynski as a five-year story arc with the plot already outlined from the start in 1993. The series also won several other awards. Babylon 5 was set in a five-year period starting 2258. Humans were one space-faring civilization among many capable of faster-than-light travel. There were also civilizations at a vastly higher level that would rarely show themselves. Babylon 5 was built after a devastating war between humans and another civilization to serve as a place for commerce, diplomacy and peaceful co-existence of civilizations to prevent another war.

The pilot film of Babylon 5 was aired in 1993 and the series ran full five seasons ending in 1998 as planned. It received a cult following. It was intended to be a series with a five-year story arc. B5 dealt with serious themes including war vs. peace, religion and authoritarianism vs. liberty. Its main or recurring characters included no children or youth and the target audience was adults. What I remember being captivating about B5 was, in addition to the great CGI for the time, the grand story arc, mystery and drama.

Here's a series of scenes from different episodes in the middle of the story. The two first clips form a logical whole.