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'''''Babylon 5''''', a [[The Nineties|Nineties]] [[Space Opera]] created by [[J. Michael Straczynski]], ran from 1994-1998 (a two-hour pilot, "The Gathering", had aired in 1993). It was syndicated as
''Babylon 5'' took the use of [[Story Arc|Story Arcs]] to new heights, and introduced the concept of the [[Wham! Episode]], with probably over half of its episodes contributing to one major series-long arc (a [[Myth Arc]]). JMS had plotted out much of the arc before the series began, and occasionally referred to it as a five-year long [[Miniseries]]. (The fourth and fifth seasons had to be telescoped into one when the show was going to be [[Cut Short|prematurely ended]]. Then it was [[Uncancelled]] and picked up by TNT, and they had to scramble to create [[Post Script Season|a fifth season]], which was not as well-liked by most fans.)
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* ''[[The Babylon Project]]'' - mod for ''[[Free Space|FreeSpace 2]]''.
* ''Babylon 5 Universe'' mod for ''[[Vega Strike]]'' (on hiatus, probably until the engine overhaul).
In late September 2021, it was [https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/babylon-5-reboot-the-cw-j-michael-straczynski-1235075236/ announced by ''Variety''] that JMS was producing a [[Continuity Reboot]] of ''Babylon 5'' for broadcast on [[The CW]].
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* [[Touched by Vorlons]]: "The Wheel of Fire"
* [[Voice of the Resistance]]: "Death Incarnate"
* [[Wham! Episode]]: By way of JMS' postings about the show on [[UseNet]].
* [[Wham! Line]]: Again, from JMS on [[UseNet]].
... and the ''[[Renamed Tropes|former]]'' Trope Namer for:
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* [[Wham! Episode]]
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