JM Straczynski talks about why the new Babylon 5 series is a reboot. (via ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
andrewducker)
J. Michael Straczynski (straczynski):
"To those asking why not just do a continuation, for a network series like this, it can’t be done because over half our cast are still stubbornly on the other side of the Rim.
How do you telling continuing story of our original Londo without the original Vir? Or G’Kar? How do you tell Sheridan’s story without Delenn? Or the story of B5 without Franklin? Garibaldi? Zack?"
Babylon 5 Actors/Actresses/Personnel Who Have Died
The list includes:
Andreas Katsulas (G'Kar)
Jeff Conaway (Zack Allen)
Jerry Doyle (Chief Michael Garibaldi)
Michael O'Hare (Commander Jeffrey Sinclair)
Mira Furlan (Minbari Ambassador Delenn)
Richard Biggs (Dr. Stephen Franklin)
Stephen Furst (Vir Cotto)
Tim Choate (Zathras)
andrewducker)J. Michael Straczynski (
straczynski):"To those asking why not just do a continuation, for a network series like this, it can’t be done because over half our cast are still stubbornly on the other side of the Rim.
How do you telling continuing story of our original Londo without the original Vir? Or G’Kar? How do you tell Sheridan’s story without Delenn? Or the story of B5 without Franklin? Garibaldi? Zack?"
Babylon 5 Actors/Actresses/Personnel Who Have Died
The list includes:
Andreas Katsulas (G'Kar)
Jeff Conaway (Zack Allen)
Jerry Doyle (Chief Michael Garibaldi)
Michael O'Hare (Commander Jeffrey Sinclair)
Mira Furlan (Minbari Ambassador Delenn)
Richard Biggs (Dr. Stephen Franklin)
Stephen Furst (Vir Cotto)
Tim Choate (Zathras)