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Friday, April 10, 2026

Babylon 5: The Lost Tales (2007)

Director J. Michael Straczynski
Rating Rating
MPAA PG
Run Time 72 min
Color Color
Aspect Ratio 1.78 : 1
Sound Dolby
Producer Babylonian Productions
Country: USA
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Plot Synopsis

It's the tenth anniversary of the Interstellar Alliance, and President Sheridan is on his way to Babylon 5 for the celebration. The station's commander, Colonel Elizabeth Lochley, asks a priest to investigate a case of possible demonic possession, while technomage Galen asks Sheridan to assassinate a young Centauri prince destined to destroy Earth one day. Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark was conceived as the first film in a character-driven B5 anthology series that never happened. Lochley's segment is titled 'Over Here,' and Sheridan's segment is titled 'Over There.' The two stories take place at the same time but other than that have nothing to do with each other.

Quotes

Galen: There is hope, but it is at best a slim hope.
John Sheridan: Yeah, well I've never known hope when it wasn't on a diet.

Filming Locations

Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA
(Studio)

Colonel Lochley tells Sheridan that G'Kar and Dr. Franklin are exploring "beyond the rim". This is a nod to the fact that both Andreas Katsulas and Richard Biggs passed away before 'The Lost Tales' was made.

Nearly all of the props and costumes from the original series had been lost or stolen. The only ones to remain were a StarFury cockpit and Tracy Scoggins' EarthForce uniform.

There was a third storyline in the original script involving Michael Garibaldi, Jerry Doyle's character from "Babylon 5 (1993)." Eventually it was decided that there should be only two segments, and since his was the most complicated visually and technically, it was postponed for a next time.

When Sheridan's ship drops out of quantumspace to pick up Prince Vintari, the nebula visible in the background appears identical to, and is probably intended to be, the Ring Nebula, which is visible from Earth in the constellation Lyra. Technically, the vivid colors, which are taken from widely available images of the nebula, are false-color renderings designed to differentiate the different elements in the nebula, and the nebula is not actually bright blue and orange to the naked eye as it is in this scene.

The film takes place in December 2271.

Continuity

When Colonel Lochley is talking about Simon Burke she says he is a part of security. Later, the computer lists him as being a part of maintenance.



Miscellaneous

A SPFX glitch occurs when Father Cassidy arrives on Babylon 5. As he leaves his ship, there is a wide shot of the docking bay. In the far distance, two crewmen can be seen. One of them walks away from the other, then turns back, at which point the first one slowly rises up and then quickly down again.