Editing Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998) (section)

==Overview==
''Babylon 5: In the Beginning'' is a 1998 American produced made-for-television sci-fi/action/political/war film starring Peter Jurasik, Mira Furlan, and [[Bruce Boxleitner (1950)|Bruce Boxleitner]]. It was directed by Michael Vejar.

It was the first released film of the [[:Category:Babylon 5 Franchise|''Babylon 5 Franchise'']] although technically, the 1993 ''[[Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993)|Babylon 5: The Gathering]]'' was the first "film" of the series albeit being the test pilot episode of the TV series. Although taking place approximately ten years before the start of the TV series; ''In the Beginning'' is framed as a story being told nearly two decades after the conclusion of the fifth season of the show. It would foreshadow and reveal hints of the future fifth season while revealing much of the untold backstory of the Earth-Minbari War and the roles that many of the future Ambassadors and Leaders of the Minbari, Narn, Centauri, and Vorlons played in it.

An elderly Emperor Londo Mollari recounts the hidden history and story of Babylon 5 as never told before. A tale of great deeds and terrible ones, of armies of light and soldiers of darkness, of great empires and their destruction, and heroic sacrifices and tragic loss. A true tale.

A tale of hidden things. Of secrets and lies and mistakes ... terrible and tragic mistakes. Ones of arrogance and stupidity. Of pride and vanity. Ones that nearly destroyed an entire race; that brought about a shattering loss of faith of another; and that created a massive space station that was the universe's last, best hope for peace... for this was how it all began.