Crusade is gone. It's really gone. We've never even seen it, but it's dead. What may be the most horrible part of this horrible, horrible situation is that JMS had already drafted the entire series in his head. It wasn't going to wander and stumble about aimlessly for five years. It was going to have plot and substance.

Here's an old JMS post that will make you cry.

"It will show more diversity in it's exploration of alien worlds, civilizations and cultures than has ever been done before for television; it's characters will grow and change and become more than they thought possible; the science will be some of the most accurate yet in how we present those worlds (thanks to the intercession of some of the most brilliant minds in space research who have recently enlisted in the cause of providing technical support for Crusade); it will continue to be written for adults while attempting to awaken the sense of wonder that is part and parcel of classic science fiction; there will continue to be no cute robots or teenage wizkids; it will not talk down to the audience; and it will continue to present questions that have no easy answers and no quick solutions. And the show you will see at the end of what we will be a full five year run in 2003... will not be the same show that you began with in 1999. I have something sneaky in mind."

Why?

Why did this happen?

We could try to fight, but I've been through too many wars. I'm tired. I don't want to see all that I care for turn to dust in front of me, once again.

I guess all we can do is celebrate its death the Vorlon way.

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Peter Tatara
3.8.1999