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Encyclopedia > A Distant Star
Babylon 5 episode
"A Distant Star"
Season 2
Episode no. 4
Prod. code 204
Airdate 23 November 1994
Writer(s) D.C. Fontana
Director Jim Johnston
Guest star(s) Russ Tamblyn (Captain Jack Maynard)
Daniel Beer (Patrick)
Art Kimbro (Ray Galus)
Miguel A. Nunez, Jr. (Orwell)
Patty Toy (Ogilvie)
Year 2259
Episode chronology
Previous episode The Geometry of Shadows
Next episode The Long Dark


"A Distant Star" is an episode from the second season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. This is a list of Babylon 5 episodes. ... Image File history File links B5_A_Distant_Star_1. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Dorothy Catherine D.C. Fontana, is a screenplay writer, best known for her work in the Star Trek television franchise, produced by Paramount Studios. ... A television director is usually responsible for directing the actors and other taped aspects of a television production. ... There are multiple Jim Johnstons: Jim Johnston (composer) - Composer of music for World Wrestling Entertainment Jim Johnston (director) - Television show director Jim Johnston (hockey player) - Hockey player This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Russ Tamblyn (born 30 December 1934 in Los Angeles, California) is an actor. ... A year is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. ... This is a list of Babylon 5 episodes. ... The Geometry of Shadows is an episode from the second season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... The Long Dark is an episode from the second season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... Babylon 5 is an epic science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ...

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Plot synopsis

Jack Maynard, an old friend of Sheridan's, passes through the station; his ship is crippled in hyperspace and Babylon 5 launches a dangerous rescue operation. John David Sheridan1 (2215–2281), played by Bruce Boxleitner, is a fictional character in the universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ...


Arc significance

  • Some details of the structure and navigation of Hyperspace are revealed.
  • Lieutenant Keffer sees a Shadow ship in Hyperspace, leading him to an obsessive, season long, and ultimately ill-fated efforts to learn what they are.

Scene from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope depicting the inside of a starship entering hyperspace. ... Warren Keffer, played by Robert Rusler, is a fictional character from the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. ... The Shadows are an ancient alien species in the science fiction television series Babylon 5. ...

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Trivia

See also

Bagna Cauda (translates to Warm bath in Piedmontese) is a warm dip for bread and vegetables native to Northern Italy in the Piedmont. ...

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