Crusade - What the Hell Happened? (Volume 1) - The Babylon 5: Crusade Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski

Get FREE page samples from this book at B5books.com.SCRIPTS* A Call to Arms* Racing the NightFEATURING* An introduction and episode commentaries by J. Michael Straczynski* Two promotional scripts designed to sell CRUSADE* THE EVE OF DESTRUCTION, a premise for the film that would become A CALL TO ARMS that featured roles for Londo and G'Kar* The first draft of A CALL TO ARMS, featuring different dialogue throughout* The first draft of "Racing the Night," featuring a very different motivation for the alien antagonist, which results in a very different second half of the script* 76 pieces of previously uncollected art by visual effects art director Tim Earls, concept artist Luc Mayrand and costume designer Randy GardellSTORIES INCLUDED* The first part of what the hell really did happen to CRUSADE* How JMS named the EXCALIBUR to get back at the studio executives* How JMS chose the final design for the EXCALIBUR, and how that decision recalled a famous STAR TREK anecdote* The beloved B5 actor JMS wanted to play Galen, and how the network made that impossible* How JMS planned to "sneak" BABYLON 5 cast members into CRUSADE* For the first time: the secret about CRUSADE that JMS has held for 10 years* Who John Matheson was named after* JMS's amusing rationalization for casting Marjean Holden as Dr. Chambers after she appeared as another character in A CALL TO ARMS* The "whacky way" the network decided that Tracy Scoggins should be featured in CRUSADE* The actor TNT didn't want...after he was cast* The context in which JMS referred to the series as CRUSADE: 90210* The decision JMS made for A CALL TO ARMS that carried into CRUSADE and that he now considers a mistake* Why JMS reasoned that placating and cooperating with the network in the beginning would serve him in the end* What still bugs JMS in "Racing the Night" every time he sees itDiscover why Babylon 5 will never be available on Blu-ray at B5news.com.