Babylon 5: The Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski, Volume 12
Front Cover
Back Cover
Publication Date: September 18, 2007
Retire Date: June 30, 2008
Pages: 391
Format: Softcover
Forever out of print. There will be no new edition of the script books in ebook or hardcover.
Volume 12 includes another just-for-this volume JMS commentary 54 pages long which includes the final Christmas memo he wrote to the cast and crew in year 5 as well as commentaries on the following scripts:
SCRIPTS
- A View from the Gallery
- Learning Curve
- Strange Relations
- Secrets of the Soul
- In the Kingdom of the Blind
- A Tragedy of Telepaths
- Phoenix Rising
But wait. There's more.
As volume 12 was being prepped JMS discovered a box of archives that no one (including him) had seen in more than 13 years...B5 material he thought had been lost ages ago...material from the very first stages of creating B5... That box of archives was scanned for this volume and includes 20 pages worth of graphics and photos including:
- First alphabet and numerical systems for Narn and Minbari languages
- Photo of the never seen "Penisaurus" alien
- Concept drawing for living quarters communication system
- First designs for command logos-art deco style
- Concept designs for tech crew sub-divisions
- Detailed concept art for the security and medical patches/logos
- Concept art for the Battle of the Line medal
- Early versions of the B5 logo
- An early stylized alphabet - English
- Early generic emblems
- An alternate Earth Alliance emblem
- Concept art for the final EA patch/logo designs
- First detailed schematic of the station
- Concept art for locator signs
- First costume design sketches for Delenn, G'Kar and Londo Mollari
- Final designs for credit chit, EA access card and identicard
- First concept art for Kosh's encounter suit
- Photo of an early alien prosthetic design
- Photo of an early Drakh design
- Photo of a casting of Peter Jurasik's face and neck for use in creating the Londo prosthetic
- Photo of the central corridor/Zocalo taken the first day that JMS arrived on the B5 soundstage
- Photo of director Richard Compton and art director John Iacovelli on the council chamber set
- Only known photo of a proposed miniature set of the station's interior garden that was later abandoned
- Photo of the first sculpture of Kosh's head
- Photos of the final prosthetics designs for Delenn
- Photo of JMS with director Richard Compton
- Photos of early G'Kar prosthetic design
- Photo of JMS with Andreas the first time he wore the G'Kar prosthetic
Index
Alexander, Lyta – pages 32, 34-35, 37, 39-40
Allan, Zack – page 39
Allen, Woody – page 26
Arthur (King of the Britons) – page 45
Babylon 5 (Station) – page 12
Babylon 5 Volume 2: Messages from Earth (album) – page 8
Bester, Alfred (Babylon 5 character) – pages 51-52
bloodhounds (Psi Corps) – pages 33-34, 51
Bo – pages 20-24
Bob's Big Boy – page 28
bombardment of Narn – page 47
Brown, Julie Caitlin – page 47
CGI (computer-generated imagery) – pages 12, 43, 52-53
Chula Vista, CA – page 28
Cole, Marcus – page 37
Conaway, Jeff – page 32
"Convictions" – page 27
Copeland, John – pages 7, 9, 13, 15
Crusade (TV series) – pages 44-45, 52
"Deconstruction of Falling Stars, The" – page 52
Delenn – pages 23, 26
E Street, Chula Vista, CA – pages 28-29
Ellison, Harlan – pages 19-20, 22, 24, 37
Erasmus, Desiderius – page 43
Final Fantasy – page 35
floor scanners (prop) – pages 20-21
Franke, Christopher – pages 6-7, 13
G Street, Chula Vista, CA – pages 28-29
G'Kar – pages 23, 43-45, 48
Gordon, Byron – pages 24, 37-40, 52
Greek chorus – pages 20-21
Higgins, Joanne – page 16
Hitler, Adolph – page 26
hive mind – page 39
"Hunter, Prey" – page 27
I, Claudius (TV series) – page 44
"In the Kingdom of the Blind " – Commentary (pages 43-45)
Ivanova, Susan – page 37
Jurasik, Peter – page 44
Katsulas, Andreas – page 44
"Learning Curve" – Commentary (pages 25-30)
Lochley, Elizabeth – pages 21-22, 26-27, 31
Lost Horizon (1937 film) – pages 16-17
"love bombing" (cult initiation) – page 34
Lovecraft, H.P. – page 44
Mack – pages 20-24
Mollari, Londo – pages 6, 23, 44-45, 48
mugging – pages 28-29
MySpace.com – page 35
Na'Toth – pages 47-48
Netter, Douglas – pages 40-41
Payne, Mike – pages 13-14
phoenix (mythical creature) – page 31
"Phoenix Rising" – Commentary (pages 51-53)
Psi Cop – page 51
Psi Corps – pages 34, 51
religious commune – pages 28-29, 34
"'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" – page 19
San Diego State University – page 29
Scoggins, Tracy – pages 31-32
"Secrets of the Soul" – Commentary (pages 34-41)
set (corner) – page 49
Sheridan, John – page 26
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger – pages 28-29
sound mix – pages 12, 14
"Strange Relations" – Commentary (pages 31-35)
synchronicities – pages 31-32
Tallman, Patricia – pages 32, 40
telekinesis – page 52
telepath – pages 24, 32, 34, 39, 45, 51
telepath arc – pages 44, 53
telepathy – pages 32-33
title sequence – pages 6-14
TNT (Turner Network Television) – page 52
Trace – page 27
"Tragedy of Telepaths, A" – Commentary (pages 47-50)
TV movies – page 52
Vietnam War – page 47
"View from the Gallery, A" – Commentary (pages 19-24)
vitamins – page 32
Warner Bros. – page 16
White Star (fleet) – page 21
Winter Hiatus memo of 1997 – pages 15-18
Wrap party, mid-season of December 1997 – page 15