Rising Star (Babylon 5)
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Babylon 5 episode | |
"Rising Star" | |
Season | 4 |
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Episode no. | 21 |
Prod. code | 421 |
Airdate | 20 October 1997 |
Writer(s) | J. Michael Straczynski |
Director | Tony Dow |
Guest star(s) | Joey Dente (Luko) Denise Gentile (Lise Hampton Edgars) Rance Howard (David Sheridan) Michael Potter (General Foote) Beata Pozniak (Pres. Susanna Luchenko) Walter Koenig (Bester) |
Year | 2261 |
Episode chronology | |
Previous episode | Endgame |
Next episode | The Deconstruction of Falling Stars |
"Rising Star" is an episode from the fourth season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
Delenn launches the Interstellar Alliance; Sheridan is forced to resign from Earthforce to get an Amnesty for the rest of his staff. He is chosen President of the Interstellar Alliance. Susan Ivanova is offered the command of a starship. Garibaldi wins back his girlfriend. Delenn and Sheridan get married and return to Babylon 5.G'Kar uses his artificial eye to view the proceedings in Sheridan's and Delenn's bedroom.
[edit] Arc significance
- Sheridan has been forced to resign from EarthForce.
- Sheridan is reunited with his father.
- The Interstellar Alliance is formed, with Sheridan as its President, and Earth joins this new alliance.
- Londo Mollari learns that the Regent of the Centauri Republic is dying, and that he will be named the next Emperor when that happens.
- Marcus used the Alien Healing Device to save Ivanova, sacrificing his own life in the process.
- As Sheridan's last act as an Earth Force officer, Ivanova is promoted to Captain, and she leaves the station.
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[edit] Trivia
- The episode has given its name to an online text-based roleplaying game, Babylon 5: Rising Star MUX