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[edit] Serenity and Firefly

Hi. I'm afraid you've got the wrong end of the stick on the events of Serenity and Firefly. The chronology is as follows:

  • Simon rescues River from the Academy, as depicted in the beginning of the film.
  • To hide her from the Alliance, he puts her into hibernation — not shown on screen.
  • Simon books passage on Serenity, as seen in the pilot episode of Firefly.
  • The events of the Firefly series occur.
  • The events of the comic series Serenity: Those Left Behind take place, leading to the departure of Inara and Book from the ship.
  • The main narrative of the film, beginning with the first scene on the ship Serenity (the long one-shot take through the body of the ship). At this point, Simon and River are well-ensconced in the crew, although Simon is increasingly unhappy with Mal's willingness to use River's "talents" on dangerous missions.

It is true that there is a very small retcon involved in the way Simon's rescue of River is depicted — the Firefly pilot "Serenity" suggests that he paid others to rescue River and took receipt of her already in hibernation — but it's not an insurmountable problem by any means. There's certainly no need to suggest an alternate continuity or reboot. I'm not sure what you mean by saying that River and Simon are unknown to the crew — it's clear in the film that they have developed relationships with each other (for example, Kaylee's crush on Simon and fondness for River, River's presence in the moving picture conveying Inara's departure, et cetera).

Finally, the notion that the film (that is, the main body of the film) is set several months after the conclusion of the series was stated several times in publicity for the film, for example in this Variety article, and I believe is confirmed in Joss Whedon's commentary for the film. Any other interpretation would be original research, which is against Wikipedia policy.

All that said, I'd still like to welcome you to Wikipedia. Below is a boilerplate welcome message with some useful links which may help you if you decide to stay. If you'd like to continue the discussion about the Serenity article, you can do so at Talk:Serenity. Again, welcome! —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 19:07, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome!

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