Creator: | J. Michael Straczynski |
Director: | Janet Greek |
Theme Music Composer: | Christopher Franke |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Editor: | Suzanne Sternlicht |
Cinematography: | Fred V. Murphy |
Runtime: | 94 minutes |
Network: | TNT |
Babylon 5: The River of Souls is the third feature-length film set in the Babylon 5 universe. It was originally broadcast on November 8, 1998 on TNT, as one of two films shown over the 1998–1999 season to fill in the gap between the fifth season of Babylon 5 and the spin-off series Crusade.
After a short absence from Babylon 5, Michael Garibaldi returns to the station to meet with a person in his employ. An archaeologist in search of a means of immortality brings his most recent find to Babylon 5 – an orb containing one billion souls of an extinct race. Within days, a Soul Hunter (Martin Sheen) arrives claiming the orb was stolen from his people. With the assistance of the archaeologist, the souls break free from their captivity in the orb and bring havoc to the station.