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   From: nomail@gordol.org   
      
   It is alleged that Michael Johnson claimed:   
      
   > If we were going for a 'If Sinclair had stayed' universe.. Sheridan   
   > was a minor character introduced in season 2 episode 1 when he got   
   > assigned by the Clark as Starkiller and the great hater of Minbari and   
   > vice versa to guard his interests at Babylon 5. He now spends the   
   > first half of the year babysitting Sinclair integrated to the stories   
   > here and there leading up to "In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum" where he   
   > finds out his wife Anna was killed by the shadows. After fruitlessly   
   > trying to get the information from Morden he's talked down by Delenn   
   > who tells him of this great war that is coming and off he goes to   
   > Minbar to eventually create the Rangers. Amazingly.. late in the third   
   > season he shows back up in a ripping two-parter where we go back in   
   > time and he shows up as Valen.   
      
   At least some of that is wrong.   
      
   Sinclair is and always was to become Valen.  He's the one who thinks   
   like a Minbari.  He's the one that has Valen's soul.  If the character   
   Sinclair had stayed, "War Without End" would have been the series   
   finale. or close to it.  Instead of seeing Sheridan pull a Christ and   
   disappear, Sinclair would have returned to the beginning.   
      
   Also, it was Valen who created the Rangers, a thousand years in the   
   story's past.   
      
   > The Valen Arc was simply a trap door for Our Hero should for any   
      
   No, the Valen arc was always a part of the story.  How it manifested   
   was the trap door for the actor.   
      
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