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   From: mvp@web1.calweb.com   
      
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   Daniel60   wrote:   
   >I did read (probably on UseNet or Similar) that JMS did originally   
   >planned/storyboard Bab5 to have a five year arc, but then, early in year   
   >four, he heard that year five was a no-go, so tried to squeeze some of   
   >the year five storyline into year four .. which, sort of, completed the   
   >storyline.   
   >   
   >Then the network *did* confirm year five funding, so JMS had to come up   
   >with a year five storyline!!   
      
   Yep.  He posted reguarly on Usenet.  "Sleeping in Light" was   
   the "Show Ender" episode, shot as the last episode of Season   
   4.  Then when Season 5 was confirmed, they shot a different   
   ender for Season 4, and reserved "Sleeping in Light" for the   
   end of Season 5.  (That's why Claudia Christian was back   
   for "Sleeping in Light"... She actually wasn't, it was filmed   
   the previous year when she was still part of the cast.)   
      
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