Babylon 5 Earth - Minbari War

Londo Mollari talks about the war between Earth and Minbari

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Film & Animation

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• Babylon5
• Londo
• Mollari
• Minbari

[GetYourModelOn]

Used to watch that show with great devotion. As I recall, on the eve of Minbari's victory over earth, they surrenderd because they found out that the souls of their dead where reborn within humans.

[DashSVK]

@GetYourModelOn yup, at least that's what they thought ;)

[leon960]

WOW that was moving, what season is this from

[DashSVK]

it's from one of the movies - Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998)

[NCTaikoDrumboy]

Here's something most of you may not have known about this war: When hostilities between Earth and Minbar first broke out, the Drazi were among Earth's strongest supporters; in fact they dispatched three of their strongest battle groups to reinforce Earth's defense lines. This Drazi task force never arrived at its destination, however. Within days, a coded message from Minbar was received by the Drazi government. Shortly thereafter, Drazi support for Earth was withdrawn. (Can you guess why?)

[DashSVK]

Interesting...how do you know that?

[NCTaikoDrumboy]

@gribae Didn't Londo say that even when the Centauri Republic was at its height that they never opposed the Minbari?

[Goethe121212]

@Grey13Human

I can understand your comment, but behind the Centauri stands a very sad truth. They are based on the Ancient Romans, and embody the horror and decadence they brought into the world.

Ridiculous in regard of their behavior, for sure, but also sad.

[JayGriffinblaze]

@knollik I realise this was written a while ago but you are incorrect. The Centauri were NEVER rivals to the Minbari. That would be like saying a young republic like Mexico is a rival to the British Empire (circa 19th C) The Centauri became spacefaring during the 'Dark Ages' on Earth, and the Minbari were spacefaring at least 1,000yrs before that. Centauri Rep was quite young in the last Shadow War so avoided conflict. At the same point, Minbari were allying with VORLONS! So they can't be.

[mortensjoegren]

@archangel72367

We are not taking about the same attack. This scene in this clip happens about 15-16 years after the events seen in season 5 (in the B5 universe).

The devastation we are seeing is not from the attack by the Drazi and Narn, 15-16 years is a long time for buildings to burn ;).

In the novel-series I mentioned the Drakth did detonate the bombs as a punishment for something.

[archangel72367]

@mortensjoegren Actually it was a combined Drazi and Narn fleet that bombed the planet from orbit. It was seen in the 5th season ( I can't remember which episode) While it is true about the Drakh, they never detonated any of them.

[Grey13Human]

Ah, yes. Minbari.

[Grey13Human]

I cant imagine aliens more ridiculous than these centauri.

[NCTaikoDrumboy]

@Varrenify Oh, the Minbari were strong... no doubts there.

[Varrenify]

@harlequin2262 Yeah, and look where that has gotten you. You're all too hyped up on 'making the world a better place' that none of you realise just how fucking worse you are making everything for everyone else with your delusions of grandeur.

[Varrenify]

@mchief190 Vir's speech during the dinner party in 'Sleeping in Light' is also another of the top lines of the entire series.