Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars | |
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Hallmark Entertainment The Jim Henson Company | |
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Network | Sci-Fi Channel |
Release | 18 October 2004 |
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Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars is a
Henson refers to the three hours as episodes 4.23–4.26, though the New South Wales Film Office refers to the production as a "2 × 2 hour telemovie" (including commercials). Production of the miniseries ended in March 2004 and, in addition to the announced airing on the Sci-Fi Channel in the US, was also scheduled to be broadcast in the UK on
Early fan speculation hoped that high
On the date of the show's twentieth anniversary – March 19, 2019 – all four seasons of Farscape as well as Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars were made available on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavian countries, and several other countries around the world.[2]
Plot
The water world itself turns out to be the last outpost of the
Aeryn was pregnant with Crichton's child, but when she was reconstituted there was no sign of the baby. It is soon very apparent that when Rygel ingested their crystallized particles, the particles comprising the unborn child remained inside him, and the fetus is now growing inside him. At the edge of Peacekeeper space, Moya is harpooned and boarded by Tragan bounty hunters hired by the Peacekeepers to search ships leaving their territory. After a firefight, the Tragans are repelled just before Moya starbursts to Arnessk.
On the planet, they enter the Eidelon
After the Hierarch has boarded the ship and met his descendants in the company of the former Banik slave
Under a Scarran heat probe, Crichton protests that he is unable to give Staleek the wormhole weapon knowledge he seeks. To prove it, he takes Staleek on board
By the time Staleek and Crichton return to the Scarran Decimator, he appears convinced and even receptive, under the subtle influence of the Eidelon Hierarch, to seeking an end to war with the Peacekeepers. However,
Crichton helps Sikozu adhere to the ceiling above the gas so she can pyrokinetically release a burst of flame that ignites it, blasting their prison open while the Luxans attack at the same time. They escape from the Scarrans, re-board Moya, and starburst away. On board Moya, Scorpius tries to persuade Crichton to yield the wormhole knowledge to the Peacekeepers. Crichton rages that he does not want to give the knowledge to the Peacekeepers, the Scarrans, or anyone. His only concern is for Aeryn and their soon-to-be-born child, but in order to live in a safe galaxy, he may have to take desperate measures. He flies Farscape One back to see Einstein, who unlocks the knowledge Crichton needs. Moya returns to the water world so that Stark can transfer the Hierarch's knowledge to the Eidelons there.
The water world becomes a battleground between the Peacekeepers and the Scarrans, and Moya is caught in the crossfire. Moya seeks the most immediate refuge within range — the bottom of the sea. Moya's internal sensors are damaged and she begins to take on water as a search is undertaken for Stark and the knowledge he has. After they find him terrified and awed by the personality he has assimilated on the Scarran ship, the crew of Moya takes a transport pod to the surface.
They find the Eidelon city under siege, and only a handful of survivors. During the siege, Scorpius discovers Sikozu has been relaying their position to the Scarrans in exchange for a promise for them to free her people from servitude. Scorpius leaves her behind while Moya's crew, together with what remains of Scorpius's Peacekeeper forces, fight their way out through the Scarrans.
In the middle of battle, Aeryn goes into labour and gives birth to a baby boy. Meanwhile, Jothee and Noranti have been rescuing Eidelon survivors from the burnt-out city. Stark manages to transfer the Hierarch's knowledge to the Eidelon high priestess, Muoma. It is hoped that with that knowledge, the surviving Eidelons can bring peace, but as they make their way back to Moya, they are ambushed by Ahkna's forces. Aeryn manages to shoot Ahkna before she can kill Crichton, but D'Argo is mortally wounded by a Scarran spear. He stays behind to cover their retreat as the living ship retrieves the others in her docking web.
Commandant
High above the water planet, a small wormhole appears. Everyone is initially unimpressed, but the wormhole begins to expand exponentially, dragging in and destroying several Scarran and Peacekeeper ships, then the nearby planet.
Caught in the gravitational pull of the wormhole, Crichton broadcasts to all sides that this is what wormhole weapons represent — not peace, not even war, but utter destruction. He informs the increasingly stunned and horrified onlookers that this single wormhole weapon will continue doubling in size until it destroys not only the solar system and then the entire rest of the galaxy, but the entire universe. As Moya's crew objects, he sardonically reminds them that even they have continuously asked for this. Weapons don't make peace, he reminds them, people make peace. He offers the two enemy fleets a choice: come to terms, or he will allow the wormhole to run its course and consume everything in existence. Commandant Grayza and a much reluctant Emperor Staleek finally agree to stand down and accept Eidelon mediation. Crichton shuts down the wormhole just as Einstein removes all the wormhole weapon's knowledge (Harvey states this from his death bed) from his mind, but then falls into a
While the peace treaty is signed, Aeryn keeps vigil over Crichton's body. Chiana decides to go with Rygel to Hyneria, where Rygel will retake his throne, to overcome her grief at D'Argo's death. Stark kneels at Crichton's bedside in thanks, removes his half-face mask for the last time as he has finally achieved peace within himself – (that side of his face now healed to merely scar-tissue). Harvey the neural clone "dies" finally; because Einstein removed all of the wormhole weapon's knowledge from Crichton's brain, he has no more reason to exist. With the wormhole knowledge out of Crichton's brain, Scorpius no longer has any need to keep chasing him, so says his goodbyes then lets himself go. Aeryn, unwilling to accept her son if it means losing Crichton, places their infant son beside Crichton (in the hopes that might revive him), and he soon "awakens" and moves to proudly hug his son, as Aeryn is moved to tears at the sight. With a vast starscape in front of them on Moya, Crichton and Aeryn announce that they have chosen for their son a name that represents strength and courage: D'Argo Sun-Crichton. They show their son the vast starfield, hopeful that their son will never have to experience war, as Crichton proclaims that "This is your playground".
Cast
- John Crichton – Ben Browder
- Aeryn Sun – Claudia Black
- Ka D'Argo – Anthony Simcoe
- Chiana – Gigi Edgley
- Harvey – Wayne Pygram
- Rygel – Jonathan Hardy (voice)
- Pilot – Lani Tupu(voice)
- Sikozu – Raelee Hill
- Stark – Paul Goddard
- Noranti – Melissa Jaffer; Amanda Wenban
- Braca – David Franklin
- Commandant Grayza – Rebecca Riggs
- War Minister Ahkna – Francesca Buller
- Jothee – Nathaniel Dean
- Jool – Tammy MacIntosh
- Einstein – John Bach
- Grunchlk – Hugh Keays-Byrne
- Muoma – Sandy Gore
- Yondalao – Ron Haddrick
- Maryk – Linal Haft
- Pikal – Stephen James King
- Caa'ta – Tim McCunn
- Sgt. Learko/Lt. Jatog – John Adam
- Peacekeeper Captain – Kim De Lury
- Scarran doctor – Judi Farr
Home video release
The miniseries has been released on DVD in the US and UK by
References
- ^ "Breaking News – Sci Fi's Year-End Ratings Win!". TheFutonCritic.com. 29 December 2004. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ GateWorld (2019-03-18). "Farscape Comes To Amazon Prime, With Mini-Series Remastered In HD » GateWorld". GateWorld. Archived from the original on 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ^ "Farscape: Season 5 – The Peacekeeper Wars Blu-ray". blu-ray.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars Blu-ray". blu-ray.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars Blu-ray". blu-ray.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
External links
- Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars at IMDb