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One of the best sci-fi TV series is on sale for a solid price at Amazon. For a limited time, you can get Babylon 5: The Complete Series for $70 (was $135) on Blu-ray. While you’re picking up the box set, you can also get the great 2023 animated film, Babylon 5: The Road Home, on 4K Blu-ray for only $13.
$70 (was $135)
The box set contains all 110 episodes remastered in 1080p. It also includes The Gathering, the TV movie that served as Babylon 5’s pilot episode in 1993. Babylon 5 ran for five seasons before wrapping in 1998. In total, this 30-disc box set features nearly 79 hours of ’90s sci-fi goodness.
What makes this version of Babylon 5 notable compared to other releases over the years is that it’s the first time the show has ever been remastered in high definition, giving fans a sharper look at J. Michael Straczynski’s groundbreaking show. Released during the golden age of ’90s sci-fi, Babylon 5’s use of CG technology to craft its space station and interstellar dogfights put Star Trek to shame, as its rival still relied heavily on practical effects and models.
$13 (was $18)
Babylon 5’s well-received CGI animated movie released direct-to-video last August. Amazon has the 4K Blu-ray edition on sale for only $13 for a limited time. You also get standard Blu-ray and digital copies of the The Road Home with this version. If you don’t have a 4K media player, the standard Blu-ray is up for grabs for only $10.
Babylon 5: The Road Home is the first piece of Babylon content with a 4K Blu-ray release. It’s the seventh Babylon 5 film. Outside of The Gathering, which is included in the Blu-ray box set, the other five films haven’t been released on Blu-ray. You can find DVD versions of several of them, but if you really want to own all six released prior to The Road Home, Babylon 5: The Complete Collection on DVD is available for $85. This set comes with all five seasons, the movies, and the short-lived spin-off series, Crusade.
You can also get Babylon 5: The Lost Tales on DVD for $13. The Lost Tales was a planned anthology series that never made it to air. The two completed episodes are packaged together on DVD.
Babylon 5 movies & spin-offs
If you’ve never watched it, Babylon 5 is set on the titular space station and features a melting pot of human and alien cultures striving for intergalactic peace. Of course, sinister forces would rather see war consume the galaxy, and each season focused on growing threats to stability across the cosmos.
If you want more sci-fi Blu-ray deals, you can fast forward to the early 2000s and relive Battlestar Galactica’s stellar reboot. Amazon has Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series on sale for $57 (was $100).
