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Crusade
TV Series (1999)
Crusade begins after a savage attack on Earth by the Drakh, allies of the evil Shadows. Earth's humans have succeeded in defeating the alien force, but not its final revenge: a biogenetic plague that will eliminate all human life on Earth, unless a cure can be found.
Last Episode
01x13 Each Night I Dream of Home Aired: Sep. 01, 1999The Excalibur is sent on a top-secret mission to Earth and faces an attack by the Drakh. [continue reading]
Series Info
Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Jun. 09, 1999
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
60 min.
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Series Fun Facts
- J. Michael Straczynski had completed the script for episode 14 before the series was cancelled, titled "To the Ends of the Earth". The episode would have seen Gideon using the Excalibur and…
[show]J. Michael Straczynski had completed the script for episode 14 before the series was cancelled, titled "To the Ends of the Earth". The episode would have seen Gideon using the Excalibur and the Apocalypse Box to hunt down the mysterious hybrid-Shadow vessel (the ship, as seen in flashback, that destroyed the EAS Cerberus), setting him at odds with other crew members. After a space battle with the Excalibur, the hybrid vessel would have self-destructed, and the final scenes of the episode would have suggested a connection between the hybrid vessel and EarthForce. The events of this episode would have set up the series' main story arc.
[hide] - Fiona Avery had completed the script for episode 16 before the series was cancelled. The episode, titled "Value Judgements", would have seen the Excalibur crew encounter fugitive telepath…
[show]Fiona Avery had completed the script for episode 16 before the series was cancelled. The episode, titled "Value Judgements", would have seen the Excalibur crew encounter fugitive telepath Alfred Bester (Walter Koenig, reprising his role from Babylon 5). Koenig had already signed on to appear - and was reportedly very enthusiastic about the script - when the series was cancelled.
[hide] - At Wonder Con 2008, J. Michael Straczynski announced that Crusade is "finished", i.e. nothing more will be done with the series.













