Tolkien's Influence on Babylon 5

[davem]

Originally Posted by Ibrîniðilpathânezel

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Anyway....

The Minbari are much like the Elves, the Firstborn, who went to war against the evil Ainur, the Shadows, long ago, and only survived because of the intervention of a human who became an Elf (Minbari -- I'd never thought of Valen/Sinclair as Earendil before, but I can see some influences).
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Long time since I saw the series, but didn't it turn out that The Vorlons were in their own way as 'bad' as the Shadows - the Vorlons took the principle of ORDER to an extreme, such that they desired complete control over everything (similar to the Elves with their 'embalming' tendencies) & the Shadows devoted themselves to bringing about CHAOS, & this effectively brought about the long war in which the other races were caught up? I suppose this is not very Tolkienesque, in that the conflict is between Order & Chaos, rather than between Good & Evil.

Unless my recall is wrong.....