Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

Name: Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
Genre: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Gigi Edgley, Wayne Pygram

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004)

Seasons: 1, episodes: 2

Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Australia, United States

Syfy

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Actors and characters

Series poster "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars"

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Production

The Jim Henson Company, Jim Henson Productions

Premiere

17 October 2004

Last episode

24 October 2004

Status

Completed

Actors

John Crichton

Aeryn Sun

Ka D'Argo

Chiana

Harvey / Scorpius

Raelee Hill

Sikozu Svala Shanti Sugaysi Shanu

Melissa Jaffer

Utu-Noranti Pralatong

Paul Goddard

Stark

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Short description

When a full-scale war is engaged by the evil Scarran Empire, the Peacekeeper Alliance has but one hope: reassemble human astronaut John Crichton.

Seasons

Season	Episodes	Release date	Rating
Miniseries	2	2004-10-17	7.3

What's left behind the scenes

The sound processing and makeup for the miniseries were handled by different people than those responsible for these areas in the series 'Farscape' (1999-2003), the first installment of the franchise, although the actors remained the same. The makeup changed, and the changes were not for the better. Melissa Yaffer appeared in only a few scenes before being forced to stop filming due to an allergic reaction to the new makeup. An attempt was made to use a body double in her place (with Yaffer providing the voiceover), but the overall result was unsatisfactory, and this method had to be abandoned midway through filming.
This was Jonathan Hardy's final television role. He passed away on July 30, 2012, at the age of 71.
The only regular cast member from the 'Farscape' series (1999-2003) who was absent from the 2004 miniseries cast was Virginia Hey. Her character appears on screen only briefly in archival footage.
When Crichton is interrogated and explains the predicament he is in, he mentions that this is the 89th time this has happened to him. This is a reference to the actor Ben Browder's earlier comments regarding the 88 episodes of the 'Farscape' series (1999-2003).
The pregnancy of Rebecca Riggs' character was written into the script after it was discovered that the actress was expecting a child. Until that point, there had been no mention of pregnancy in the script.
In the original script, Grunchlk, played by Hugh Keays-Byrne, was written as the Scarran spy. Wayne Pygram, the actor who played Harvey, suggested making Sikosa, played by Raleigh Hill, the spy instead.