Writer:	J. Michael Straczynski
Director:	Janet Greek
Star:	Claudia Christian (Susan Ivanova),  Bruce Boxleitner (John Sheridan),  Stephen Furst (Vir Cotto),  Bill Mumy (Lennier),  Andrea Thompson (Talia Winters),  Richard Biggs (Dr. Stephen Franklin),  Robert Rusler (Warren Keffer),  Andreas Katsulas (G'Kar),  Mira Furlan (Delenn),  Peter Jurasik (Londo Mollari),  Jerry Doyle (Michael Garibaldi),  Mary Kay Adams (Na'Toth)
Recurring Role:	Robin Sachs (Hedronn),  Jonathan Chapman (Ambassador #1),  Mark Hendrickson (Ambassador #2),  Michael McKenzie (Vastor),  Kim Strauss (Ensign),  Joshua Cox (Tech #1)
Guest Star:	Richard Grove (Kalain),  Robert Foxworth (General William Hague),  Jennifer Anglin (Deeron),  Kim Delgado (Dome Tech #3),  Russ Fega (Merchant #1),  Bennet Guillory (Merchant #2),  Catherine Hader (Young Woman),  Kristopher Logan (Ambassador #3),  Debra Sharkey (Tech #2),  Brian Starcher (Other Pilot),  Thomas Valinote (Security Guard #2),  Greg Wrangler (Security Guard #1)

Each season of Babylon 5 has its own title. The title for season two is " The Coming of Shadows” (edit) This marks the first appearance of guest star Kim Strauss as the unnamed Ensign. Strauss would appear in fourteen episodes as a human, Drazi, Narn, Markab, and Minbari. (edit) John Sheridan, like Michael Girabaldi, wears his link on his right hand. This is because actor Bruce Boxleitner, like actor Jerry Doyle, is left-handed. (edit) This episode was originally had the title "Chrysalis, Part II." (edit) Captain John Sheridan scored Earth's only battlefield victory during the Earth-Minbari War. He destroyed the Minbari flagship Black Star by mining the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars. He acquired the nickname "Starkiller" among the Minbari warrior class and also their lasting hatred. (edit)

Sheridan: The Babylon project was our last best hope for peace. A self contained world of five miles long located in neutral territory. A place for commerce and diplomacy for a quarter of a million humans ans aliens. A chining beacon in space, all alone in the night. It was the dawn of the third age of mankind. The year the great war came upon us all. This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations. The year is 2259, the name if the place is Babylon 5. (edit) Ivanova: I learned a while ago that there's enough guilt in the world to go around without grabbing for more. Give yourself the benefit of a doubt. (edit) Ivanova: And I thought I was a pessimist! (edit) Delenn: They fight bravely. They can not harm our ships, but they continue to try.
Hedronn: Whether they fight or not, they know they will die anyway. So really, is this bravery or simple desperation?
Delenn: Perhaps they are the same thing. (edit) Lennier: Ambassador Delenn is indisposed at the moment. Perhaps you would come back later, ... much later. (edit)

Throughout the series it is always said that the many if not all Minbari hated Sheridan for blowing up their flagship. Had anyone told them that they were at war? They have destroyed many earth ships and presumably their flagship too but after this time most earthlings have gotten over the war. (edit) In the B5 TV movie "In the Beginning", Robin Sachs' Minbari character was named "Coplann." In this episode, the character is named "Hedronn" even though they are both the same character that advises Delenn at the Battle of the Line. (edit) Continuity: In the B5 TV movie "In The Beginning", which takes place some years before this episode, and was produced years after it, Sheridan meets G'Kar and Dr. Franklin. But in Earhart's, Franklin talks as though he's never met him. (edit)

The Minbari nickname, "Starkiller," for Sheridan, was also the original last name for Luke Skywalker in "Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope" (1977) as chosen by Lucas in writing the original script and also in preliminary promotional material. Lucas felt, upon review, that the name was too dark for a heroic character and changed it at time of filming. This may very well be a nod from Straczynski to Lucas. (edit)