Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars is a television science fiction mini-series written by Rockne S. O'Bannon and David Kemper and directed by Brian Henson. Following the Farscape series' unexpected cancellation in September 2002, it aimed to wrap-up the season four cliffhanger and tie up some elements of the series in general.
In May 2004, the Sci-Fi Channel announced that it would air a two-episode (four-hour) miniseries. It was broadcast on October 17 and 18, 2004.
Henson and others have attributed the return of Farscape to the on-going campaign of fans. Fans mounted a massive letter, phone, e-mail, and advertisement campaign and hoped to pressure Sci-Fi into restoring the show or another, more financially solvent, network to take over.
Virginia Hey is the only regular cast member from Farscape's original television run that is not in the miniseries (though she is visible for a moment in a flashback during Crichton's "recap flashback").
When Crichton is interrogated by the Eidolons and has to explain his predicament, he says he does it for the 89th time. This is a reference to Ben Browder's voice-over for the opening sequence of the 88 episodes of the "Farscape" (1999) series.
Melissa Jaffer (Noranti) was to have had a larger part in the miniseries, but a bad reaction to the makeup forced her to drop out after only a few scenes. Most of her scenes were rewritten for other characters (most notably her officiating John and Aeryn's marriage went to Rygel) and later glimpses of Noranti are actually a look-alike.
Jim Henson (I)'s Creature Shop was responsible for most of the interesting aliens in the series. At one point, Crichton complains about being chased by the electric mayhem. The band on the "Muppet Show, The" (1976) were known as Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem and put out at least one album in the 1970s.
Graza wasn't scripted to be pregnant for the mini-series. But Rebecca Riggs's pregnancy, forced the writers to adjust the script accordingly.
When John is explaining wormholes in the classroom the equation on the left chalkboard at the top right reads E = MC Hammer.
