Claudia Black told Sci Fi Wire that she was thrilled to return to action as the Peacekeeper warrior Aeryn Sun in the upcoming Sci Fi Channel four-hour miniseries "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars." "I loved it," Black said in an interview. "It's dynamic. It's big. Personally, what I got out of it, more than anything, was the experience of working again with people I really care about and being able to again play a character that's been a privilege to play."
"The Peacekeeper Wars" picks up where "Farscape's" fourth season finale, 'Bad Timing,' left off. In that episode, an alien ship appeared to have killed Aeryn and John Crichton (Ben Browder). She had just informed him she was pregnant with his child, and he had just asked for her hand in marriage. Now, in the miniseries, the resurrected duo reunite with some old friends and encounter familiar enemies as war breaks out between the Scarrans and the Peacekeepers.
"Every day was full of typical "Farscape" experiences," Black said. "We were constantly pushing the envelopes of time and money and energy and resources and creativity. Andrew Prowse, our producer, makes it all look easy, because he's just so skilled at what he does on the tail end. My memories of making it are so different to what ends up on the screen, because so much computer graphics has to go in."
"You, as an actor, in good faith, have to look at an invisible spot on the horizon where they later on put in a scary monster," Black added. "So it's a relief to watch it all finished. And it's always great to watch other people's scenes that I haven't been involved with, because I can be a more objective observer, a member of the audience, and get emotionally involved in the other characters' stories." "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars" premieres on Sci Fi October 17 at 9pm. ET/PT and will air on two consecutive nights.