After two years without it, "Farscape" is back, and this time it's better than ever.

Integral to the "Farscape" story is ex-Peacekeeper Officer Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black). In her glory days, Aeryn was a hotshot pilot, and had a very promising career with the interplanetary militia. After her encounter with United States astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder), however, all of that changed, as she was forced on the run.

In "Peackeeper Wars," fans of the show will see a very different side to Aeryn.

"Different things were expected of Aeryn this time," Black told Sci-Fi Wire. "She was endowed with a different bag of dilemmas. And it wasn't an Aeryn that I recognized. And from the beginning, ... different producers and directors would say, 'This is what we want Aeryn to be. This is who she is. This is what we see happening to her.' And so, once I finally sort of worked out taking all that on board and trying to work out what to do with her, she just opened up."

"Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars" picks up where the fourth season finale, and ultimately the series finale, left off, with Crichton and Aeryn being blown into a million pieces by some unknown alien race. The series producers had previously been given a go for a fifth season, so decided to follow the pattern of a cliffhanger finale. However, The Sci-Fi Channel still found a way to cancel the series.

"There was at least another year or two left of that arc of us and the world of 'Farscape,'" Black said. "For it to have stopped when it did, it brought additional attention to the show when it was canceled. So the miniseries has upped its value in doing another four hours of television based on that momentum.

"There were so many elements of the story that they needed to service for the fans to finish off this particular part of the story arc."

Thanks to the efforts of fans all over the world, organized by www.SaveFarscape.com, the series has returned in the form of a miniseries, allowing the cast and crew to at least bring some sense of closure to the show, and tie up many of the plot threads which were left dangling after the phenomenal four-year run.

"They'd always talked about movies, doing a miniseries was always just a compromise to finish it off," Black said "There was a theatrical release in mind."

"Peacekeeper Wars" wont air until October, but if you simply cannot wait all that time, then make sure to catch the "Farscape" marathon, kicking off on Oct. 1. The marathon will chart all 88 episodes of the sci-fi series between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, finishing only two days before the miniseries makes its long-awaited debut.

"Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars" will air on the Sci-Fi Channel for two nights, beginning Oct. 17 at 9 p.m.

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