'Babylon 5' fans, rejoice!

Fans of the wonderful sci-fi thriller series "Babylon 5" have three new, albeit different, reasons to celebrate this week.

First, as part of its arrangement to put its TV content on Apple Computer's iTunes, Warner Bros. said it would include the first season of the epic J. Michael Straczynski production.

The show, according to Wikipedia, "is set in the 23rd century on a large space station named Babylon 5 (which) is built to be a gathering place for fostering peace (among planetary civilizations) through diplomacy, trade, and cooperation."

Fans can buy the episodes to their iPods for $1.99 an episode, or suck down the entire season for $39.99.

Next, there are rumors, from game news portal Boomtown that Straczynski has also dropped hints that there may soon be a "Babylon 5" online game.

Straczynski "said he could not talk about it now, but that in two weeks expect something big to be announced," Boomtown 's Harry Neary wrote, quoting an unnamed source at Comic Com in San Diego. "He hinted that if you ever wanted to live in the B5 universe, you might get your chance. Now, either that's a super holobrothel or a MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game). I'm hoping for the former."

Finally, it appears that there will also be some new "Babylon 5" TV content. According to Ain't it Cool News, at Comic Con, Straczynski also unveiled plans to create a series of new, straight-to-DVD episodes tracking the pasts of the show's main characters.

"Personally, I would love, love, LOVE to see some well-considered B5 adventures," gushed Ain't it Cool News writer Merrick. "For me, the show stands behind only the original 'Star Trek' in the pantheon of orgasmically kick-ass TV (sci-fi)."

Of course, it's possible the Comic Con rumors are actually based on the same comments and that both are wrong. But maybe they're true. Let's hope.