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Before Episode I‘s theatrical premiere, the pre-production phase of Star Wars Episode II has already begun, with principal photography to commence toward the end of 1999. Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiamid, Ahmed Best, and Anthony Daniels are all slated to reprise their roles, though it will be necessary to recast Anakin Skywalker, since the second film will take place at least a decade after the events of The Phantom Menace.
Showtime airs the 98th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride, Twister) and David Warner guest star.
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Sci-Fi Channel premieres the seventh episode of Farscape. (Early episodes of this series are aired out of the producers’ preferred story order or, for that matter, production order.) 
The 138th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Robyn Lively guest stars.
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The 43rd episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Robert Leeshock, Lisa Howard, Von Flores, and Richard Chevolleau. Janet Kidder (Continuum, Star Trek: Discovery) guest stars.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 89th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor. Hudson Leick and Karl Urban guest star.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 170th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode continues a tightly-serialized eight-episode run-up to the series finale. Robert O’Reilly makes his final guest starring appearance as Klingon leader Gowron, wrapping up a running Klingon storyline initiated on Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1990.
Canadian broadcaster CHCH-TV airs the 18th episode of Art Monterastelli’s sci-fi series Total Recall 2070, starring Michael Easton and Cynthia Preston, very loosely based on the 1990 film Total Recall. The series will air on the American pay cable channel Showtime later in the year. Xenia Seeberg (Lexx) guest stars.
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The 53rd episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Alexis Denisof (Angel) guest stars.
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UPN airs the 117th episode of Star Trek: Voyager.
Showtime airs the 99th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Saul Rubinek guest stars.
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The 21st episode of Highlander: The Raven, starring Amanda Gracen and Paul Johannson, airs in syndication; the series is a spinoff from Highlander: The Series.
The 139th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. William B. Davis and Nicholas Lea guest star in the sixth season finale.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 90th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor. Ted Raimi and Kevin Smith guest star in the fourth season finale.
The 44th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Robert Leeshock, Lisa Howard, Von Flores, and Richard Chevolleau. Janet Kidder (Continuum, Star Trek: Discovery) guest stars in the second season finale.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 171st episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode continues a tightly-serialized eight-episode run-up to the series finale. William Sadler guest stars.
Christopher Franke’s soundtrack to the Babylon 5 TV movie The River Of Souls is released on Sonic Images Records.
Fat Wreck Chords releases Me First and the Gimme Gimmes‘ second album, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Are A Drag.
The 54th episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Alexis Denisof (Angel), Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse), and Armin Shimerman (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest star.
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Canadian broadcaster CHCH-TV airs the 19th episode of Art Monterastelli’s sci-fi series Total Recall 2070, starring Michael Easton and Cynthia Preston, very loosely based on the 1990 film Total Recall. The series will air on the American pay cable channel Showtime later in the year. Art Hindle (E.N.G.), Jayne Heitmeyer (Earth: Final Conflict), and Nigel Bennett (Forever Knight, Lexx) guest star.
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Riding a wave of hype, expectation, and merchandising that no film could hope to live up to, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is released, starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, and Ian McDiarmid.
UPN airs the 118th episode of Star Trek: Voyager.
Showtime airs the 100th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Marcia Cross (Melrose Place, Desperate Housewives) and Michael Ironside (V, seaQuest 2032) guest star.
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The 22nd and final episode of Highlander: The Raven, starring Amanda Gracen and Paul Johannson, airs in syndication; the series is a spinoff from Highlander: The Series.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 172nd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode concludes a tightly-serialized eight-episode run-up to the series finale. Wallace Shawn, Cecily Adams and Vaughn Armstrong guest star.
Canadian broadcaster CHCH-TV airs the 20th episode of Art Monterastelli’s sci-fi series Total Recall 2070, starring Michael Easton and Cynthia Preston, very loosely based on the 1990 film Total Recall. Titus Welliver (Lost) guest stars.
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UPN airs the 119th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, ending the show’s fifth season. Rick Worthy and John Savage (Dark Angel) guest star.
NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on the first of only three 1999 shuttle flights, a ten-day mission to continue preparing the International Space Station for full-time duty. 80 hours are spent inside the station, transferring supplies into the existing modules for future crews, and spacewalks are conducted to perform necessary tasks outside the station. Aboard Discovery for her 26th flight are Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Rick Husband, and mission specialists Ellen Ochoa, Tammy Jernigan, Daniel Barry, Julie Payette and Valery Tokarev.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 173rd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode concludes both the seventh season and the series as a whole, wrapping up most of the show’s major storylines and paying off developments in the previous eight episodes. Louise Fletcher and James Darren guest star.
Canadian broadcaster CHCH-TV airs the 21st episode of Art Monterastelli’s sci-fi series Total Recall 2070, starring Michael Easton and Cynthia Preston, very loosely based on the 1990 film Total Recall. Martin Sheen (The West Wing) guest stars.
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