Farscape Farscape is a science fiction television series that was produced for the Sci Fi channel from 1999 to 2003 . The series was conceived by Rockne S . O ' Bannon and produced by Jim Henson Productions and Hallmark Entertainment . The Jim Henson Company was largely responsible for the various alien makeup and prosthetics , and two regular characters ( the animatronic puppets Rygel and Pilot ) are entirely Jim Henson ' s Creature Shop creations . The narrative follows John Crichton , an astronaut from Earth who accidentally opens a wormhole and finds himself at the opposite end of the galaxy . Although the series was under contract for five seasons , it was abruptly canceled after production had ended on its fourth season , effectively ending the series on a cliffhanger . Co - producer Brian Henson later secured the rights to " Farscape " , paving the way for a four - hour miniseries entitled " " , which Henson himself directed . A comic book miniseries published by BOOM ! Studios from December 2008 to June 2009 that was in the continuity of both the series and the proposed webisodes . It was followed by an ongoing series and four more miniseries from 2009 to 2010 . Around 2010 there were plans for an MMO ( Massively Multiplayer Online Game ) , but after six months the game studio , Vizuron Entertainment , ran out of funds , but several design elements had been created in corporation with the Henson Company . On April 29 , 2012 the game designer Lee Hammock published concept art and the first part of the design document on his blog . The blog post was removed on May 2 , 2012 due to legal reasons . In February 2014 it was reported that a screenplay for a new " Farscape " movie was in development . At WonderCon 2014 , Rockne S . O ' Bannon confirmed to Nerdacy that a " Farscape " movie is in development but in very early stages . Plot Description . John Crichton , an astronaut from Earth , enters a wormhole and finds himself thrown to the other end of the galaxy where he meets a bevy of strange creatures - - and , possibly , the love of his life , in the form of a soldier named Aeryn Sun . Caught in the middle of an intergalactic war , John desperately tries to find a way home , while being pursued by armies on both sides of the conflict , who want to learn what secrets he knows about wormholes . The series is the brainchild of Rockne S . O ' Bannon , whose other credits include " Alien Nation " and " Seaquest DSV . " The Jim Henson Company was largely responsible for the various alien makeup and prosthetics , and two regular characters - Rygel and Pilot - are entirely Creature Shop creations . The show originally ended on a cliffhanger , as the series ' cancellation occurred too late in production for producers to significantly change anything . However , , a four - hour miniseries , aired on Oct . 17 and 18 , 2004 , wrapping up most of the loose ends of the series . Muppet references . The fourth season episode " " , which sees the crew visiting Earth in 1986 , includes several direct reference to Jim Henson ' s Muppet creations . At one point , Aeryn is seen watching " Sesame Street " on TV , including footage of Kermit the Frog . She learns the character ' s name and , later in the episode , pretends that Rygel is a Kermit toy . The episode also includes dialogue references to Cookie Monster . The series also included occasional pop culture references to Yoda .