I liked the mini-series (single episode?)

This would be good if it could be continued as an ongoing series. As far as the killing goes, this would not be something for children under 13.

Back in the day, Hama could always figure a way to bring "back" characters (Firefly got out of the locked freighter - Marvel 126) and Storm Shadow has already been killed at least once (oh that's right, he flipped into a trance right before three bullets went through his chest - Marvel 47).

SOOOOO...

The FLAGG could easily reappear, as could Major Bludd, Zartan and all the rest...

"Joe, how could this be?" you might ask.

A tagline or voice at the beginning of a new show saying, these events take place x time before the Springfield incident, or before the FLAGG incident, or whatever they would use to mark time.

Since they like flashbacks (as evidenced by the ninja flashbacks sequences), there could even be flashbacks to what precipitated the good Major's demise.

Not that I want more killing, but in the original Star Trek series, the guy you had never seen before beaming down to the planet was always the one who didn't make it to the first commercial break. Death, isn't that what greenshirts and blueshirts are for? Their deaths would still be tragic, but they would not affect the story arc...

My two cents...