Actually I think the books are a good indication of what we can expect. They started with the Zahn trilogy which, while it had its flaws, was pretty good literature. Then the books got worse and worse as the EU slowly turned into a bloated mess that to this day will not die. With any live action TV shows being of much higher visibility, a similiar downfall would be more disasterous for the franchise. I'd hate to see Star Wars follow down the footsteps of recent Trek.JME2 wrote:I share the feeling. The books are one thing, this is quite another and I'm perfectly content to keep live-action Star Wars limited to the big-screen (will will only be applicable until a month from now).
Rumours of Star Wars TV Series after ROTS? How true is it?
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According to some insider, ROTS is apparently an indication for how the live action series will be, more for adult than kids. It will be more of a character-drama with good SFX rather than an sci-fi gee-whiz action spectacle. But NOT like ST. (They specified that Lucas said that )
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Why not have Genndy Tartakovsky (or however the fuck you spell his name) and his animation team do a Knights of the Old Republic cartoon? If Samurai Jack is in limbo (which I'm guessing it is, considering where the last new one left off and no follow-up), and since he's already established he and his teams ability to capture Star Wars almost flawlessly, why not give the new show to him?
That would be a good one.IRG CommandoJoe wrote:Finally, one acceptable idea (and preferable) for the live action TV show would cover the transitional phase from the Clone Wars to the Galactic Civil War. It would follow the lives of a group of young friends who join different branches of the Old Republic military (officers, pilots, grunts), sort of like in Starship Troopers. They all survive to see the rise of the Empire. They then get split up after seeing the horrors of the Empire, some remaining in the Empire while others join the Rebel Alliance. I'm not sure which would be better though; having them face each other inevitably or having them all defect to the Rebel Alliance. Having to face each other would probably make for more dramatic episodes, and you'd definitely get both Imperial and Rebel viewpoints...so perhaps that's a better alternative.
This would be a good show because it would show the war from the officer's perspective, the pilot's perspective, and the grunt's perspective. The series would culminate at the Battle of Endor. Not sure how, but what I do know is that all of the friends would meet each other together for a final time. The great thing about this series is that we'd see many more scenes of the prequel and OT battles and from many more different perspectives. It could start off with a battle or two between AotC and RotS, include the battles of RotS, have a bunch of battles in between RotS and ANH, somehow sneak in the Battle of Yavin (not sure how...maybe an Imperial officer or pilot or someone evacuates the station before it blows), show the Battle of Hoth, cover a bunch of EU battles and completely original battles/skirmishes in between the OT movies, and end with the Battle of Endor.
As to the Battle of Yavin, why not let it be one of the Imperial characters, who then dies? Killing off a main character would be a huge dramatic moment, methinks.
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Ugh, no thanks. The Volume Two group of Clone Wars episodes were strides better than the first one, but I still don't really like their whole take on Star Wars all that much, not to mention that their character designs are simply ugly as sin...NeoGoomba wrote:Why not have Genndy Tartakovsky (or however the fuck you spell his name) and his animation team do a Knights of the Old Republic cartoon? If Samurai Jack is in limbo (which I'm guessing it is, considering where the last new one left off and no follow-up), and since he's already established he and his teams ability to capture Star Wars almost flawlessly, why not give the new show to him?
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Now what would this do to A Certain Unnamed Individual's "idiosyncratic" interpretations of canon, if EU elements appeared in a TV program?VT-16 wrote:Well, safe to say we might get a few EU cameos in this. (Ships, characters, planets etc...)
Or would said canon policy be expanded to:
- Only the movies count,
- not comics, books, games or TV programs,
- even if GL himself produces them.
- 'Cause I say so.
- And it's all a conspiracy against Trek, anyway."
He'd probably say that unless you can produce a quote directly from Lucas specifically saying it's canon, then it's not.WyrdNyrd wrote:Now what would this do to A Certain Unnamed Individual's "idiosyncratic" interpretations of canon, if EU elements appeared in a TV program?VT-16 wrote:Well, safe to say we might get a few EU cameos in this. (Ships, characters, planets etc...)
Or would said canon policy be expanded to:
- Only the movies count,
- not comics, books, games or TV programs,
- even if GL himself produces them.
- 'Cause I say so.
- And it's all a conspiracy against Trek, anyway."