Lucas speaks @ Celebration: (Two TV series!)

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-04-23 02:37pm

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9301

Highlight:

Lucas confirmed that they are working on two TV series. One will be a 3-D computer animated series and the other is a live action series. The live action series will star some of the characters featured in the movies, though not the main characters. Lucas will kick-off the series himself. They are planning on writing the entire series and then shoot the series all at once. He mentioned Lucasfilm is aiming for a production start in about a year.

Good thing, planning it all in advance.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-04-23 02:38pm

Yeah, that's really a good idea. Will let them sort out all the kinks.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » 2005-04-23 03:10pm

I suddenly feel much better about the whole idea now. What's the saying, "cautious optimism"

I wonder though if the Animated show will be done by ILM or farmed out to another animation house.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-04-23 03:51pm

I think the recent Lucas animation studio being set up in Indonesia (or was it Singapore?) has got something to do with this.
I also like the fact that Lucas seems enthusiastic enough to personally direct (or at least supervise thoroughly) the first episode of the live action series.

Civil War Man · Post by **Civil War Man** » 2005-04-23 05:18pm

I like how it says the live action series will include movie characters, but not main movie characters. It'd be nice to see the backstory of some minor characters. Perhaps they can also have the series not include Tatooine

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2005-04-23 07:06pm

Imagine a "Sienfeld like show centered around the Diner on Courscont Obi-won goes to.
"Yadda yadda yadda"

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2005-04-23 07:10pm

CivilWarMan wrote:Perhaps they can also have the series not include Tatooine

Amen to that.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2005-04-23 07:31pm

Old Plympto wrote:
CivilWarMan wrote:Perhaps they can also have the series not include Tatooine
Amen to that.

I can't imagine that they'll go back to Tatooine. Lucas HATES filming in Tunisia.

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2005-04-23 07:50pm

Tunisa? WTF? most of that was filmed outside Tucson.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-04-23 07:57pm

Uhm, no, no it wasn´t. Tunisia´s been the place for most Tatooine-scenes, even the one in ROTS.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-04-23 08:11pm

They only filmed the Sarlaac scenes for RotJ in Arizona. Everything else was filmed in Tunisia, with a little for ANH done in Death Valley.

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2005-04-23 08:40pm

Plus it's Yuma, not Tuscon, if I remember Mark Hamill's voiceover in "The Making of ROTJ".

Tychu · Post by **Tychu** » 2005-04-24 01:09am

wooooooooo Star Wars will never die

We'll we all knww damn well Lucas will sit down and direct the first episode of the series then when hes down he'll go home, look in his SW room then his Indy room and say eh ill let McCullum do Indy 4 im making more SW movies