Berman offers advice to Lucas about SW TV show

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2004-09-29 12:20pm

Hope this is the right forum:

In a recent interview that we had with Star Trek head honchos Rick Berman and Manny Coto we asked them what kind of advice they would offer George Lucas regarding a weekly Star Wars TV series. "Its one thing to have three years and over a 100 million dollars to create a one 2 hour movie compared to 22 to 26 one hour episodes in a year with a very limited budget and still have to remain fresh in the eyes of your audience", said Berman. Manny Coto also had a good point when he said " You have to concentrate on the story and also the characters and not make a weekly special effects show." When asked if he had any other advice for George, "He can always hire me if Enterprise doesn't work out".

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Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2004-09-29 12:33pm

I'm more intrigued in the idea of Kevin Smith at the helm.

Snoogums!

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-09-29 12:44pm

When asked if he had any other advice for George, "He can always hire me if Enterprise doesn't work out".

translation: when i get fired i hope mr lucas has some room left for production staff because i'll need a job.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-09-29 01:05pm

Heh. He's already tossing his resume out there.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-09-29 01:52pm

Darth_Zod wrote:
When asked if he had any other advice for George, "He can always hire me if Enterprise doesn't work out".
translation: when i get fired i hope mr lucas has some room left for production staff because i'll need a job.

And I'm sure George would say something along the lines of "I don't need a two-bit jackass masquerading as a producer to screw up my franchise."

Gustav32Vasa · Post by **Gustav32Vasa** » 2004-09-29 01:53pm

Good news for Star Trek

, bad news for Star Wars.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-09-29 01:54pm

Lucas likes yes men. Berman can kiss ass with the best of them I'm sure and heap praise out of whatever turd Lucas types up.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-09-29 02:02pm

Stravo wrote:Lucas likes yes men. Berman can kiss ass with the best of them I'm sure and heap praise out of whatever turd Lucas types up.

...

You now, I never considered that. But yes, it does fit in with Berman's character.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2004-09-29 02:23pm

JME2 wrote:
Darth_Zod wrote:
When asked if he had any other advice for George, "He can always hire me if Enterprise doesn't work out".
translation: when i get fired i hope mr lucas has some room left for production staff because i'll need a job.
And I'm sure George would say something along the lines of "I don't need a two-bit jackass masquerading as a producer to screw up my franchise."

Yeah Lucas can do that perfectly well on his own

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2004-09-29 05:42pm

Personally, I think Berman is the better of B&B.

He worked on TNG and that was a good serious when he was not in over all charge

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-09-29 05:54pm

Solauren wrote:Personally, I think Berman is the better of B&B.

He worked on TNG and that was a good serious when he was not in over all charge

If Star Wars turned into TNG, that would be a horrible travesty. While the gangrene was not as obvious back then, all of the crucial brainbugs that led to the subsequent decline of Star Trek were there.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2004-09-29 05:57pm

I'm sorry, but the idea of Han and Chewbacca spending a full hour's episode trying to save the Millenium Falcon from some computer virus makes me want to scratch out my eyeballs with a pair of dull rusty sissors.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-09-29 06:02pm

How long would it take him to make time-travel episodes, peddle stories involving droid programming glitches threatening the lives of the crew, and force every single episode's plot to follow the "A-thread story arc + B-thread soap-opera character-growth" forumula?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-09-29 06:02pm

Perhaps they should have been taking their own advice ten years ago.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2004-09-29 06:27pm

People, you know this could go the route of Stargate SG1 or Farscape. Lucas DOES like continuity, and continuity alone can help bring about good stories because it forces the writers to be more creative.

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2004-09-29 06:30pm

Alyeska wrote:People, you know this could go the route of Stargate SG1 or Farscape. Lucas DOES like continuity, and continuity alone can help bring about good stories because it forces the writers to be more creative.

IF it goes like that I will be overjoyed. Hell, if it goes the route of the Clone Wars serials I will be satisfied.

But I am bracing myself for continuity to become so fucked and the movies so contradicted that straight canon becomes the only viable debating medium.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-09-29 06:44pm

Wicked Pilot wrote:I'm sorry, but the idea of Han and Chewbacca spending a full hour's episode trying to save the Millenium Falcon from some computer virus makes me want to scratch out my eyeballs with a pair of dull rusty sissors.

The title of this thread made me want to scatch my eyeballs out with a pair of rusty scissors.

Seriously, I'm with Alyeska on this one, it could be a very good thing in the long run. And, unless it's on at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday mormings, it can't be worse than TPM...we shall see.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-09-29 07:03pm

Why do I have this feeling that if Berman is hired, Star Wars: The TV Show will include lots of crew members killed by exploding bridge panels, lots of technobabble, and useless tubes snaking throughout Star Destroyers?

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-09-29 07:05pm

Not to mention stories about Star Destroyers being trapped on the other side of the galaxy and taking years to come home, running into weird anomalies and super-powerful aliens on the way...I can see it now.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-09-29 07:24pm

Praxis wrote:Why do I have this feeling that if Berman is hired, Star Wars: The TV Show will include lots of crew members killed by exploding bridge panels, lots of technobabble, and useless tubes snaking throughout Star Destroyers?

What's wrong with exploding bridge panels. I like exploding bridge panels.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2004-09-29 07:24pm

Praxis wrote:Not to mention stories about Star Destroyers being trapped on the other side of the galaxy and taking years to come home, running into weird anomalies and super-powerful aliens on the way...I can see it now.

I think it would have to be other side of the universe for it to take years

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2004-09-29 07:41pm

Agent Fisher wrote:
Praxis wrote:Not to mention stories about Star Destroyers being trapped on the other side of the galaxy and taking years to come home, running into weird anomalies and super-powerful aliens on the way...I can see it now.
I think it would have to be other side of the universe for it to take years

Or we'll finally see SW versus ST on screen! And what'll make it more interesting would be the people in the Technical Advisors position: Mike Wong and RSA.... Good times. Good times, I tell you.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-09-29 07:57pm

Agent Fisher wrote:
Praxis wrote:Not to mention stories about Star Destroyers being trapped on the other side of the galaxy and taking years to come home, running into weird anomalies and super-powerful aliens on the way...I can see it now.
I think it would have to be other side of the universe for it to take years

In ST5 the Enterprise was somehow able to go super fast and reach the center of the galaxy. I expect the ISD will somehow end up going super slow. You know, continuity and all that.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-09-29 07:58pm

JME2 wrote:
Praxis wrote:Why do I have this feeling that if Berman is hired, Star Wars: The TV Show will include lots of crew members killed by exploding bridge panels, lots of technobabble, and useless tubes snaking throughout Star Destroyers?
What's wrong with exploding bridge panels. I like exploding bridge panels.

It's cool, but it shouldn't be killing crew members while the shield is up

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-09-29 08:05pm

Praxis wrote:
JME2 wrote:
Praxis wrote:Why do I have this feeling that if Berman is hired, Star Wars: The TV Show will include lots of crew members killed by exploding bridge panels, lots of technobabble, and useless tubes snaking throughout Star Destroyers?
What's wrong with exploding bridge panels. I like exploding bridge panels.
It's cool, but it shouldn't be killing crew members while the shield is up

Hmm. Quite true.