Star Wars TV show confirmed

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-09-29 07:47pm

Okay, I assume this article hasn't been posted since it came out YESTERDAY, so don't lock it for being redundant. If someone posted it and I missed it, oops.

We all know Lucas has been dropping so many hints as to a Star Wars TV show that its almost certain, but it has been officially confirmed.

http://www.iesb.net/tv/tvt92804.htm

Since last year George Lucas has been dropping hints regarding the possibility of a TV series. Today they are no longer hints. On USA Today, the TV series was confirmed by Lucas and now most recently the President of Lucas licensing, Howard Roffman, has quoted stating that a live action TV Series will indeed hit airwaves by fall of 2006.

George Lucas is not expected to direct or have anything to do with the day to day operations. Lucas during his USA Today interview said "Ultimately, I'm going to probably move it into television and let other people take it.....You know, I've got offshoot novels, I've got offshoot comics. So it's very easy to say, "Well, OK, that's that genre, and I'll find a really talented person to take it and create it." Just like the comic books and the novels are somebody else's way of doing it. I don't mind that. Some of it might turn out to be pretty good. If I get the right people involved, it could be interesting.

All indications from Skywalker Ranch point to George wanting to find someone to take creative control from his hands. George will remain as an "Executive Producer" but wants to have a creative team including veteran sci-fi writers and directors. The most interesting thing is that George is wanting to hand over the reigns of Star Wars to someone who will respect the films and is actually a fan of the saga. One name keeps popping up during my calls to my "Ranch" associates as a perfect candidate to become "Lord" over Star Wars. According to Lucasfilm insiders George would like someone with writing and directing experience and that already has a connection with the fan base and also be an independent film maker.

So who is this "Fan Boy" that Lucasfilm would like to recruit? Before I drop any names I am sure that plenty of you guys and gals will think that I am absolutely crazy and out of my mind. The first name that I was given was no other than Kevin Smith. "Kevin Smith would be the ideal person to handle a Star Wars TV series", the IESB was told. "He is well recognized with the fandom and he was worked on some capacity with Lucasfilm during a Hasbro commercial a few years back, he is also a very good writer," said the source.

So would Kevin Smith be interested in getting involved in some capacity with Star Wars TV? You normally don't get directors from the big screen go to the small screen but if there is any truth to these speculations we might have the best of Star Wars ahead of us. But as much optimism there is from one side of the Ranch there is also some pessimism. "I just hope that he [George] doesn't just do the TV series for the money that it will make and end up giving us a weekly kiddie show, he needs to learn from the mistakes from Star Trek and give sci-fi fans a quality show," said the source.

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".

So who will helm the new Star Wars TV series? Who ever it is will probably be brought aboard right after ROTS premieres in May 2005. A fall 2006 release would give Lucasfilm one year to get the TV series ready to blast off.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » 2004-09-29 08:31pm

We all know Lucas has been dropping so many hints as to a Star Wars TV show that its almost certain, but it has been officially confirmed.

Just remember that nothing is entirely official until it has been endorsed by SW.com (according to the admins at SW.com, in an effort to protect their forum from the lies of Supershadow). I'm reading and replying as I read.

Since last year George Lucas has been dropping hints regarding the possibility of a TV series. Today they are no longer hints. On USA Today, the TV series was confirmed by Lucas and now most recently the President of Lucas licensing, Howard Roffman, has quoted stating that a live action TV Series will indeed hit airwaves by fall of 2006.

Okay, that seems a bit more damning. Lucas may blurt out random things, but the legal people would neevr do that.

George Lucas is not expected to direct or have anything to do with the day to day operations. Lucas during his USA Today interview said "Ultimately, I'm going to probably move it into television and let other people take it.....You know, I've got offshoot novels, I've got offshoot comics. So it's very easy to say, "Well, OK, that's that genre, and I'll find a really talented person to take it and create it." Just like the comic books and the novels are somebody else's way of doing it. I don't mind that. Some of it might turn out to be pretty good. If I get the right people involved, it could be interesting.

Hmm. I wonder how this is going to fall into the canon picture...or Darkstar's canon picture.

George will remain as an "Executive Producer" but wants to have a creative team including veteran sci-fi writers and directors.
I'm hoping that the technical side will also be respresented on this team, but not to the level of hardcore technobabble.

The most interesting thing is that George is wanting to hand over the reigns of Star Wars to someone who will respect the films and is actually a fan of the saga. One name keeps popping up during my calls to my "Ranch" associates as a perfect candidate to become "Lord" over Star Wars.

Puhleasse don't tell me it's Supershadow!!!

So who is this "Fan Boy" that Lucasfilm would like to recruit? Before I drop any names I am sure that plenty of you guys and gals will think that I am absolutely crazy and out of my mind. The first name that I was given was no other than Kevin Smith. "Kevin Smith would be the ideal person to handle a Star Wars TV series", the IESB was told. "He is well recognized with the fandom and he was worked on some capacity with Lucasfilm during a Hasbro commercial a few years back, he is also a very good writer," said the source.

Phew! It wasn't Mickey Suttle.
I may have to google this "Kevin Smith".

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"

He has a point. It may not look right to see low budget special effects being used in a film universe which has revolutionized visual effects more than once

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,

This coming from a producer of Enterprise

"He can always hire me if Enterprise doesn't work out".
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/Luke]

So far, my judgement says that this is legit.

I'm thinking that this show may take place before TPM, likely following the adventures of two Jedi or something like that. This may or may not be a good idea.
But what might really be cool, is if they do away with sound stages altogether and simply film the entire show in front of a blue screen. I was easily blown away by the blue screen shots from latter-season Enterprise and Stargate: Atlantis. I'm quite sure that this show would be able to match and most likely exceed the visual effects quality of the shows who made their effects in less than a week. The blue screen idea could work.

But those are just my opinions...

Techno_Union · Post by **Techno_Union** » 2004-09-29 08:50pm

I am excited. Now I just want details on what it's going to be about.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2004-09-29 08:59pm

Oooh. Kev has his own web-board where he discusses with his fans. Heh; if he took over SW we could talk to him about our criticisms.

I'd like them to hire Dr. Saxton as a consultant but that'll never happen.

McC · Post by **McC** » 2004-09-29 09:15pm

Holy cow. I dearly hope the bit about Kevin Smith is true. A SW TV series under his command would be flat-out awesome.

Mlenk · Post by **Mlenk** » 2004-09-29 09:18pm

Who is this Kevin Smith?

McC · Post by **McC** » 2004-09-29 09:19pm

Clerks. Dogma. Chasing Amy. Mallrats. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. Clerks, the animated series. Director/plays Silent Bob.

Also, among the biggest SW fans on the planet.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-09-29 10:28pm

McC wrote:Clerks. Dogma. Chasing Amy. Mallrats. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. Clerks, the animated series. Director/plays Silent Bob.

Also, among the biggest SW fans on the planet.

Smith is overrated. Clerks was piss funny, Mallrats was good. Chasing Amy was ok. Dogma was poor. And Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back was simply embarrassing.

But, I would like to see him do something Star Wars related.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2004-09-29 10:51pm

I feel a great disturbance in the Force.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2004-09-29 11:07pm

Alright Stickfa, I'll over look your ignorance just this once.

Smith is the only choice. He's the only one I know passionate enough that would be a candidate to ensure it was done right. If you don't think movies like Dogma, Mallrats are good, and that Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back wasn't just down-fucking-right-hillarious you need to have your pulse checked. Far from the pulse jammed straight up your ass. Would you like a chocolate covered pretzel?

This could be the best thing to happen to TV since Full House. However it could become a critically acclaimed flop much like the novels.

What they don't need to do is get into the technical jargon.
What they do need to do is make it fast paced.

The one thing that might work for the TV series that doesn't really work for the novels is sticking to one planet. Seems the books where they keep to one locale primarily just seems to suck.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2004-09-29 11:36pm

Cal Wright wrote:The one thing that might work for the TV series that doesn't really work for the novels is sticking to one planet. Seems the books where they keep to one locale primarily just seems to suck.

What? How can any Star Wars movie or show stick with one planet??? Star Wars needs to show a variety of planets in order to be...Star Wars. I couldn't ever see any sort of Star Wars movie, show, literature, game, etc. stick with only a single planet. Especially since sticking with one planet virtually rules out portraying any sort of war, unless there happens to be a battle on that planet for an episode or a few.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2004-09-29 11:59pm

I've only read two novels set around the Clone Wars era, Approaching Storm and the one about Mace Windu. Both centered around one damn planet. Come to think of it, Truce at Bakura, Courtship of Princess Leia, Planet of Twilight, just to name a few. That's all I can think of off the top of my head. I could see it working for a TV series. Novels though are just toooooo fucking long for that. Right now I'm reading Lord of the Rings, and that's fine, its expansive in itself, but when I read Star Wars I want the thrill of jumping to lightspeed while being chased. Either way.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-09-30 12:14am

Kevin Smith is a little too hit or miss and quirky for my tastes with a project like this, so he gives me a bad vibe.

I suppose if he was just given a writer position and not be on the creator staff, it could work.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-09-30 12:44am

Let's get Wong and/or Poe to write a story arc.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-09-30 12:47am

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:
Cal Wright wrote:The one thing that might work for the TV series that doesn't really work for the novels is sticking to one planet. Seems the books where they keep to one locale primarily just seems to suck.
What? How can any Star Wars movie or show stick with one planet??? Star Wars needs to show a variety of planets in order to be...Star Wars. I couldn't ever see any sort of Star Wars movie, show, literature, game, etc. stick with only a single planet. Especially since sticking with one planet virtually rules out portraying any sort of war, unless there happens to be a battle on that planet for an episode or a few.

That's true- the worst books are always on one planet. Balance Point, Crystal Star, Truce at Bakura, Courtship of Princess Leia, etc...
The only real good one was Rebel Dream and Rebel Stand.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2004-09-30 01:07am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Let's get Wong and/or Poe to write a story arc.

Heh...Star Wars Versus Star Trek: The Show. Actually, I think Wong's fanfic would be a good, epic mini-series. It certainly was written that way. Basically each chapter could be an episode.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-09-30 01:13am

No crap it would be the coolest thing ever!

But even a pure SW storyline written by Wong or Poe would rule. I mean, come on, the guys are geniuses, and they love the franchise, but don't have the ego to create uberwank senarios or the stupidity to write things that wouldn't normally occur.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2004-09-30 01:20am

Well, I know that if they created the show, some of the highlights would be:

1. Three words: Base Delta Zero.

2. Massive amounts of ships in fleets with many more ship classes mentioned on the SWTC.
3. Characters stating how much damage ships are dealing and receiving ("Sir! Our shields are weakened! We can only sustain several more teratons of damage before they fail!")
4. Ground battles that actually show competent Stormtroopers.
5. No silly shit (like Ewoks and Gungans).

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-09-30 01:21am

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:Let's get Wong and/or Poe to write a story arc.
Heh...Star Wars Versus Star Trek: The Show. Actually, I think Wong's fanfic would be a good, epic mini-series. It certainly was written that way. Basically each chapter could be an episode.

As long as they have a scene in which the Empire fires some chronitons into the wormhole, kills all the "Prophets", and has Sisko crying and pouting over it like he was doing on yesterday's episodes.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-09-30 01:24am

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:Well, I know that if they created the show, some of the highlights would be:

1. Three words: Base Delta Zero.
2. Massive amounts of ships in fleets with many more ship classes mentioned on the SWTC.

The massive fleets are something I really want to see. Thousands of Star Destroyers, obscuring an entire planet in one massive battle...

3. Characters stating how much damage ships are dealing and receiving ("Sir! Our shields are weakened! We can only sustain several more teratons of damage before they fail!")

Eat that, RSA...

4. Ground battles that actually show competent Stormtroopers.
5. No silly shit (like Ewoks and Gungans).

Combine these. Competent Stormtroopers shooting Ewoks and Gungans.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2004-09-30 01:27am

Praxis wrote:As long as they have a scene in which the Empire fires some chronitons into the wormhole, kills all the "Prophets", and has Sisko crying and pouting over it like he was doing on yesterday's episodes.

Hah, I saw those. I can't believe they killed off Dax...but then again her replacement is hotter.

Does she stay on the show? If so, does she go back to Worf?

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2004-09-30 01:29am

Praxis wrote:The massive fleets are something I really want to see. Thousands of Star Destroyers, obscuring an entire planet in one massive battle...

Don't forget battles consisting of thousands of Imperial ships versus thousands of Rebel ships.

Combine these. Competent Stormtroopers shooting Ewoks and Gungans.

This, I like.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-09-30 01:36am

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:
Praxis wrote:As long as they have a scene in which the Empire fires some chronitons into the wormhole, kills all the "Prophets", and has Sisko crying and pouting over it like he was doing on yesterday's episodes.
Hah, I saw those. I can't believe they killed off Dax...but then again her replacement is hotter. Does she stay on the show? If so, does she go back to Worf?

I have seen two episodes (Seige of Ar-558 and Once More Unto the Breach) that occur about midway through the seventh season (which began in the episode where Ezri arrived), and Ezri was still around as station's councilor chatting with Kira.
And I heard from somebody that Ezri ends up with Bashir, but I'm not 100% sure.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-09-30 01:38am

Not a bad idea but the execution would be problem. Star Wars redifined spcial effects so every episode needs great effect which costs money. It would be best if it is a small mini series rather than a 7 year arc like Star Trek or 5 year like Babylon 5. That way more money would be available for special effects per episode.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2004-09-30 01:38am

But...I thought that the Trill inside of her is still Dax....so why wouldn't Dax continue her life as normal? Or is it that the new host makes the Trill inside of her a different personality?

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