Lucas confirms two TV series in the works

Lancer · Post by **Lancer** » 2005-04-27 06:09pm

Argh, curse you Durandal, you beat me to it...

Majin Gojira · Post by **Majin Gojira** » 2005-04-27 07:58pm

I smell a Star Wars version of Firefly...

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-04-27 08:03pm

I hope not. That wouldn't smell very good at all.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-04-27 08:07pm

From eonline.com:

According to Lucas, both shows will take place during the period between the end of Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith and the original Star Wars (aka Episode IV--A New Hope), when the Emperor became all-powerful and started hunting the Jedi down.

Lucas said the live-action series is the more ambitious undertaking, attempting to translate the magic of the Star Wars universe to the small screen via supporting characters that fans have only briefly come to know from the movies. The filmmaker added that the show will also be similar in tone to the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, the TV adventures inspired by his other mega-franchise.

"We're probably not going to start that for about a year," Lucas said. "Like on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, we want to write all the stories for the entire first season all at once. I'm going to get it started and hire the showrunners and all of that, then I'll probably step away."

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Lucasfilm has yet to make an official announcement on the new shows. The company doesn't even have a deal in place with a network to air either series because it's been marshalling all its minions for the hugely anticipated May 19 release of Revenge of the Sith, the final prequel.

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It's expected that the new standalone animated series will showcase the same kind of epic battles as seen in the more action-oriented Clone Wars series of shorts

Prepare for the Empire-wanking.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2005-04-29 07:03pm

Shroom Man 777 wrote:She's frickin' hot, BTW.

I want a series revolving around Boba Fett as he carves through the galaxy killing Jedi, crooks, and shmucks who went to the wrong loan shark. I want to see him go Rambo and vaporize people and stab people and carbonite people and rip people to shreds with his fucking hands! YEAH!

As much as you may berate that, you must admit that if it happened, you'd watch every single episode.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-04-29 07:13pm

Durandal wrote:This says it all ...

http://www.ilstu.edu/~dsorres/pictures/wb_starwars.jpg

For some reason, I really like how Gabe rendered the mother. Maybe it's partially because of her top, but she looks pretty hot to me...

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2005-04-29 07:24pm

VT-16 wrote:In a way, I´m a bit pissed about this. If they´re gonna go with a period from the movies instead of outside them, why couldn´t they picked the GCW instead? We already have enough animated material on the CW, with the existing series and the two films, dozens of battles and events added up. We still only got four battles in the OT put together (one off-screen, I might add), and I want more. Even it up, dammit!

It might have something to do with the fact that, you know, the Clone War was a WAR and the OT deals with guerrila fighting against a much larger and more powerful enemy. Just maybe.

Anyway, I would like to see one of the shows (probably the CGI one) focusing on the military as they bring Imperial rule throughout the galaxy, focusing mainly on those generals that are in Episode III. My darker side wants one of the shows to be about a small group of jedi that survived the purges that over the course of the season are slowly killed off by acts of bravery, or cowardice. Until in the final episode the last Jedi dies, cornered by Storm Troopers.

The Original Nex · Post by **The Original Nex** » 2005-04-29 10:30pm

My guess is they may try to flesh out stories for minor PT characters and maybe even show the early carreers of the many Imperial officers in the Death Star conference room. . .

Panzer Grenadier · Post by **Panzer Grenadier** » 2005-04-30 12:04am

This is simply a event I have waited for ever since I got into star wars in the 3rd grade! Anyone taking any guesses on what channel it will be on? Probably Fox im guessing?

Majin Gojira · Post by **Majin Gojira** » 2005-04-30 01:24pm

I wouldn't trust Fox OR the WB...why? Bad History for Fox...and that cartoon illustrates the case against the WB...

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-04-30 02:03pm

OT deals with guerrila fighting against a much larger and more powerful enemy. Just maybe.

Galactic Civil War does not equate with "rag-tag team of rebels who occationally run into Imperial forces" imho. I want grand battles on a small scale, say individual systems or sectors foolishly attempting to rebel, or Alliance forces massing for the few, scattered full-scale attacks. ("The whole fleet being at Endor" thing can be maintained, just show alot of Rebel ships being destroyed in previous battles, that´s all

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Mark S · Post by **Mark S** » 2005-04-30 02:34pm

All is going as I have foreseen it. *Emperor cackle*