Star Wars: the TV Series

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ARCADIA

Thursday, March 16, 2006 3:32 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4808746.stm

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The TV series spin-off of the Stars Wars film franchise will run to at least 100 episodes, according to producer Rick McCallum.

He told BBC Radio 1 the writing team would soon be meeting to start on the project, which would begin filming in 2008 and be ready the same year.

"Hopefully if we can make it work and everybody's excited and watches it we will keep on going," said McCallum.

The series will be set between episodes three and four of the film saga.

It would cover the 20 years in the life of Luke Skywalker growing up that remains a mystery to most film-goers.

McCallum said there would be "a whole bunch of new characters" and the series would be "much more dramatic and darker".

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He added that it was unlikely any of the stars of the movies would be involved in the TV series.

Star Wars creator George Lucas has just completed writing the script for the next Indiana Jones film and will then begin work on Red Tails, about African-American pilots in World War II.

Following completion of that film, work will begin on the Star Wars TV series.

There has already been a Star Wars series spin-off in the shape of the animated Clone Wars, which began as three-minute episodes before they were expanded to 30-minute shows.

Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, released in 2005, marked the end of the end of the Star Wars saga on the big screen.

It became the biggest film franchise in history, with the final film alone taking £500m at the box office outside of the US.

My first reaction was, "oh, geez..." I love the movies (refering to the original three, of course), but I fail to see how this series could be interesting at all. First of all, Luke's life up too episode IV was supposed to be boring as all hell, hence his overpowering desire to get off of his home planet. Second... well, I just expect this to be bad.

What do you guys think?

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ZEEK

Thursday, March 16, 2006 3:47 PM

I wholeheartedly agree. Luke's life should be uneventful for the most part. I mean maybe he gets a wedgie at school one day or something, but nothing too exciting. I'm more scared that they're going to have scenes of him using the force before he ever even knows what it is. That would just be pathetic.

I really was hoping they would just go in a totally different direction with the tv show. Like show the early days of the rebellion and the people who founded it and had to fight for their lives. People we don't know much about.

Or even just some of the leftover jedi on the run from Vader. Something that they can't screw up continuity too badly with. Ugh Lucas just sucks these days.

MATTCOZ

Thursday, March 16, 2006 3:50 PM

I was very interested in this, but now with it being about Luke? I just don't see that being very good. I was hoping it would be about other new characters and how the rebellion started.

ELDRITCH

Thursday, March 16, 2006 3:52 PM

I don't think the show will be about Luke. I think he was mentioned just as a time marker. Everything I've heard so far (including being mentioned in this report) was that the stories wouldn't include characters we already know.

What HAS been a rumor, but is one I don't particularly like, is that it will focus to a certain degree on Boba Fett. I for one have no interest in watching him do his thing. He just doesn't look like a character that can hold a series.

Still, watching the rise of the Empire and the formation of a fledgling Rebellion IS something that can carry a series. There is a LOT of time to cover and is one of the parts of the timeline that really hasn't been fleshed out much. I'm all for a tv series. Hopefully there will be good writers, because Uncle George has shown he sucks at dialogue!

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KAELE

Thursday, March 16, 2006 5:09 PM

Maybe it'll be like a Wonder Years thing.

Luke commentating on things going on in the universe around him.

Nah. That sounds stupid.

Hope Lucas gets stuff that the actors can SAY. He can write plot well but his dialog sucks! Maybe I'll help him with that someday...LOL

~Kaele

ISAACSHEPHERD

Thursday, March 16, 2006 5:32 PM

I've heard about this idea for a while now. I think the series may have more of Leia's life in it than Luke's considering that she's more involved with the rebellion later.

And don't forget about old Obi-Wan, learning how to communicate with Qui gon and such. Perhaps with this tv series we can also see Vader turn more down the path that he was in episode 4. I do'nt think the transition was smooth enough. Anakin whined too much to be mistaken for the later known bad a$$ darth Vader.
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SADLITTLEKING

Thursday, March 16, 2006 5:33 PM

I was hoping the series would show the Jedi taking on the Sith back before the Sith were seemingly eliminated. Like the Knights of the Old Republic games. I think there's many more story ideas that could come out of a series that takes place in that time.

NUCLEARDAY

Thursday, March 16, 2006 5:50 PM

Yeah, I thought it was going to have to do with some peripheral characters if anything? Just how many times can we watch Luke go into town to pick up some power converters, anyways? ;p

And they're already planning on 100+ episodes???

I think we need to kidnap Lucas, lock him in a box for about a month, and force him to watch nothing but Firefly, Buffy, and Angel ;p Maybe if we could convert King Geek, we could get some backing on 100+ eps of a much better tv series (ahem... Firefly :)

Seriously, though. So long as it isn't Skywalker: the Wonder Years, it could be good. (And so long as Lucas has as little to do with it as possible. He's done his part, and now it's time to let go... :)

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KAYNA

Thursday, March 16, 2006 5:52 PM

Yeah, I was kind of hoping for more of Leia's life. She's in the middle of everything but Luke is out in the middle of nowhere doing nothing.
I also like the idea of hunting down the remaining Jedi. I don't care what anyone else says, there's no way every Jedi was killed in that one day. Just most of them. There have to be some who escaped that. Or some who've retreated from the order for one reason or another, they're not technically Jedi but they are still a threat to the Emperor.

Tell you what though, Lucas is really going to have to work hard to reagain my enthusiasm for anything in the Star Wars universe that he, personally, is involved in.
We know he can do better that his recent efforts, we have the originals to prove it. I sincerely hope he rises to the challenge.

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ARCADIA

Thursday, March 16, 2006 6:32 PM

Yeah, I was hoping for me Leia, too. As you said, she is involved with everything. Also, she's the better character, imo.

Though maybe a series about her dad would be more interesting, as he was very, very involed with the creation of the rebellion. Plus, now that West Wing is ending, Jimmy Smitz (sp) has nothing to do, so he'd be played by the same actor who played him in the series, which I guess it cool. Actually, maybe not. I can never decide if I like Jimmy Smitz.

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