Star Wars TV series announced!!

POSTED BY: RonaldRaygun
UPDATED: Friday, February 6, 2004 08:00
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RONALDRAYGUN

Saturday, January 31, 2004 9:42 AM

Lucasfilm and FOX have inked a deal for a live action TV series that follows the beginnings of the rebellion and it's struggle against the Empire. Lucsafilm executives report that the series will be set between Episodes III and IV. There was no official word as to which original trilogy characters would return to the small screen, but one unnamed official was confident that a "certain Dark Lord would play a large role during the series".

Fox representatives discussed their scheduling strategy for the series.

"Our plan for the series is simple yet effective. We plan to broadcast each episode out of order and air them in different time slots on a different day each week. The series will be expensive due to the number of special effects shots so we plan to offset the cost by foregoing any advertising whatsoever."

When asked how this strategy would create a fan base, Fox reps responded by saying,"Well, it worked pretty well for Firefly!"

Yep. That went well.

JAKE7

Saturday, January 31, 2004 2:23 PM

I'm a Star Wars fan (even like the latest two movies, but not as much as the originals) but I'm thinking that this sounds like a really really bad idea....

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PUMAMANREDUX

Saturday, January 31, 2004 4:58 PM

scratching my head here .. how can one offset a huge pricetag on Special FX by not having outside revenue coming in ... is Lucasfilm ponying up all the dough and/ or Fox ?

Sounds like this idea should have been a mini-series and not a series.

just my 3 cents

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out. (Alfred Hitchcock)

TRAGICSTORY

Saturday, January 31, 2004 5:19 PM

I think some people are missing the sarcasm and irony of the original post.

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STATIC

Saturday, January 31, 2004 5:20 PM

Ummmmmmm. . .I'm forced to agree. . .this has 'bad idea' written all over it . . .

HOWEVER. . .Star Wars has for a long time been a bit of a "Flagship" for the movie-studio side of the FOX house. . .perhaps if the movie guys actually witness the TV guys COMPLETELY SLAUGHTER what would otherwise probably be a very successful and popular series, maybe they'll FIRE THE BASTARDS!!!!

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GEORDIESTEVE2003

Saturday, January 31, 2004 5:27 PM

Yawn. Last two films were poor. Loads of money, loads of effects, nothing else. Should have left it gathering dust on a shelf.

GROUNDED

Saturday, January 31, 2004 7:00 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TragicStory:
I think some people are missing the sarcasm and irony of the original post.

I didn't want to be the one to say it

Aside: thuggery has two gs

STEVE580

Saturday, January 31, 2004 10:16 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by RonaldRaygun:
"Our plan for the series is simple yet effective. We plan to broadcast each episode out of order and air them in different time slots on a different day each week. The series will be expensive due to the number of special effects shots so we plan to offset the cost by foregoing any advertising whatsoever."

When asked how this strategy would create a fan base, Fox reps responded by saying,"Well, it worked pretty well for Firefly!"

LOL!!

LINDLEY

Saturday, January 31, 2004 10:52 PM

Should have left it to the books. Which, unlike the most recent movies, have actually been very good recently, for the most part.

BROWNCOAT1

Monday, February 2, 2004 3:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TragicStory:
I think some people are missing the sarcasm and irony of the original post.

I would say so.

I think this is meant as a joke Folks. RonaldRayGun is poking fun at Fox and their poor plan for handling Firefly.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

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