Topic: Star Wars: The TV Show?

[NCC2012]

(More) news from theforce.net on a rumored Star Wars live-action television show:
http://www.theforce.net/holonet/index.shtml#23814

More SW TV Series Confirmation
Mon, May 03, 04 01:00:20 AM EDT

Sean writes in with this cool report to confirm work on a SW TV Show is most definitely happening:
I asked him about Star Wars' future and he got really excited and told me in thinly veiled comments that it is going to TV (live-action) . He couldn't go into details because he was under a legal contract.
So I asked this gentlemen if the show was pre-EP4, he said maybe with a smile, then I asked about Vader, and he had the same response, same with Chewbacca, same with Tarkin. Anyways he said Lucasfilm was really excited about this, and he did mention that there were to be no Episodes 7-9.

We've got more coming this week, but let's just say a TV Show is a definite thing, according to documents being distributed to licensees and marketing people now.
 
 

[Kmelew]

Very cool if true!!  

But the productions costs to do it right would be staggering.

Anyway, here's hoping!  

[Rat_Boy]

If I were planning this, I'd get it on HBO, since a.) there's no real time constraints on when things need to be done, just at look at how long it takes between seasons of The Sopranos and b.) chances are on a big budget project like this, Lucasfilm would get all the financial and creative control they want without having to worry too much about the network and sponsors.

[Kmelew]

Then again, I hope it's not one those so-called "reality TV" shows...

"The Jedi Apprentice"   hmpf.  

[Rat_Boy]

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"The Jedi Apprentice"   hmpf.  

More like "Sith Apprentice," since theForce.net's been hinting that it's set after Episode III (and the site does know more than they've said so far).

[NCC2012]

I'm hoping for syndication, myself.

[TheSatyr]

Considering how awful the last two movies were,I wouldn't be surprised if a tv series was just as bad.


 

[Rat_Boy]

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Considering how awful the last two movies were,I wouldn't be surprised if a tv series was just as bad.

The prequels suffered from GL's bad writing and inability to evoke emotion from the actors he directs.  Since it's more than likely that he'll be passing off the work on the series to other writers and directors, I see it being better.  Someone get Ira Steven Behr on the phone!

[TalonClaw]

Since TV is a whole new medium I have hopes that GL will let a whole new set of ppl work on it.  Anyway I love Star Wars and will eat it up even if it has more bad acting.  

[Javora]

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I'm hoping for syndication, myself.  

I would like to see that myself, however with syndication being in the dumpster the last couple of years I don't see that happening.  A good example of this would be Andromeda moving to Sci-Fi and the possibility of shows like Mutant X being cancelled.  The best bet IMHO for a Star Wars series would be to find a network that could put the series in a slot with other Science fiction shows.  Maybe like on the same night as the Superman series on the WB or the same night as Enterprise on UPN.

But a Star Wars series with a lot of action (unlike Star Trek dialog driven shows) would be very cool.
 

[hobbesmaster]

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Anyway I love Star Wars and will eat it up even if it has more bad acting.    

Well, it has to be at least the quality of Voyager.  As enterprise demonstrates, you can't actively piss off your fan base but you can do so through passive attrition.  

[Lepton1]

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If I were planning this, I'd get it on HBO, since a.) there's no real time constraints on when things need to be done, just at look at how long it takes between seasons of The Sopranos and b.) chances are on a big budget project like this, Lucasfilm would get all the financial and creative control they want without having to worry too much about the network and sponsors.  

If they do put it on HBO, I will gut you for even having suggested it.  I'm not paying 12 bucks a month to see one show.

[Sirgod]

As long as Bea Arthur Doesn't sing, I'll be happy...

 

Stephen  

[Rat_Boy]

Oh dear, not again.

[Dash Jones]

If it is happening...that's saying if it is...my first bet would be that it will first be offered to Fox or one of it's affiliates...just a strange hunch of mine...

[RogueJedi_XC]

Oh, no, you did NOT just dredge up the Star Wars Holiday Special!

Even George Lucas thinks that travesty should be forgotten. I say it should be burned, buried, launched into the sun, and then, just for good measure, nuked.

Even that may not be enough....    

[Sirgod]

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Oh, no, you did NOT just dredge up the Star Wars Holiday Special!

Even George Lucas thinks that travesty should be forgotten. I say it should be burned, buried, launched into the sun, and then, just for good measure, nuked.

Even that may not be enough....    

LOL, yep , I'm an Evil evil man.  

Stephen

[DH123]

Base is on Kyle Katarin.  The Jedi Knight titles had better stories and acting than Episodes 1 and 2.  

[IKV Nemesis D7L]

Didn't Berman and Braga say that they were looking at moving on to another SciFi tv show?  You wouldn't expect them to create something would you?  I'm sure that they would stick to Star Wars canon as well as they did Trek in Enterprise.  

[Rat_Boy]

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I'm sure that they would stick to Star Wars canon as well as they did Trek in Enterprise.  

There certainly are parts of SW canon that meesa wouldn't mind them ignoring.