Topic: Star Wars to become new TV series

[Grim]

Star Wars to become new TV series

Two Star Wars TV series will follow the latest movie in the hit film franchise, director George Lucas has said.

Animated show Clone Wars, currently broadcast as three-minute episodes, will become "a 3D animated" series of 30-minute shows, he said.

It would be followed by a live-action series featuring characters from the six Star Wars movies, he added.

"We're probably not going to start that for about a year," he told a Star Wars convention in Indianapolis.

'Step away'

The latest Star Wars film, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, is released in most countries on 19 May.

The Clone Wars "micro-series" has had 25 three-minute episodes on Cartoon Network, taking the story up to Revenge of the Sith.

Mr Lucas told the Celebration III convention the live action TV series would be similar to Raiders of the Lost Ark spin-off The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.

"Like on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, we want to write all the stories for the entire first season all at once," he said.

"I'm going to get it started, and hire the show runners and all of that, then I'll probably step away."

He said the live action series would feature stories taking place between movie episodes three and four - Revenge of the Sith and the original 1977 Star Wars movie.

Lucas said he "never considered" extending the Stars Wars story beyond episode six - Return of the Jedi.

"To be very honest with you, I never ever thought of anything that happened beyond episode six," he said.

"It's the Darth Vader story. It starts with him being a young boy and it ends with him dying. I never ever really considered ever taking that particular story further."

Mr Lucas said the live action series would feature some existing Star Wars characters - but would not elaborate.

"There's a lot of issues that are connected, but you won't necessarily see a lot of the people that are connected," he said.

Empire favourite

No broadcast dates for either series have been announced.

More than 30,000 fans attended the convention. Away from Star Wars, Mr Lucas added a fourth Indiana Jones movie was "definitely in the works".

Meanwhile, The Empire Strikes Back has been named the favourite Star Wars movie in a poll of more than 40,000 readers of film magazine Empire.

Han Solo was voted the favourite hero, Chewbacca was top alien and X-wing pilot Wedge Antilles was favourite minor character.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4484915.stm

[Don Karnage]

seem cool, will the keep the same actor for the roles?

[Darth Sidious]

I think the live-action one will be starring minor chars.  Maybe cameos from Vader et al.



MINOR SW EP 3 SPOILERS BELOW








Alot of people at TFN are drooling over the possiblity that Aayla Secura (Twi'lek jedi) apparently doesnt die in Ep 3 - thus could be availible for a Post ROTS thru ANH series

[Javora]

I just saw this at The Hometown Channel.com, I wonder what broadcasting company will pick it up??  It looks like the series could be cool, but then I said the same thing about the last two movies.   

[Iceman]

I want to see some of the people from the EU, like Antilles (a huge EU character, for such a minor onscreen role). That'd be awesome.

[Darth Sidious]

I want to see some of the people from the EU, like Antilles (a huge EU character, for such a minor onscreen role). That'd be awesome.

I dont think Wedge would show up as anything more than a child.  I dont think he's much older than Luke.

Still, would be nice.  Wedge rocked.

[Iceman]

no, you're right. But I mean as the series progresses.... Also we don't know how close they'd make it to Episode 3 or 4, so it could go either way.

[Darth Sidious]

If it covers the whole range - you could see just about everything - including young main/2nd trillogy minor chars.

Then again - i DONT wanna see Jar Jar's Great Adventure.



I'd still love to see ep's 7,8,9 as the Thrawn Trillogy.

[Javora]

Then again - i DONT wanna see Jar Jar's Great Adventure.

*Shivers*

How could you be so evil as to post something like that??!?  Quick edit your post before George Lucas see's it!   

[Dracho]

I'd like to see Grand Admiral Thrawn.

[Darth Sidious]

Oh, he already knows!

So does Rick McCallum, the one who jokingly called both Ep2 and Ep3 JJGA!

ROFLMAO!

Then again - i DONT wanna see Jar Jar's Great Adventure.

*Shivers*

How could you be so evil as to post something like that??!?  Quick edit your post before George Lucas see's it!   

[TheJudge]

What I enjoy is that Episode II gave us all a REAL reason to hate Jar Jar:


He was the one who gave Palpatine the power to become emperor and to create the stormtroopers.


If we're going to hate him, we might as well have a good reason to hate him. 

[Commander La'ra]

Yes...it seems the first movie's ceaseless display of his incompetence was just a set up.  I mean, when you heard 'Senator Jar-Jar' did you not instantly realize something disasterous on a galactic scale was gonna happen?

The thing is, I liked the Gungans...just not him.

[Dracho]

Yeah.. he should have been named Din-din instead of Jar-jar..

You know, Gungan Din... (rimshot) 

[Commander La'ra]

I've heard worse puns...

...but not many.  +1.

[Rat Boy]

If George Lucas is involved, none of the EU things you people love will be acknowledged.  In fact, I don't see this series being any better than, say, the Ewok TV movies if the same person behind the last two travesties plays any role in creating it.

[Dash Jones]

And remember, he wants to make it like he made his Young Indiana Jones series.  So if you liked that I suppose you will like the new Star Wars series, if not...well, hope he changes his style in all the right places.

If it's good I imagine he'll have several seasons...if it's bad, he'll have a MONSTROUS opener, and numbers will dwindle after that perhaps...somewhat like Enterprise, but with a bigger premiere.  A MUCH bigger premiere I imagine.