Star Wars....The TV Show??

[jonesz]

Producer-director George Lucas plans more "Star Wars" projects beyond "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith," Daily Variety said Tuesday.

The paper said Lucas told a weekend fan convention in Indianapolis his production company, Lucasfilm, will continue the "Star Wars" series with two TV shows.

He said plans call for a 3-D animated half-hour that carries on the storyline from the "Clone Wars" miniseries that Lucasfilm did for Cartoon Network. He also said his company is working on a live-action series featuring some supporting characters from the "Star Wars" movies.

"We're probably not going to start that for about a year," he said. "Like on 'The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles,' we want to write all the stories for the entire first season all at once."

Lucas said he would probably step away from the series after hiring producers and staff and getting the series under way. Variety said both series would be set in the years between the end of "Revenge of the Sith" and the beginning of the original 1977 "Star Wars" movie, which Lucas titled "Episode IV -- A New Hope."

[Chas in Cinti]

I hope it's better than that Christmas special they did back in the 70s...

lol

-Chas

[Franklinnoble]

I'm waiting for Star Wars: The Musical

Or better yet, Star Wars on Ice

[gottimd]

I am waiting for "Chewie", a talk show hosted by and for wookies.

[kcchief19]

I hope it's better than that Christmas special they did back in the 70s...

lol

-Chas Happy Life Day!

Yeah, Lucas pretty much burned the holiday special. It's never been released on video or DVD, yet the Ewoks movie has. How low is that?

I'm cautiously optimistic. Young Indiana Jones was a tremendously underrated series. I think it was too cinematic for TV; it never could generate the ratings that it's budget justified.

[rafini]

I am waiting for "Chewie", a talk show hosted by and for wookies.

They already had that, it was call The Rosie O'Donnell Show.

[sabotai]

Lucas said he would probably step away from the series after hiring producers and staff and getting the series under way.

Hey, there's hope for the TV series!

[TazFTW]

Happy Life Day!

Yeah, Lucas pretty much burned the holiday special. It's never been released on video or DVD, yet the Ewoks movie has. How low is that?

I'm cautiously optimistic. Young Indiana Jones was a tremendously underrated series. I think it was too cinematic for TV; it never could generate the ratings that it's budget justified.
I liked the Ewok movies. :( I also liked the Young Indiana Jones series and can't wait for it to arrive on DVD.

[bob]

Is it coming to DVD? I was looking for that today...

[TazFTW]

George Lucas confirmed at Celebration III that The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is in production for DVD release either late 2005 or in 2006.

[Desnudo]

Hey, there's hope for the TV series!

If only he'd done that for episodes I & II. :(

[weinstein7]

Star Wars: The Breakfast Cereal?

[cthomer5000]

If only he'd done that for episodes I & II. :(
You're telling me. He can't direct.

[sterlingice]

I liked the Ewok movies. :( I also liked the Young Indiana Jones series and can't wait for it to arrive on DVD.
I liked the Young Indiana Jones series, too. Just another in the long line of "things that should still be on tv today considering all the crap that's out there".

SI

[Desnudo]

Star Wars: The Breakfast Cereal?

http://www.ncf.ca/~ep352/c3pos2.jpg

[Franklinnoble]

http://www.ncf.ca/%7Eep352/c3pos2.jpg
Dude, that cereal freaking rocked. I used to eat a box at a time on Saturday mornings.

[st.cronin]

They already had that, it was call The Rosie O'Donnell Show.

*rim shot*

[maximus]

I'm waiting for Star Wars: The Musical

Or better yet, Star Wars on Ice


lol :D

[rafini]

*rim shot*

Thanks, I'll be here all week!

[timmynausea]

Hopefully this is at least as good as the Holiday Special.

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/lucas%20wants%20tv%20star%20wars%20film%20banned

edit: didn't realize that someone else had already mentioned this. I've seen the special. It is unbelievable. There is a 12 minute period with no dialogue aside from Chewbacca's family grunting and signalling to each other.

[Neuqua]

I need to see this Holiday special, does anyone have it or have a link to where I can find it?

[Franklinnoble]

I need to see this Holiday special, does anyone have it or have a link to where I can find it?
Ebay has lots of bootlegs.

[timmynausea]

I found a torrent of it. Use one of the torrent search engines like isohunt or torrentspy.

[moriarty]

Well this basically means that episode III will introduce a bunch of fringe characters whose only purpose (forget the plot ... that means nothing) is to have us recognize characters when they reintroduce them in the TV series.

This doesn't sound good...

[ISiddiqui]

Variety said both series would be set in the years between the end of "Revenge of the Sith" and the beginning of the original 1977 "Star Wars" movie, which Lucas titled "Episode IV -- A New Hope."
Woot!! The adventures of Lando!

[kcchief19]

Woot!! The adventures of Lando! Put Taye Diggs in a cape and I think we're half way there.

[dawgfan]

Well this basically means that episode III will introduce a bunch of fringe characters whose only purpose (forget the plot ... that means nothing) is to have us recognize characters when they reintroduce them in the TV series.

This doesn't sound good...

Wait - were you assuming Episode III wasn't going to be crap and piss you off?

[Chubby]

Well this basically means that episode III will introduce a bunch of fringe characters whose only purpose (forget the plot ... that means nothing) is to have us recognize characters when they reintroduce them in the TV series.

This doesn't sound good...
you didn't think Jimmy Smits took the role of Leia's adoptive father just to have a cameo in the prequels did you?

[timmynausea]

They're teaming up Dennis Franz with Smits to do SWPD Blue.

[Yossarian]

I just downloaded and watched this DVD

panicstruckpro.com/revelations/revelations_movie.html

Its not terrible. A little too much "acting".

[TazFTW]

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Posted on Wed, 27-Apr-2005

IESB (http://www.iesb.net/) has confirmed that "Jay and Silent Bob" brainchild Kevin Smith will indeed be involved in the forthcoming live-action "Star Wars" TV Series.

According to the site, "Kevin's involvement will be in the writing and directing of at least a three episode story arch."

The abovementioned site also caught up with Smith's regular co-star Jason Mewes at the "House of Wax" premiere and discovered Smith was also lucky enough to see "Revenge of the Sith" this week.

The good news?.... drumroll....Smith said the film is "amazing", just as grand as "The Empire Strikes Back", regarded by many as not only the finest of the "Star Wars" films but one of the slickest flicks of all the time.

"He said it's really dark....he likes it a lot", says Mewes. "He said it's as good as Empire...[but] a lot darker than Empire".
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Excellent.

[TazFTW]

I just downloaded and watched this DVD

panicstruckpro.com/revelations/revelations_movie.html

Its not terrible. A little too much "acting".
I just watched that last night. Pretty good CGI for a fan film, the acting not so much.