Lucas Gearing Up Live-Action 'Star Wars' TV Show?
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Is George Lucas finally moving ahead with that promised live-action Star Wars TV show? Sources say yes. Sources also say the show will be produced in Australia by a hand-picked crew of Aussie TV vets. And we might even get to see it before the end of 2010. But I got a question: Do we really want a live-action Star Wars TV show?
Well, yeah, of course we do. For most of us, the original Star Wars trilogy was a thrilling entry point into the bizarre and inspiring world of science fiction. For an '80s kid like me, Star Wars was nothing less than a dazzling blast of awesome that I couldn't get out of my head. There was nothing cooler. (I wore the sh*t outta my Yoda jammies.) I'd love to see a Star Wars TV show deliver the same unpolished pluck, heart and spirit of the original trilogy, but we all know that's not gonna happen.
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7-06-2009 @ 11:56AM
MarkH said...
No, we don't all want it. What are the odds this project will suck less than the prequels? Slim, I'd say.
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7-06-2009 @ 12:22PM
Rich said...
If someone else writes the scripts then it might be ok... If Lucas is writing, then no way am I watching. That guy can't write believable non-stilted dialouge to save his life.
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7-06-2009 @ 12:31PM
Mangorilla said...
I just don't know how that would work. In order to have a tv show, you have to have a recurrent, recognizable cast of characters, and you have to have enough of a storyline left to have new plot elements each week. The Anakin storyline has pretty much been explored to it's conclusion, unless you set the tv series in the years after he first dons the Vader suit. But then you basically have Vader coming into power, and contractors building the death star. Maybe you could intertwine that with Luke and Leia as youngsters, but that gets too close to Phantom Menace territory for comfort. So you're left with either picking up the rest of Luke and Leia's storyline, or going the "origins" route, explaining how Jedi-ism came to be, etc.
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7-06-2009 @ 3:03PM
kgundrum said...
...there is definitely no other significant storylines in the Star Wars universe...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_books
7-06-2009 @ 3:07PM
Mr. R said...
I am no geek but when I saw this, I thought that: a.- yes there is more to be made and b.- too bad this wasn't made into a movie instead. Now, Lucas involved, that's aggravating to say the least and puts me back on your side.
http://www.massively.com/2009/06/01/e3-2009-star-wars-the-old-republic-is-worlds-first-fully-voi/
7-06-2009 @ 12:45PM
madgamer said...
If only it will live up to the epic spectacularity of the starwars christmas special...
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7-06-2009 @ 12:52PM
BloodwerK said...
It depends on the time period. If it takes place after Revenge of the Sith then I'm game, but no more Anakin and Obi-wan stuff, please...
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7-06-2009 @ 2:12PM
Batzarro said...
Agreed. If anything it should be about minor or new characters, and then craft their own story. No more attempts at explaining where Chewbacca's bandolier came from.
7-06-2009 @ 1:24PM
StanleyNickels said...
I kind of hate to say it, but it seems a little redundant. The show needs to strike a balance between Firefly and Battlestar Galactica in order to be true to both the current sci-fi TV expectations and the spirit of the original trilogy, but since both of those shows already exist, is there any point in making it beyond selling more toys?
It does give me a modicum of hope; both of those shows demonstrated that something like Star Wars can work on a TV show. But again.. those shows already exist. Adding lightsabers won't be enough to make it worth a damn.
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7-06-2009 @ 3:17PM
Kris said...
Well the live action is supposed to be significantly more mature then the all the kids stuff there making (omg star wars clone wars drives me insane, it spoils star wars). But i ask everyone who is saying how this will be crap, why not watch the first episode? I mean their has been some good written star wars stuff that doesn't include the original series.
anyone watch episode I? great film, great film. okay well im joking. However Ive noticed that the video games of star wars actually tend to have a compelling story. Sure the past movie trilogy and TV shows haven't been too fantastic, however their is a large chance that Lucas will take this live action series in a direction that is received well. He doesn't live in a whole. He sees how people react to the prequel trilogy and the current shows. Its not too much of a stretch to say he will know exactly what he is doing when making this thing. So just give it a chance guys, come on.
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9-12-2009 @ 2:07AM
Glapfknacker said...
There has been some very good stuff written in the EU. None of it by Lucas.
Lucas 'reacting' to outside stimulus is not Lucas BEING a creative personality in his own right.
Pretending that 'Sopranos meets Deadwood in Spaaaaace!' is it's own quoted genius is ignoring a simple reality: they too are done deals.
Whatever is next is what Lucas imagination should be compass-pointed at. And he can't make that happen on his own.
Because he never made Star Wars as a story of his own. It is a vague collection of ramblings which his Film Utopia group took pity on and melded together into something more. I do not see Scorsese, Coppola, The Huycks, Lawrence Kasdan, Gary Kurtz or Marcia Lucas holding Lucas' hand.
And so I see no reason not to give people a massive BOHICA alert based on 4-of-6 past performance on his own.
7-06-2009 @ 3:57PM
Bryan said...
The answer to this question depends on this: are you asking it of Star Wars fans, or people who grew up with the original trilogy and put it on a pedastal it really shouldn't be on? People who say "Lucas can't write dialogue"...don't look now, but he wrote the original Star Wars (Episode IV). Did you hate that one too? Of course not, cause you were 12 when you saw it and you still think of it as high drama. Star Wars always had stilted dialogue ("Why must you confront him?" "I can feel the good in you, let go of your anger!" "It is the name of your true self, you've only forgotten"). That kind of dialogue is exactly the same as the stuff you "fans" trash in all your blogs (yet I find it amusing that you still spend all your time on these blogs. If you hate SW so much, why bother? I wouldn't) You "fans" watched the OT as a child, and watched the PT as an adult, and it's impossible to compare the two unless you can realize that BOTH trilogies are exactly the same, just escapist fun for the kid in all of us. Bring on the TV series, and long live Star Wars. And to the person who said "...there is definitely no other significant storylines in the Star Wars universe...", are you joking?? Have you seen the expanded universe lately, the books, comics etc? There are a million stories, its a UNIVERSE not a neighborhood, there are plenty of more individuals to tell stories about if you just expand your mind a little.
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7-06-2009 @ 11:27PM
Wexler said...
Can we just get more "Star Wars: Clone Wars" please? I enjoyed that show more than any of the movies.
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7-07-2009 @ 12:15AM
Ken said...
Enough with the prequal bashing! Gosh! Can't any of you focus your hatred on REALLY bad movies such as Transformers 2?? Sure, the prequals didn't have the best stories in the world, but at least stories were present.
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7-07-2009 @ 2:24PM
george said...
He should have the TV series set in the K.O.T.O.R. storyline. There are so many possablity for great stories there. Or do a life story on Boba fett or the history of the sith . The rise and fall of the mandalorians. Hell I have a great story line I would sell them . I think Lucas needs to open it up the other writers and sit back and collect his money. If you want great story lines look to the comics, there are some great ones there.
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9-12-2009 @ 11:50AM
Glapfknacker said...
Anything which ends with the stupidity of the Late Republic/Empire era makes all that comes before it a pointless exercise.
Unless you are going to COMPLETELY relaunch the series, ignoring the dumb factor of Lucas' 'for kiddies' ideas and tell as great story from the start, you are just putting lipstick on a pig.
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