Star Wars Series Delayed
 

The TV series spin-off of the Stars Wars film franchise will run to at least 100 episodes, according to producer Rick McCallum.

He told BBC Radio 1 the writing team would soon be meeting to start on the project, which would begin filming in 2008 and be ready the same year.

"Hopefully if we can make it work and everybody's excited and watches it we will keep on going," said McCallum.

The series will be set between episodes three and four of the film saga.

It would cover the 20 years in the life of Luke Skywalker growing up that remains a mystery to most film-goers.

McCallum said there would be "a whole bunch of new characters" and the series would be "much more dramatic and darker".

-BBC.COM


People are already making with the Smallville jokes.

I'd like to point out that the BBC is full of crap. Don't believe any of what that fraken article says...I would have posted it last week (when it came out) but since hardly any of that article is remotly true I didn't.

First off the series is NOT I repeat NOT about the life of Luke Skywalker. George Lucas has said from the beginning that the series will have NOTHING to do with characters we know!

The series is about bounty hunters. Yes it's set between eps 3 and 4. I have heard from more reliable sources that the series will premier in 2007 but hey that could change. Maybe the animated series that's coming up is about Luke Skywalker but not the live action series. :roll:

I love how they are already committed to at least a 100 episodes. What if it blows?

It won't.


Because it's Star Wars.

And that is awesome.



...'cept Jar Jar...

I'm a huge star wars fan but that doesn't mean the show won't suck. I mean did you ever see the Christmas Special?

No.... sadly...


is it that bad?

I haven't seen it either but it has a lot of Chewie in it so it can't be bad. :p

No, it is that bad. I've seen it. I love everything star wars, and I hated it.

mmmmmmm Chewie:tpizza:

Bad or not, it'll still bring in the ratings from us hardcore fans. Thus the 100 episodes.

Anyways, I've actually heard that it will be about Luke's life, which is pretty f*cking lame if you ask me. I mean...wasn't the whole reason Luke was so ansy to get off of Tatooine was because it was BORING AS HELL? Are we going to watch him hang out at Tashi's Station for 100 episodes? It's going to be like a Star Wars version of Cheers.

Or Smallville...

I'll give this show a whirl when it comes on the air. It may end up like Enterprise did.. Sadly the show was getting good until the very last episode.. Worst episode of all time!

Anyways, about the Star Wars Christmas Special. Is it on dvd?:D

Except that Clark Kent knows he's diffrent, and learns harness his abilities, Luke won't know he's a Jedi...and probably won't show many signs, cause he pretty much started from scratch in "A New Hope".

Lucas banned the episode from every being re-shown on anything (TV, VHS, DVD). So for those of you who hadn't seen it I hope that explains how awful it is.

hmmm I wonder if there a torrent of it.. I gotta find it.