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.