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Star Wars TV To Be Long-Lived
Topic Started: Thursday Mar 16 2006, 12:32 PM (335 Views)
WeatherManNX01
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From the BBC:
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Star Wars series to run and run

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".

He added that it was unlikely any of the stars of the movies would be involved in the TV series.

Star Wars creator George Lucas has just completed writing the script for the next Indiana Jones film and will then begin work on Red Tails, about African-American pilots in World War II.

Following completion of that film, work will begin on the Star Wars TV series.

There has already been a Star Wars series spin-off in the shape of the animated Clone Wars, which began as three-minute episodes before they were expanded to 30-minute shows.

Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, released in 2005, marked the end of the end of the Star Wars saga on the big screen.

It became the biggest film franchise in history, with the final film alone taking £500m at the box office outside of the US.
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PSUSyr5
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Very nice.

I heard Lucasfilm wants to have Star Wars in 3-D in the big screens by 2007...but more theaters need to go digital before that can happen.
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I think it'd be cool to have Star Wars on TV.

3D, huh? I'm not sure how I feel about that. It'd be cool, but is it really necessary? And I still wish he'd do seven through nine.
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PSUSyr5
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I'm alright with it being 1-6. Star Wars (the movies anyways) is the story of Anakin Skywalker, so when he dies, there's no more story to be told.

If I heard correctly, the 3-D stuff wouldn't use glasses...so that would be kinda cool to see.

Remember, Lucas is a pioneer, so maybe this will again change the way we watch movies.
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sre141
Mar 16 2006, 02:10 PM
If I heard correctly, the 3-D stuff wouldn't use glasses...so that would be kinda cool to see.

Remember, Lucas is a pioneer, so maybe this will again change the way we watch movies.

Oh really? Then maybe I could go for it.

This is true. It'd probably usher in the era of 3D movies.
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I don't think he'll do 7-9 or even hope he does that. 1-6 was a saga of its own and the story is complete. 7-9 would just not fit.

And you know, this news is old news :P
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Cougar
Mar 16 2006, 03:19 PM
And you know, this news is old news :P

Hey, no one posted it, so I did. Besides, it only showed up today (or maybe yesterday) on the BBC. :P
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PSUSyr5
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I'm glad they are doing stuff to bridge the 17ish year gap between RotS and ANH.

I'd like to see more Clone Wars, Civil War (although, I guess that's what is between RotS and ANH), and stuff in the 10 years between TPM and AotC.
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PSUSyr5
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Time to correct myself.

It appears the 3-D would need glasses and such...so either I heard wrong (likely) or it was reported wrong (a lil less likely).
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Well, I'm less interested now. ;)
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