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Lucas Confirms Star Wars spin-off TV series
Mictian writes "In a rare public appearance at the Star Wars Celebration III (his previous fan event appearance was in 1987), George Lucas confirmed that he's working on two TV series. One will be a full 3D animation series (with 30-minute episodes) of the recent Cartoon Network Clone Wars shorts, and the other a live-action series, that will be set in the time between Episodes III and IV, but won't feature the main characters. Production is expected to begin in about a year."
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A Star Wars series will prove that Lucas' franchise is indeed the most powerful force in the universe...
Insert witty comment *here*. I'm fresh out of wit...
Star Wars episode 3.5......the search for more money.
I hear Rick Berman is available.
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Oh christ, this'll be good.
/. knock-knock joke
Goofing on Star Wars is like the
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Someone had to say it.
He just works.
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I am afraid too much star wars and it might kill the interest of it completley. Nope. Just having the show air at 7:00 CST Friday night on UPN is all that you need.
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Star wars fans, confused and bewildered, have begun huddling around random television sets not sure where they are supposed to be in line at to eagerly anticipate the new t.v. show.
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several dead tauntauns were found in the desert of tatooine, having been beaten to a pulp after dying of starvation.
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(does it translate?
I just had a nightmare vision of FRAPS video captures from within Star Wars Galaxies being re-enacted by a bunch of LARPers.
I mean, it'd definitely fit within the Star Wars Canon:
This is not the Holiday Special you were looking for.
I've got a bad feeling about this.
It's worse.
It's a LARP!
Ah yes, who among us does not fondly remember Ewoks, or the Star Wars Holiday Special
Search your inner child, you know it to be true.
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When I started the article, I was kind of hoping it would be based off this spoof. Ewoks are still funny.
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I have never heard anyone wish that Lucas would make *more* Star Wars movies.
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
"several dead tauntauns were found in the desert of tatooine, having been beaten to a pulp after dying of starvation."
I can see it now - CSI: Tatooine.
Aren't there enough spinoffs already?
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A digitally remastered and enhanced "The Star Wars Holiday Special" for the TV masses? Introduce the horror of Star Wars on TV to a whole new generation! -B
Maybe when George heads to that big ranch in the sky, someone can make the Zhan books into VII - IX.
TV is such a natural place to go, I mean the Holiday Special proved that Star Wars does great on the small screen...
I wonder if Bea Arthur is around to reprise her role...
Yah, we'll get Jay Jay Binks and Silent Darth.
laverne and shirley always had the fonz pop up now and then for ratings... sooner or later vader will jump out and say "ayyyyy" with a big thumbs up.
There's nothing Intelligent about Intelligent Design.
A friend let me borrow the first two seasons of Voyager on DVD and I fail to understand why a "spinoff" that doesn't have any characters from the main franchise makes a difference in the quality of the story.
Not since Marie-Antoinette played milkmaid has looking simple and honest been so fake and complicated.
[phone rings]
.... Well, we're done with that franchise now... it sorta died out, the demand wasn't there... no... well, y'see, we thought we might be able to do the same for you. Whaddyathink? Couple of spinoff TV series, no original characters... mmhmmm... Brannon reckons we can introduce some of the original characters back later if it doesn't take off... yeah we could do that, tried and tested formula eh... sure, we can meet..."
"George, hi! It's Rick - Rick Berman, you remember Star Trek? Yeah, that one, I sorta invented Star Trek you know... Gene who...?
*sigh*
Smegma.
late night with Jar Jar Binks?
hack a day
So we were doomed, but are no longer?
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The books for Episodes 7-9 have been out since 1992-1993: Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command.
... Hehe... "self-inserts"...
And even if they weren't there are a lot of fanfics on the internet for George to pick and choose. There are some pretty interesting crossovers as well. My favorite is a Harry Potter/Star Wars crossover. But he'll have to cut out the naughty parts. We all know Ron and Lando had those inclinations but the rabid fans might not appreciate the irony of it.
And he'll have to cut the author-self-inserts as well.
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If they're looking for a space pilot, I hear Scott Bakula's looking for a job...
Are you kidding? Have you seen how badly Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill have AGED. I definitely don't want to see her in that gold bikini again....not as grandma Leia....
I'd think they later movies would have to have the original actors in them to some extent...but, man, they'd have to spend a lot of $$'s on makeup for those two...Harrison Ford could probably still be on film and look ok..but, whew..those other two...
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as if millions of Star Wars fans suddenly let out a mighty groan.
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... and call the show "Judge Jedi".
The Judge appears weekly and passes judgement on smalltown disputes between colonists, bounty hunters, and off-world traders.
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GL should be upset that his name is even on the same page as that crap.
Right, because everyone associates his name with quality.
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Just think of it: With Mr. Lucas' habit of .. um .. tweaking and adjusting his creations, we'll never see the same episode twice, even with reruns. This might be the best thing to hit television ever.
Don't you mean peripheral sith? Or are you suggesting that Revenge of the Sith contains a typo?
What would be greater than ending Star Trek and Star Wars together in a big space opera adventure with a comedy tone? it would be really hillarious to see Geordi La Forge to try to explain the physics of the Jedi Force to Jean Luc Picard...or Chewbakka and Worf sharing the same apartment. Han Solo as a Starfleet commander onboard the Enterprise would be a tremendous replacement for Kirk, since they essentially are the same character (and similar to Indiana Jones, too). Riker to make a move on Princess Leia...Yoda trying to train Wesley Crusher to be a Jedi...Councellor Troi going crazy from 'too much disturbance in the force'...the Enterprise against the Death Star...Q making fun of Darth Vader...Lt Commander Data assigned a mission with Luke Skywalker...the plans of Anakin Skywalker to dominate the universe by replacing the Borg queen...the possibilities are endless!