New Star Wars TV Series Confirmed

merauder writes to tell us BBC News is reporting that the new Star Wars TV series is set to run at least 100 episodes. From the article: "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.'"

Comments

Mysterious Future

[kevin_conaway]

Would a slashdot subscriber please look into the "mysterious future" to make sure that this won't get rolled back like Futurama?

Ah well, I never watched Star Trek anyway.

Re:Mysterious Future

[minginqunt]

I predict that six episodes in, we'll be marching on the Lucas Ranch and Jar Jar Hater Re-education Centre, waving burning sticks demanding this atrocity be pulled from our screens for the sake of humanity, trying to fight our way through legions of brainwashed Lucasites dressed in Ewok suits brainwashed and tooled up with chainsaws disguised as Light Sabres to protect The Bearded One from the angry marching Hordes.

As George Lucas climbs into his reproduction ATAT and shouts out the order to charge, "Yousa People Gonna Die! Dangah Ewoks" will be the last words YOU'LL EVER HEAR.

This will come to pass.

Oh noes

[voice_of_all_reason]

McCallum said there would be 'a whole bunch of new characters'

Meesa cries a bit at that ominous remark

only if

[tubbtubb]

I'm not going to watch it, unless Han shoots a new bounty hunter (first) at the opening of every single episode.

Only that will atone for Lucas's past sins.

Re:only if

[Matimus]

I'm not going to watch it, unless Han shoots a new bounty hunter (first) at the opening of every single episode. Only that will atone for Lucas's past sins.

Only if by "New" you mean an infant he suspects might one day become a bounty hunter in addition to it being a different infant every week. In fact, I won't watch unless that is the plot for the entire series. They can call it "Star Wars: Han Solo Baby Bounty Hunter Hunter Chronicles".

The wrong 20 years.

[Tackhead]

Show me the 20 years of Anakin Skywalker between Episode III and IV. Show me the 20 years of Luke Skywalker following Episode VI. But this...

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

Ah, I see - the years when Luke started out as a whiny, snot-nosed kid to, umm...

Well, I guess there's nothing to see here, I'll move along.

I Can't Wait

[BRock97]

You thought moisture farming was fun and exciting before, wait until you see it in HD! Plus, I can't wait to see a permiere for the new season of the O.C. during the last five minutes of a Star Wars television episode!

Re:snark of the day :)

[flyingsquid]

I think I speak for geeks everywhere when I say that I just can't wait to see a younger, whinier Luke Skywalker.

Heh

[Moby Cock]

I feel A New Pessimism about the story that leads to A New Hope.

Great idea!

[Locke2005]

The long, slow, painful death of Jar-Jar should make for a great first season... but what are they going to do for the second season?

It has a lot to live up to

[blibbler]

Everyone remembers how wonderful the previous starwars TV shows have been. I hope this lives up to the brilliance of "droids", and the Christmas special. I would like to see a "Luke in the Middle" sitcom style... except without any brothers... perhaps they could adopt a jawa.
later on, it could morph into a "the OC" style show, set in Mos Eisley... "the ME"

Re:snark of the day :)

[Golias]

Heh.

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

Great. At last! 100 episodes of a farm boy fixing vaporators, shopping for power converters, and shooting at womp rats for cheap thrills.

And you just know that every last goddamn character that had anything to do with the ultimate destiny of the Empire will pass through Luke's parcel of desert before the series run is over. I've got ten bucks that says we see Fett before season 1 is over.

Obligatory Penny Arcade Strip...

[caenorhabditas]

"Next week, New Found Glory guest stars on a very special Star Wars...."

Uh-oh

[Reducer2001]

I have a bad feeling about this.

Re:A New Hope

[leenoble_uk]

Maybe Luke will lose his memory just before the droids arrive. That'd make it work.

Re:snark of the day :)

[hunterx11]

Really, in the last episode of Enterprise they should have sorted the whole mess out by going back in time and killing Berman.

Re:A New Hope

[MyNameIsEarl]

Didn't you know that Obi Wan's lightsaber also acts as one of those doohickeys from Men in Black and can erase memories.

Re:snark of the day :)

[fatboy]

The moment I knew that Enterprise jumped the shark was the Ferengi episode, whom the federation had never seen before. Right. I call bullcrap.

Hey, I knew it jumped the shark from the beginning. There's singing in the theme song. This is Star Trek, THERE IS NO *SINGING* in Star Trek theme songs! (Even if lyrics have been written for it, you don't *SING* them on TV.)

Re:Follow Han, not Luke

[freeweed]

We called that series 'Firefly'.

You're right, it rocked.

Smallville Tatooine Graffiti County

[YHZ_MadMonk_CAN]

Great, we're going to see Berman try to recreate what people think is American teen culture (The OC, Fast'n'Furious, Clerks) on Tatooine using Luke Skywalker instead of Superman.

Watch Luke drag race his tricked-out Accura Skyhopper in Beggar's Canyon.

Watch Luke not get any at the Lookoff.

Watch Luke pine about the girl he never gets (who looks mysteriously like his sister) while some girl (probably a strong-willed red head) pines about Luke.

Watch Luke avoid disaster after disaster while the mysterious Imperial Governor's son lurks around and insists he and Luke are best friends.

I was going to say that Luke would battle giant carnivorous beavers but I don't think he's going to even get that close to getting any.

Drama

[pete-classic]

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".

It seems only natural that the adolescent antics of a farm boy would be darker and more dramatic than his subsequent struggle to free the galaxy from the tyrannical grip of his father and an evil wizard.

(I want to drown George Lucas in Rick McCallum's blood.)

-Peter

Re:A New Hope

[daeley]

Didn't you know that Obi Wan's lightsaber also acts as one of those doohickeys from Men in Black and can erase memories.

From the neck up. ;)

Mmmm, stirred seeds and mixed metaphors...

[Hamster Lover]

Bail Organa & Mon Mothma stirring the seeds of rebellion.

Man, using metaphors is not rocket surgery.

Re:snark of the day :)

[iphayd]

Of course, this is going to be a sitcom, detailing the wacky adventures of Owen, Beru, Luke, and that crazy hermit Ben. Be ready for these episodes:

- Luke visits the cantina. Hilarity ensues.
- Luke buys drugs from the Jawas. Hilarity ensues.
- Luke goes through puberty. Hilarity ensues.
- Owen and Beru go out of town, Luke has a party. Hilarity ensues.
- Luke finds a lightsaber at Ben's, pretends it a sword. Meaningful life lesson ensues.
- Luke gets a girlfriend. He then wakes from his drug-induced dream.
- Luke and family go to Hoth on vacation. Luke licks cold weather maintenance droid. Hilarity ensues.
- Luke questions his sexuality. Steals Ben's Lightsaber again.

Of course, these are not all of the episodes planned, but they will account for most of the 100 episodes, due to slight retelling of the same story, with the same jokes, over and over again.

Re:It's simple

[WCityMike]

Lucas is bad at writing and directing. He really struggles to bring any sense of emotion to the characters. Whenever you see emotion it feels like Soap Opera camp.

"Oh, Ani, hold me! Hold me like you did at the lake on Naboo!"

Indeed.

Re:Worst. Idea. Ever.

[Tezkah]

Honk if you love Jes....er.... Worst. Idea. Ever.