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

A New Hope

[eldavojohn]

In my youth (prior to eighth grade), I read every Star Wars book out there. I think it was half way through the Young Jedi Academy series when I lost interest (Episode One was the final nail on the coffin of my fondness for Star Wars).

Now breathe and get everything out of your system about me being a nerd without a life. I was, in fact, a farmboy without a permit or vehicle ... although I'm prepared for some colorful replies in response to this post.

Kevin J. Anderson & Timothy Zahn could write a story. In their books, they expanded on what Lucas first saw. I read everything and loved the rich histories and futures laid out in the books for characters in the Star Wars universe. Sadly, none of these characters were in the new movies. None of the Jedi were cloned. Everything alluded to in the Thrawn (Zahn) Trilogy was omitted from episodes one through three. There was no talk of Spaarti cloning cylinders or Joruus C'Boath being cloned from Jorus C'Boath.

Why? Because although these books were licensed by Lucas, they were not official parts of the story. These works became known as the Star Wars Expanded Universe meaning characters not in the movies. This material expands and continues the stories told in the films, taking place anywhere from 4,968 years before The Phantom Menace to about 130 years after Return of the Jedi. In fact, some of the works (like the Dark Empire comics and Zahn's Trilogy) conflict directly with other works.

Don't be deceived, some of these works (like Children of the Jedi by Barbara Hambly) sucked. But I heavily suggest the Thrawn and Jedi Academy Trilogy if you want to read some of the better stories from the Expanded Universe.

I would like to say that I remain optimistic about what Lucas can still do with the Star Wars Universe. I believe that he has made mistakes in giving himself supreme veto power over what is shown or added in the movies and I think this attitude has ruined Star Wars for me somewhat. I wish that Lucas would open his mind to other ideas as some of these books have proven that there are other people out there capable of helping Lucas create story lines. I shudder to think that he might attempt to write all 100 episodes without the help of coauthors. It has been my experience that television shows with multiple authors are less likely to grow old. I also hope that Lucas has finally realized that his fans don't want hilarious/annoying Jar Jar Binks but instead want the drama and emotion of Episodes Three and Five.

Episode One left me disinterested. Star Wars Galaxies left me angry. Hopefully this series will win me back although I think a lot of us will have a hard time adapting to the new actors in old parts. I hope a large part of Luke's Youth is omitted as I cannot think of one young child actor I have liked.

Re:A New Hope

[AlterTick]

I hope a large part of Luke's Youth is omitted as I cannot think of one young child actor I have liked.

Indeed. Not only that, but the true story arc of the Luke character can't really even begin until Ep4. Too much of the character's development in ANH starts with the premise of Luke as an inexperienced farmboy. To have him do anything beyond shooting womp rats with his T-16 or wasting time at Tashi Station with his friends would bugger the existing canon. Not that I'd put it past Lucas to do just that...

Re:A New Hope

[Venyce]

Timothy Zahn wrote some excellent Star Wars, I agree. I'm a little amazed that anyone could read something like the Jedi Academy series and find them to be anything better than grade D trash. They had to have Michael Stackpole (of X-Wing / Rouge Squadron books) come in and basically re-write it so it was partially believeable.

The Dark Empire comics where relativly OK, as comics go. However they were trash compared to the good books. Most of the writers had to spend a lot of time ignoring the "Reborn Emperor, and Luke goes to the dark side blah blah. It was shit, but it had to be considered 'canon' for the sake of expanded universe books.

Now we have the New Jedi Order books. I read 2 or 3 and that was the end. Just too cheesey. Other than Zahn, Stackpole, and a couple of others (whoever adaped Episode 3 and the guy who wrote Shadows of the Empire) I ignore Star Wars books now.

Stackpole was right when he wrote his main character telling Luke that you can't take a guy who blows up a whole star system and say he's a great Jedi Knight. Good ole Kevin J. invented the super-weapon of the week club. The Deathstar 3, the Sun blaster who whatever that little twit jedi character he wrote used to blow up a star. It was just lame.

And don't even get me started on the "Wonder Twins" saving the day through any number of books before they were even 12 years old. All of our main characters from the 1st triligy are standing around like assholes, so the kids can do it all.

No thanks. Star Wars has become questionable. I approach anything writen or done for the screen with skepticism.

On a good note, look around on the internet and see if you can find "Stuff". A piece of Star Wars fan fiction that was written to try and fix all the dumb shit various authers had done to the story after Zahn's books. It's very well written and pretty funny to boot.

Re:A New Hope

[Klivian]

>Kevin J. Anderson & Timothy Zahn could write a story. Agree 50%, but not with the Kevin J. Anderson bit. I would rather have Michael A. Stackpole work with Timothy Zahn, he is better than Anderson. They are the best writers that has worked on the Star Wars novels, their respective works are in a class above all the others. And they already have experience working thogether in the Star Wars universe. The 'Side Trip' story from Tales From the Empire, are one of the best short stories in the series.

Re:A New Hope

[leenoble_uk]

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

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:A New Hope

[BTWR]

A young luke Skywalker reminds me of a young indiana jones. That series wasn't that interesting either.

Yes, but the key difference is that a young Indiana Jones DOES have adventures (and is proven directly by Last Crusade's prologue). GP's idea is that a young Luke Skywalker is not supposed to have any jedi-like adventures, or anything having to do with the Force.

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. ;)

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.

Re:Mysterious Future

[greysky]

Fox will have first dibs at the rights to air the seires, and we all know what fox does with scifi series in the post-x-files world. The series will be aired versus the superbowl, or some other mega-draw, the episodes will be run out of order, and they will not even bother airing the pilot. It will be cancelled by the time the sixth episode airs, and all the fanboys out there will start a "save starwars tv" website, asking for donations to privately fund the production of more episodes. Rich Macullum will write to the fans on his blog thanking them for their dedication and support. And it will all be covered here on slashdot...

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.

Could've picked a better setting

[voice_of_all_reason]

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

I thought the whole point of the opening on Tattooine was that Luke was bored to tears on his home planet, and that his whole life up until this point was a choice between tendin' to the vaporators and picking up power converters at Tosche Station.

That said, if he hated his life enough to consider signing up for the Imperial military, why would it be of any interest at all to us?

Re:Could've picked a better setting

[mcc]

That said, if he hated his life enough to consider signing up for the Imperial military, why would it be of any interest at all to us?

The answer is obvious and, unfortunately, terrible. They're almost certainly going to pack luke's early life with exciting star-flung adventures, cameos of star wars characters, and a constant use of the force powers he supposedly didn't know he had. By the time the series ends, whatever suspension of disbelief the once-powerful opening scenes of A New Hope originally conjured will have been totally destroyed by the knowlege that Luke Skywalker is in fact just as experienced and battle-hardened as any character from Sailor Moon.

An alternate possibility is that when they say "the 20 years luke skywalker was growing up", they don't mean luke will be the focus of the series-- they just mean that is the period over which the series will take place. That is, perhaps the action will all follow Bail Organa, Mon Mothma et al, who have exciting and dangerous space adventures while Luke Skywalker is repainting the grain silo. This would make for an interesting and believable series-- and putting Leia through complex and traumatic adventures (while Luke sits at home and watches the news dispatches depicting the Empire's party line propaganda version of those same adventures) would be totally consistent with what we see in the movies. But I do not consider this likely to happen. Over 100 episodes, the temptation of somehow dragging Luke in every other plot will be too great to resist.

Oh-- and expect a long and drawn-out plot arc in which Obi-Wan takes increasingly dangerous journeys into the underworld in a desperate attempt to make the last three clumsy minutes of dialogue in Return of the Sith seem dramatic and important instead of just being a hastily composed plot band-aid. Expect Luke to feature in these semifrequently, although he supposedly had never met Old Ben before the beginning of A New Hope.

Re:Could've picked a better setting

[Tetris Ling]

Actually, the movie implies that Luke has met Obi-Wan. After all, Luke quickly recognizes the name "Kenobi" when he hears it, and knows where his house is. Luke is just unaware of the connection between Kenobi and his father and all that.

I don't mean to imply that this makes the show's concept any better. Just trying to keep our facts straight.

Re:Could've picked a better setting

[Guppy06]

"Luke Skywalker is in fact just as experienced and battle-hardened as any character from Sailor Moon."

Mark Hamil in a girls' high school uniform?

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!

New Characters?

[magicsquid]

It will be interesting to see if they create the new characters with the ultimate eye towards plot development or whether they are simply created in order to sell merchandise.

Given Lucas' focus in the last 5 years, I'd guess merchandising.

i thought

[stoolpigeon]

luke just hung out on his uncle's farm. if he actually did anything interesting, that would fly in the face of everything he says and does in ep 4.

Re:i thought

[AeroIllini]

if he actually did anything interesting, that would fly in the face of everything he says and does in ep 4.

Like George Lucas has ever given a damn about continuity. Didn't Yoda mention that he taught Obi-Wan? How does Vader not recognize R2-D2 and C3P0?

Lucas doesn't care about the story. He puts in familiar characters just so you'll say, "Hey! I recognize him!" and go buy the action figure. If you thought any further than that about it, you're out of Lucas's league. This TV show will be no different.

Re:i thought

[viking099]

"How does Vader not recognize R2-D2 and C3P0?"

Do you recognise the Lego blocks you played with as a child? Or maybe the Apple IIe you might have used around 20 years ago? How about the little "robot in a kit" you might have assembled back then?

What about the vacuum cleaner your mom used when you were 10? The hammer your dad might have used?

No? Why not? Oh, because they were beneath the level of attention you gave other, more important, things. The Star Wars world is FULL of such things. In ANH there are like 3 or 4 protocol droids shuffling around in Princess Leia's ship, and I'm sure it's the same with R2 units.

Just because important things happened to people while some "things" are around doesn't necessarily mean that they'll be remembered decades later. Not even the contexts were the same.

Lucas is guilty of a lot of stuff when it comes to plot holes, retconning storylines, and dumb editing, but this one is always trotted out as a prime example of his hubris, when to me it's just another statement of the ubiquitous nature of robotic assistants in his world.

There is no reason for Vader to remember R2D2 or C3P0, because they're just tools, despite their personalities or presence during important events.

Re:Why?

[Stiletto]

Star Wars stopped being "art" when the first Star Wars Happy Meal was sold.

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.

Least interesting part?

[irc.goatse.cx troll]

It seems like a silly timeframe for a star wars show. Jedis when theyre hiding, luke when he doesn't know anything about the force, dark side ruling without any serious opposition.. The way they described it makes it sound like there won't even be any light sabers.

Seems like theyre trying to clone the success of Smallville, except Superman found out his powers on his own-- Luke didn't know about them until taught.

Attack of the clones, indeed.

Re:Least interesting part?

[bckrispi]

It seems like a silly timeframe for a star wars show. Jedis when theyre hiding, luke when he doesn't know anything about the force, dark side ruling without any serious opposition.. The way they described it makes it sound like there won't even be any light sabers. Silly timeframe? The 20 years between RotS & ANH are arguably the *darkest* period in the whole saga. There are plenty of interesting plot threads that can be covered:

1. The subjugation & enslavement of resistant worlds by the Empire
2. Vader "hunting down and destroying" any Jedi who survived Order 66
3. Bail Organa & Mon Mothma stirring the seeds of rebellion.
4. Obi-wan's early relationship with Luke and Uncle Owen. We know from ANH that there is history between these characters.
5. Palpatine consolidating his power away from the Imperial Senate to his hand-picked regional governors.

60 Second Version

[ndansmith]

"But I was going to [location] to pick up some [items]!"
</whine>
ad nauseum

100 episodes... of...

[ChePibe]

of... what exactly?

20 years of Luke growing up? Call me crazy, but Episode IV points to Luke's childhood being quite boring, comparatively. It sounds as if he raced a lot, argued with his parents, and generally did "kid stuff" with little to no understanding of precisely what the force was and only the ocassional trip beyond the confines of his farm to spice things up. His caretakers obviously were not on the run to avoid detection, as he was dropped off at the same place he grew up and left in Episode IV.

I think this will turn quickly into Lucas's "Smallville" and, as such, fail to connect with "true" fans.

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?

They should have done this sooner!

[Pitr]

Will Wheaton is too old to play the part now! ;)

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.

Sounds like they're following the wrong Skywalker

[Channard]

'Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader' shows that there's still plenty of mileage in Vader's post ROTS and pre-New Hope years. Hunting down rogue Jedi, dealing with the rebel resistance etc - more fun than Luke Skywalker's life would be.

I Have a Bad Feeling About This...

[malikvlc]

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

I am confused - just HOW much of a mystery could his life have been? Growing up on the moisture farm, rise early to avoid the heat, dust off the droids, whine to Uncle Ben, lots of sand on Tattoine...

Lucas should not milk this cow any longer, prequels are not his strength! I'd root for something that picked up twenty years after Ep VI, the books are full of the political intrigue and scandal Lucas adored so much for Ep's I, II, and III...

Ok, maybe even that would suck.

Skywalker story is already told

[Cy Sperling]

I wish they would just leave the entire storyline of the movies out of it. The universe he has created is so textured and interesting- why do we need to see Young Skywalker? Can't we just go to a new world and witness all new characters struggle with life under the Empire? More forced connections to the films just makes the narrative clumsy and self concious. Let's see an action series about a rebel resistance group, or the exploits of a Han Solo type anti-hero/outlaw (Oh wait, that was Firefly).

Worst. Idea. Ever.

[Lave]

It would cover the 20 years in the life of Luke Skywalker growing up [on a farm, doing nothing, with no powers]

Rather than post and post, about why this is a fucking stupid idea. Lets just all post the words:

Worst. Idea. Ever.

And mod each other +5 insightful.

Re:Worst. Idea. Ever.

[smidget2k4]

Worst. Idea. Ever.

Re:Worst. Idea. Ever.

[Laserwulf]

Worst. Idea. Ever.

Re:Worst. Idea. Ever.

[AdamHaun]

Worst. Idea. Ever

Re:Worst. Idea. Ever.

[nicolasmendo]

Worst. Idea. Ever.

Re:Worst. Idea. Ever.

[Kingrames]

Free. Karma. Points.

Re:Worst. Idea. Ever.

[Tezkah]

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

Re:Worst. Idea. Ever.

[yivi]

Worst. Idea. Ever.

Obligatory Penny Arcade Strip...

[caenorhabditas]

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

It's simple

[sterno]

If Lucas mostly keeps his hands off of this it will be good. Lucas is really good when it comes to the big picture view of the Star Wars universe. He did a fantastic job of creating this rich world with all kinds of potential. But if you look at the output from his work, the more involved he is with the movie, the more it sucks, generally speaking.

What is the best Star Wars movie of all time? Empire Strikes Back, the one he had the least involvement in. 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. You look at the stilted dialogue of Padme and Anakin in Episode 2 and 3 and it's just painful.

So I believe that if Lucas is willing to keep his hands mostly off of this project and let it become it's own thing it stands a chance of not sucking. But it does fascinate me how things have come full circle. Star Wars set a bar and Battlestar Galactica came out shortly after trying to meet that bar and failing quite specatcularly. Now Star Wars comes to television and we have a very high bar set by Battlestar Galactica for what a sci-fi television show can be. Can Star Wars hold up? Probably not, but there's always hope I guess :)

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.

Lucas "image"

[wolfponddelta]

If the photo accompanying the BBC article is any clue, Lucas is working hard to transform himself so he can guest star as Jabba in the series.

Uh-oh

[Reducer2001]

I have a bad feeling about this.

Why choose Luke? There is another...

[Anonymous Coward]

Why not track the story of how Leah became a key player in the Alliance. More on her and her family on Alderan would be more entertaining than anything about Luke.

Or Grand Moff Tarkan and the construction of the Death Star.

Or Han Solo and Chewey smuggling and fighting bounty hunters, or AS bounty hunters. Throw in a little Lando. Works every time...

Or Boba Fett's adventures as a bounty hunter, and perhaps an akward relationship with Vader.

Or the further slauter of Jedi by Darth Vader. Have him track down Jedi and kick the crap out of them. Show him get more and more evil. This can be be supplimented with yoda training a few of the better Jedi that are fugitive.

Any of this is better than tracking Luke or Obi-Wan. Putting Luke into forced adventures on Tatooine will really ruin the whole story, it doesn't fit well with A New Hope.

Re:snark of the day :)

[kniLnamiJ-neB]

What's he going to learn? He could barely pull his saber to cut himself free of the Wampa at the beginning of Empire. This is supposed to be before ANH, when he barely even knew that Old Ben lived out in the desert.

Nah, this is just Lucas proving that he could mold a pile of dog crap into a sculpture of Darth Vader and people would kill each other to own it.

And yes, sadly enough, I will probably watch it.

100 episodes, eh?

[Rob T Firefly]

I predict that by the time episode 100 premieres, Lucas will have already re-released heavily re-edited "Special Editions" of episodes 1-47.

Follow Han, not Luke

[Pfhorrest]

That's something I'd be far more interested to see. The history of Han Solo leading up to ANH. Luke, as has been said everywhere, was a boring farm boy on a backwater planet. Han Solo was a riotous space cowboy smuggling for the Fetts. His story would be far more interesting.

Besides, Han is about the only character from the original trilogy whose ancestry/history/whatever aren't talked about in the prequels already...

Re:Follow Han, not Luke

[freeweed]

We called that series 'Firefly'.

You're right, it rocked.

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.

Lucas rape the classic trilogy? No way, dude!!

[elrous0]

Just look at how faithful his "special edition" versions of the film were to the originals as evidence of how much he loves and respects the original canon.

-Eric

Biggs & Luke Duke of Hazzard

[Loether]

It'll be like the Dukes of Hazzard... In Space. Luke & Biggs Duke. I can almost hear the song. Just the good old boys never meanin no harm... They steal Uncle Owen's land speeder and always get in trouble with the local dim witted imperials. Those crazy kids. Tuskan Raiders/Jawas/Hutts/Wamprats loads of fun for the whole family. How many times will the Blue Milk gag work? I started of in sarcastic mode now I'm looking forward to seeing it. oh well...

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.)

There was a good Star Wars TV series

[wickedj]

It's called Clone Wars and was animated by Genndy Tartovsky. Mace Windu and Yoda were badass. Even Anakin was cool. Yeah, here's hoping Lucas will give control to someone as talented as Tartovsky.

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

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.