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At Least 100 Episodes Of STAR WARS: THE SERIES!!

May the first be with you...always by dr_buggerlugs	Mar 15th, 2006 08:55:02 AM

All Jar-Jar, All the Time! by VibroCount	Mar 15th, 2006 08:57:40 AM
Anyone else think these are going to make Star Wars I look like Citizen Kane?
First by Der-Rabe	Mar 15th, 2006 08:58:52 AM
..?
AfterStarWars by Blanket-Man	Mar 15th, 2006 08:58:57 AM
No thanks. Eps 1 thru 3 were more than enough...
JUST KEEP LUCAS AWAY FROM IT by AhopefullFANBOY	Mar 15th, 2006 09:00:44 AM
If not it will be as wooden and boring as the second trilogy and almost as interesting as watching two kids play with their Star Wars action figures in a sandbox. Just watched "ROTS" again and it only reaffirmed my original impression of its overall suckieness. There was no humanity at all and if you don't care about the characters why watch them Star Wars or not.
Not just Jar-Jar ... by chrth	Mar 15th, 2006 09:01:51 AM
Jar-Jar and Ewoks! Comedy cuteness all the time!!!
100 episodes by Symposium	Mar 15th, 2006 09:02:03 AM
This is old news as is the time frame in which it is set.
Pfft... :( by Der-Rabe	Mar 15th, 2006 09:02:09 AM
Hope it has a dark and desperate mood. I want the Imperium be the big and bad that it was in the Imperium Strikes Back.
... wasn't that common knowledge like six months ago? by Horseflesh	Mar 15th, 2006 09:02:30 AM
Seriously, I heard about the 100 episodes thing aaaaaages ago.
So basically.... by strongbadmonkey	Mar 15th, 2006 09:02:55 AM
We'll get a hundred episodes of bitchy little talkbacks with pretty much everyone who posts here giving their "original" and "thought provoking" comments on how George Lucas is a sellout, how the prequels suck, and how LOTR was so much better, then having the thread change to some sort of politcal debate. Wow... sounds fantastic... can't wait.
See... it's already begun.. I'm a freaking genius by strongbadmonkey	Mar 15th, 2006 09:03:54 AM

They thought Emily's Reasons Why Not would run 100 eps by FluffyUnbound	Mar 15th, 2006 09:09:49 AM
How do you guarantee a multi-season run of a show that hasn't aired yet? By the way, George Lucas is a sellout, the prequels suck, LOTR was WAAAAAY better, and George Bush sucks on my balls. Thanks.
the young Luke Skywalker Chronicles?? by newc0253	Mar 15th, 2006 09:11:17 AM
maybe young Luke will travel the galaxy meeting all kinds of famous people, like Ernest Hemingway and Otto Von Bismarck! Seriously, i reckon the BBC have gotten the story wrong - i.e. the series will be set between episodes 3 and 4 but won't feature Luke at all.
Allow me to say.... by Strabo	Mar 15th, 2006 09:13:19 AM
...who cares? Fuck the Prequels. The only thing even half way good that came out of those movies was the Clone Wars cartoons. The Prequels sucked so hard I'd almost rather be back where we were in '96...no new film in over a decade with the best Star Wars happening in books.
"They thought Emily's Reasons Why Not would run 100 ep" by newc0253	Mar 15th, 2006 09:18:20 AM
yeah, fluffy, because that's comparing like with like. i agree that it's highly ambitious to declare that your series will run for at least 100 episodes, especially when Lucas's first foray into live tv was a thanksgiving special that still haunts me to this day. but the combined take on the star wars movies is something exceeding the annual GDP of most industrialised countries, and it looks like the tv series will be a major contribution to the star wars canon. not that he would need to, but i'm thinking lucas could probably strongarm a network into guarenteeing him a multi-season run.
The worst news in that article was... by howstone	Mar 15th, 2006 09:19:46 AM
that Lucas is currently writing Indy IV. That means that it will be at about the same level as the prequels. BTW, Strabo nailed it: the Clone Wars cartoons were the only thing worth repeat viewings that came out of the prequels. And what a surprise - Lucas' involvement was minimal.
Drew Carrey was guaranteed a multi-season run by Big Jim	Mar 15th, 2006 09:25:14 AM
Then the ratings went into the toilet. The episodes still aired but were burned-off during the summer. Hopefully they will be smart enough to not go with a network but syndicate the show (like STTNG). If anyone can fully produce a TV show on their own it's Lucas & Co.
Lucas + Kids = BAD. See Jake Lloyd. by Batutta	Mar 15th, 2006 09:31:16 AM

by Randall Flagg	Mar 15th, 2006 09:32:03 AM
"It would cover the 20 years in the life of Luke Skywalker growing up that remains a mystery to most film-goers." Nail biting Moisture Farming action!! Will be blast whomp rats!? Will he NOT blast whomp rats? If there was ANYTHING exciting enough about Luke's first 20 years on Tatooine to fill a 100 episode series, do you really think he'd be in such a hurry to get the hell off that planet and join the academy? Unless newc0253 is right and BBC got the story wrong (which I don't think they did; that's far from the first place I've heard that it will be about Luke) there's no way that this can both fit in with what we know about Luke's existence on Tatooine and still be in any way watchable.
The story of Luke growing up would be boring... by Aphex Twin	Mar 15th, 2006 09:34:42 AM
'Luke! Go asjust the settings on that moisture module' "Ok, Uncle Owen!" cue Luke's theme Seriously 100 episodes of that would make me burn my original copies of the Star Wars movies. If they are going to deal with a young Luke I say make it an episode and that's it. There was a cool fan-made comic I saw online one time where Darth Maul came back to hunt down Obi-Wan but found Luke instead. Obi-Wan ended up protecting Luke without him ever knowing he was in danger. I'd like to see Ewan McGregor come back to do an episode like that. No I would imagine (and I would hope) that this TV series deals with other characters, other disinfranchised Jedi, and new maniacle Imperial officers. That's what made the Knights of the Old Republic games so fun...No characters from the movies, but a universe of new things to explore...well ok maybe 6 planets but hey at least you could hold two lightsabers and kick ass!
HERC - Where's the BSG Paly Details??? by aceattorney	Mar 15th, 2006 09:36:53 AM
You were there, right?
Re: strongbadmonkey by CKnBLZ	Mar 15th, 2006 09:36:59 AM
Indeed, these [future] talkbacks will bring out the dregs of the TalkBack community. Trolls, LOTR lovers, Whedonites, and, of course, the Guardians of Star Wars Universe are no doubt, by now, already sharpening their swords and polishing their lightsabers. It's gonna be the 'killing fields' all over again.
The ILM channel by spacechampion	Mar 15th, 2006 09:37:22 AM
I predict it won't be on a broadcast or cable channel, because by 2008, all TV will have moved online. ILM will start a new internet channel. This I foretell!
As it is written in the Prophec y... by ejcarter9	Mar 15th, 2006 09:42:59 AM
...I've got to start saying that more often. "That'll be 12.98, sir." '...as it is written in the Prophecy...'
Darth Maul comes back to hunt down Obi-Wan? by Big Jim	Mar 15th, 2006 09:47:49 AM
You meant back from the dead? How'd they explain that? Or did he not die after all. Buddy was cut in half - that's usually a fatal wound. With the exception of the resurected sith, it sounds like a good story.
100 chances to get it right... by RenoNevada2000	Mar 15th, 2006 09:49:00 AM
yet I still doubt he will...
Bobba Fett by dws1972	Mar 15th, 2006 09:49:08 AM
Come on admit it you know you want him, he is the only one who could fill 100 episodes.
THIS NEWS IS CONTRADICTORY by moondoggy2u	Mar 15th, 2006 09:54:38 AM
Last week, accordint to Latino Review, Rick had said that the show will take place during the twenty year period between the movies. He said it will NOT be about characters that arent in the movies, save for a few bounty hunters. He merely illustrated that this period was the one in which Luke grew up as to identify which period he was talking about. I guess AICN missed it, what with all their V hype and all...
So before Ep 4 or between Ep's 4 and 5? by warp11	Mar 15th, 2006 09:56:25 AM
Hasn't it been mentioned that the series will take place before Ep 4 and then someone else said it take place between 4 and 5?
How involved of a story line can you have with no Jedi? by warp11	Mar 15th, 2006 09:57:05 AM

More Info in Time Magazine article by Terry the geek	Mar 15th, 2006 09:58:37 AM
I just read Lucas' interview with Time and he says that the tv series will use 3D glasses.
What happened to George Lucas, experimental filmmaker? by Duck of Death	Mar 15th, 2006 10:01:21 AM
Indy IV? Red Tails? Isn't he supposed to start making those edgy, arty little avant garde movies soon? Or was that just a wistful fantasy from a once-promising filmmaker who's lost whatever remnants of a creative edge he ever had because he can't stop gorging at the money trough?
Re: Big Jim by Aphex Twin	Mar 15th, 2006 10:05:08 AM
It was a fan-fic comic..Darth Maul had survived his plummet at Naboo, and years later (and after adding some cybernetic legs) he went on a hunt for Obi-Wan. I know what the movies portrayed..I just thought the story was well conceived and entertaining to read. Besides..comsidering the material it's not that far fetched if you think about it.
can't wait by la_sith	Mar 15th, 2006 10:06:22 AM
I am admittedly a prequel apologist, but if this can be anywhere near as involving as BSG, I am there. And by the way, no way is this about Luke Skywalker growing up on Tatooine. Talk about a Nielsen nightmare. There's nothing to say. There will be a one-episode cameo at BEST. The prequels were far more intricate than anyone gives them credit for, and I'm looking forward to this. Don't care? Don't watch. And btw, did you notice that most of the people who hated Ep. I and II still went to see III? My God...they were so awful, weren't they? lol
considering..not comsidering..sheez by Aphex Twin	Mar 15th, 2006 10:07:17 AM
Guess the screwdrivers haven't worn off...
Luke? Nah... give us another story. by stlfilmwire	Mar 15th, 2006 10:14:33 AM
Luke is a corn. Please don't turn this into a space version of Smallville. I like Smallville, but this wouldn't work.
Is Scott Baio really starring in this? by Rollo Tomassi	Mar 15th, 2006 10:16:08 AM
I've read on both the IMDB and TheForce.net that Scoot Baio will be starring in this series. Does anyone know if that is true?
Awesome!!!! A new Star Wars TB by IAmLegolas	Mar 15th, 2006 10:17:00 AM
Let the fighting begin, it's always damn entertaining!!!!
by Hamlet3145	Mar 15th, 2006 10:23:22 AM
A series focusing on Luke as a kind would be mind-numbingly boring.
DROID BABIES!! by Roguewriter	Mar 15th, 2006 10:31:22 AM
I think it would be rilly cool if the series focused on the zany misadventures of young R2-D2 and C-3PO, when they were just runty little droid babies. They could have fantasies about fighting Stormcreepies and entertain visitors to the playroom like Baby Chewbacca and Baby Jabba! And every episode would feature a song! And a menacing appearance by the droids' grouchy nanny, Buggajaggahonkabitchypants -- hilariously named by one of Lucas's KIDS!!! Episode 1: "Artie & Threep Get Grounded." Let the laff riot begin!! A hundred episodes GUARANTEED.
100 episodes of crap is still 100 episodes of crap... by Hjermsted	Mar 15th, 2006 10:32:42 AM
Lucas better hire himself some decent writers/directors (not to mention actors) and then get the hell out of their way. Ironically, Lucas is the main thing that could cause his series to fail.
FYI, don't knock Scott Baio... by Roguewriter	Mar 15th, 2006 10:33:39 AM
... til you've checked out his hilarious turn as attorney Bob Loblaw on ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, and more importantly, his work in the Pittsburgh-based indie A WEDDING FOR BELLA (originally known as THE BREAD, MY SWEET) -- he's great in it. Remember, everybody giggled about Rick Schroder on NYPD BLUE... until he showed up and kicked ass.
Lucas cant back off the trough, huh? by moondoggy2u	Mar 15th, 2006 10:34:36 AM
I admit, he markets the hell out of his six movies. But you know what? Each prequal movie he made gabe him an insane amount of cash. Basically for the cost of 120 million bucks, he would take in nearly a billion dollars in revenue--when you add marketing and DVD sales and such. Now, if he really had an uncontrollable urge to gorge and gorge and gorge, why not make sequals? Are you going to honestly tell me that a star wars movie starring Mark Hammil wouldnt make a ton of dough? FAce it, Star Wars, whether you like the prequals or not, is a license to print money. Personally, I'd say Lucas has shown more restraint than any other film maker. He can cast the movie with nearly any b actor he chooses, and once the effects and his script are completed, warts and all, that Star wars flick would net him a billion dollars.
Star Trek is way better by zekmoe	Mar 15th, 2006 10:35:55 AM
The concept is way more involving. It manages several long run, movies and games. I can do without Star Wars.
by redtom	Mar 15th, 2006 10:37:21 AM
Ah, geez, dang it - I thought I was gonna be clever and leave a space for the talkback not to get fucked up.. Mods, delete my post, delete it the the darkest pit of hell you can find.... I'm sorry, I'll go now...
(Unconfirmed) rumor by Kung Fu Hustler	Mar 15th, 2006 10:40:49 AM
Luke finds out who he is and his place in the SW-verse during his teen years. He and Obi-Wan flee danger throughout the galaxy once Darth Maul's clone finds their location. At the end of episode 100, an experimental procedure wipes Luke's memory and returns him to Tatooine, where he only remembers the dull life of a farmboy who dreams of something more.
Redtom, you have shamed yourself by CKnBLZ	Mar 15th, 2006 10:47:02 AM
now go and watch 3 men and a baby until your eyes bleed. Only then may you return to this TalkBack Utopia. So say we all.
thanks a lot, red tom!! Sheesh!! by moondoggy2u	Mar 15th, 2006 10:47:45 AM

I'm away for a few days... by Childe Roland	Mar 15th, 2006 10:48:55 AM
...and Lucas starts getting delusions of grandeur again. Seriously, 100 eppys is a tall frickin' order for a franchise that even the die-hardiest of fans were choking down by the end of the last prequel. Granted, without the miserable characters from those films he'll have a chance. But if this focuses on Luke and the Tatooineville versions of young everybody in once-per-season guest appearances, it's going to get old fast. WHoever said Boba would make a good central character was right on the money. Not only does he have a vastly unexplored background (he was a pre-adolescent at the end of II - lots of training and teeth cutting ahead, as well as the exploits that would eventually make him infamous and feared), but it could be ANYONE under that helmet. If Lucas doesn't go that way, I have no idea how he expects to develop or maintain a fan following for this show.
Two Thoughts... by Kentucky Colonel	Mar 15th, 2006 10:52:03 AM
1) 100 episodes of TV = billions of dollars in ancilliary merchendise for Lucas to line his pockets with (and thousands of lil plastic figures for your conspicious consumption). 2) Lucas wrote the Indy 4 script....OH FUCK!! OH FUCK!! OH FUCK!! Shoot me now!!!!!!
SW: TS has jumped the shark by BrandLoyalist	Mar 15th, 2006 11:00:42 AM
Of course that is impossible - I mean, it hasn't even started shooting yet - but I just wanted to be the first talkbacker to make that declaration (you have to be fast).
But seriously folks by BrandLoyalist	Mar 15th, 2006 11:06:36 AM
I'm so guaranteed to watch every single episode of this thing, they might as well go ahead and broadcast it directly into my brain each week
early jedis like samuari in feudal japan by durhay	Mar 15th, 2006 11:11:55 AM
c'mon, make it happen.
100 Eps? My ass by Chilli815	Mar 15th, 2006 11:12:47 AM
1) The show hasn't started yet. 2) There's no reliable indication a Star Wars TV show will pull in ratings that would guarantee it five years. 3) They have five years of stories? Crap. Complete and utter. I loved the OT, dug TPM, hated other two, and no offence... but the saga needs to continue on TV why? I mean solid books and comics, but its greed that pereptrates this TV show, not a natural story.
Wookie sitcome. by Engelhast	Mar 15th, 2006 11:13:58 AM
Mad about Chewie. No english just all Wookie hilarity staring Chewbacca and his family every week.
I had to double check it's not April 1st yet.. by bralli	Mar 15th, 2006 11:14:58 AM
Seriously, what a joke. The whole point of ANH was that Luke lived an extremely boring life oblivious to his place in the universe. If you're going to make a Star Wars series, just switch into Firefly mode and focus on a small group of smugglers and their adventures in a post-ROTJ universe...
which is more stretched: the talkback or redtom's ass? by HypeEndsHere	Mar 15th, 2006 11:15:53 AM
now go away or i will taunt you a second time.
Seriously though.... by Engelhast	Mar 15th, 2006 11:26:50 AM
If this show does not take place between Return of the Sith and New Hope and center around the Empire taking root and expanding across the universe and the formation of the rebel alliance as well as Boba and Vader hunting down and killing the remaining Jedi that are hiding out then I will be kind of pissed. Does any other story really need to be told?
starswarz by LarryTheCableGuy	Mar 15th, 2006 11:29:12 AM
weee wooo i sures hope i can find enuff tin foil to keep my rabbit ears in the perfect allighnment so that i may watch this television show with the greatest of clarity, woodeleee wooo and at least i hope that delightful jar jar binks charactor is in this star wars tv show squoooooo!
hell, if "touched by an angel" managed 100 episodes by newc0253	Mar 15th, 2006 11:33:54 AM
it shouldn't be beyond the realm of possibility that a star wars tv show would do similarly well. i only hope lucas isn't afraid to hire decent writers.
Sex In The City Of Clouds by Karl Hungus	Mar 15th, 2006 11:39:36 AM

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Greedo and The Man by Karl Hungus	Mar 15th, 2006 11:41:32 AM

Annie The Jedi Slayer by Karl Hungus	Mar 15th, 2006 11:41:50 AM

Mos Eisley Blues by Karl Hungus	Mar 15th, 2006 11:42:14 AM

How I Killed Your Mother by Karl Hungus	Mar 15th, 2006 11:42:31 AM

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good more waste by calami-shami	Mar 15th, 2006 11:44:41 AM
more crap about the skywalkers, who cares? Theres so much more tales in the star wars universe to tell. Instead well get a show about a boy on a desert world. Yippee we saw how interesting that was in episode one. This is like just taking the simplest, easiest idea instead of using imagination to craft new tales. Im guessing there wont be any jedis either. But theyll work them in some how and it interfere with everything we know how how the star wars univers workd, just like the prequels. lame
RE: What happened to George Lucas, experimental filmmak by decfx	Mar 15th, 2006 11:49:40 AM
That was episodes 1-3
"Star Wars creator George Lucas has just completed..." by rev_skarekroe	Mar 15th, 2006 11:49:50 AM
"...writing the script for the next Indiana Jones film". Lucas didn't write the script. It was some other guy. I don't trust any of this article, certainly not the part about it being Luke Skywalker's life story (though I wouldn't be surprised if a very young Luke was in it, visiting Dagobah for some reason).
If no one watches... by Spice-Orange	Mar 15th, 2006 11:57:00 AM
there wont be 100 shows. anyone can promise you that! look at Joey- that was "promised" a whole season and NBC can't wait to get rid of that ratings cancer. "how you doin?"
The voice of reason by moondoggy2u	Mar 15th, 2006 12:07:05 PM
Guys, there will deffinitely be 100 episodes. Wanna know why? Syndication. Have a good day.
By the way, Joey was promised a whole season by moondoggy2u	Mar 15th, 2006 12:08:04 PM
And he got 2. that is all.
Joeywas "promised" a whole season and NBC by Engelhast	Mar 15th, 2006 12:09:57 PM
Lucas has a way around that to be sure. The LFL Network? All Lucas all the time.
Shooting in '08, Hunh? by jollydwarf	Mar 15th, 2006 12:11:09 PM
That means theforce.net is probably already discussing the storylines for half the episodes. I don't trust ANYTHING Rick McSpinnum says (the whole Hugh Jackman question, the "We'll find out why Boba Fett hates the Skywalker family" line, etc. And not only didn't we find out, but it was never implied that Fett hated ANY Skywalker in ANY OT film), so I really have to question the 100 episode claim. I'm sure that's the outline they CURRENTLY have, but we'll see if they carry through with five or six seasons. And don't assume that the public will want that much new Star Wars material on 'who cares' characters at this point. More importantly, I'm confident they'll get SOMEONE from the Prequels to 'cave' and do an episode or two. It's call MONEY + SWEEPS WEEK/SERIES PREMIERE = Ewan McGregor in age makeup. Or at least Ian McDiarmid addressing the Senate. Or Hayden appearing in some sort of flashback sequence Vader has while in his meditation chamber. Something.
My predictions on the ratings of the TV show by Spike fan	Mar 15th, 2006 12:14:44 PM
The first few episodes will get huge ratings because people still love Starwars despite what Lucas has given them in the prequels and they will be curious. Then after that people will realise how awful the crap Lucas is showving down there throats tastes and turn off and the ratings will drop. This will last a season but thats all.########################## #### MCallum just says that cause with out Lucas no one will hire him cause they all know he is an incompetent yes man. So the TV show is his way of keeping a job.
it was never implied that Fett hated ANY Skywalker in A by Engelhast	Mar 15th, 2006 12:16:08 PM
You are right about that sir, but we do know that Vader had worked with Fett in the past and we never saw that in the film. Remember "this time, no more disintegrations?"
Timeframe by dageddy	Mar 15th, 2006 12:19:09 PM
The article said that the show would cover the timeframe of the 1st 20 years on Luke's life, but that doesn't, necessasrily, mean it will deal with Luke. Maybe it will cover things like the birth of the Rebellion, Han's past (and why he left the Fleet to become a smuggler), etc.
Dex's Diner by www.valiens.com	Mar 15th, 2006 12:25:06 PM
It's a comedy about a 4-armed homosexual "friend" of the Jedi cook, and his sassy Southern robot waitress. named "Kizmah-Gritz."
What I Sense by jollydwarf	Mar 15th, 2006 12:28:21 PM
I believe that the central characters will be largely morally ambiguous bounty hunters, i.e. "simple men and women trying to make their way through the universe." They will have a varied of tasks and targets in a variety of worlds, from various 'employers', but what's Star Wars without lightsabers? Therefore, the key/mythology episodes of this series will deal with them hunting down the remaining Jedi. These are where Vader or an Emperor hologram or middle-aged Obi Wan could appear. Of course, they could handle the lightsaber fix by having some cheesy Sith wannabe or person who discovers one but only has an intuitive, undisciplined sense of the Force. That would suck. Regardless, I reiterate that the Jedi are not ALL eradicated during this Midquel time frame and that they can't NOT have some saber play and maybe even a duel here or there. Oh yeah, and Boba Fett is a lock for at least an appearance. Don't tell me that they can't find someone to fit into the costume and get Temuerra Morrison to do a couple hours of voicework. Also, this basic structure makes sense because I'm sure Lucasfilm is assuming that 'the kids' like the badasses and more 'angsty' characters. Hey, they've been to the mall in the last ten years.
I don't know ..I've got a bad feelin' about this by pumaman	Mar 15th, 2006 12:32:27 PM
As long as there are Jedi , Bounty Hunters and Vader it COULD work. Basing the whole show on the hunting down and destroying of the remaining Jedi Knights scattered throughout the Galaxy would make for some ' darker' viewing in the same veign as BSG.
What the hell is LATINO REVIEW, anyway?!? by 433	Mar 15th, 2006 12:44:54 PM
And if they're noing stories about things that aren't really about the Latino community, why call it that?
Wouldn't a show about Luke's childhood be... by GaiustheBrave	Mar 15th, 2006 12:53:45 PM
oh, I dunno, boring as hell. Episode 65: "Luke Bitches about Having to go Toshi's Station to Pick Up Some Power-Converters" And, while we're on the subject of Star Wars children. Does anyone else think that the character of Anakin was completely ruined by Jake Lloyd. My theory is that rather than just accepting the fact that young Lloyd had all the acting chops of a 7th Heaven guest star, Lucas made Hayden Christianson (sp?)act monotonous and cardboard-y to chalk up Lloyd's flat readings as a character quirk of Anakin's. (Or, maybe everyone else knows this already, and I just figured it out last night, late. I also figured out where babies come from...) As for the show, I would advise the same course of action I'm taking with X3: Squint your eyes, and cross your fingers.
So why the spoiler warning? by J-Dizzle	Mar 15th, 2006 12:53:46 PM
That report didn't reveal anything new about the story.
433 by moondoggy2u	Mar 15th, 2006 12:53:46 PM
I've often wondered that myself, believe it or not.
Star Wars and TV Don't Mix by EyeofPolyphemus	Mar 15th, 2006 12:54:46 PM
The Holiday Special, the Ewok movies, Droids, the Ewoks cartton...all pretty bad and shortlived.
THE SHIELD... by -guyinthebackrow	Mar 15th, 2006 12:56:19 PM
was fucking billiant. I am amazed.
simple men and women trying to make their way through by Krangelus	Mar 15th, 2006 12:59:48 PM
QUOTE I believe that the central characters will be largely morally ambiguous bounty hunters, i.e. "simple men and women trying to make their way through the universe." /QUOTE come on, thats just a rip of FIREFLY with lightsabers & bounty hunters.
Krangelus... by jollydwarf	Mar 15th, 2006 01:10:14 PM
...it's just a riff on what Jango Fett said, albeit somewhat facetiously and insincerely. I know how it could be misinterpreted as such, but I really didn't mean for that statement to connotate a "Firefly"-type set-up. For one thing, I don't see any sort of Whedonesque banter playing in the Star Wars universe. For whatever reason, I think the show will be pretty dour in tone, for the most part. The rollicking 'whizbang' action and sense of youthful wonder really should be symbolically born with the introduction of Luke in "A New Hope". Not to say a joke will never be cracked, but these are the darkest of dark times in the universe we'll be seeing. Remember, the Republic didn't realize how badly they'd been duped during "Sith". They, um, applauded it.
I love star wars, but I don't see this working by quadrupletree	Mar 15th, 2006 01:24:14 PM
Star Wars isn't Star Wars without lightsabers. Who's using lightsabers in this time period? The only jedi left are Obi-wan and Yoda and they're both in hiding....Doesn't work without lightsabers. Not for 100 episodes.
Some pre-requisites for this series... by performingmonkey	Mar 15th, 2006 01:30:37 PM
1) Better acting than the prequels. 2) Better writing than the prequels. 3) Better-than-Galactica effects. 4) It should feel like it's actually set in the Star Wars universe rather than simply slapping the SW name on the front of a mediocre sci-fi show. (this is why Enterprise should never have had 'Star Trek' added to it) 5) Cameos from movie actors/characters (seeing as it's set between the two trilogies this is, of course, limited. The big characters, e.g. Vader, Obi, Palpatine should NOT appear as it would ruin them further. But I wouldn't bet against them casting actors as young Han and Lando.). I'm thinking the series might be called 'Rebel Alliance' or something. Either that or it will follow the exploits of Boba Fett, right up to his seriously lame death in Return of the Jedi. 6) If the first season/mini-series/whatever sucks ass just can the motherfucker immediately to avoid further raping of Star Wars. 7) Do NOT attempt to go to places like Tatooine where they would be trying to recreate Tunisia backdrop on a fucking soundstage or in some trees in Canada.
fix tb by Colonel_Blimp	Mar 15th, 2006 01:33:25 PM
You can always count on some fucker messing up the tb with a "hilarious" riff on the "nooo" scene from rots. how original. you came up with that all by yourself, redtom? It's like we're in a timeloop or something. And the bbc got it wrong. it has never been implied that this will be about luke growing up. read the empireonline article: http://www.empireonline.com/ne ws/story.asp?NID=18269 it's more informative and probably more accurate.
"So why the spoiler warning?" by Engelhast	Mar 15th, 2006 01:51:18 PM
Maybe it is a warning that this show will spoil what little good is left about Star Wars.
Top Names for the new show by nycman100	Mar 15th, 2006 01:59:13 PM
CSI: Hoth, American Jedi, Yoda's Anatomy, Who wants to be a Sith Lord?, Survior: Death Star, CSI: Tantooine, Queer as Jar Jar, Project Lightsaber, Krazzyak 90210, Buffy the Sith Lord slayer, Charlie's Jedis, The F Word, Desperate Wookies, Late night with Mace Windu, Flip this Jedi, feel free to add on....
If Lucas is in charge of it by Undead Neverhood	Mar 15th, 2006 02:05:49 PM
This will not last nowhere near 100 episodes. The low ratings which will happen once Lucas starts pulling his kiddie movie dancing Jar Jar Ewok bullshit (which even kids wouldn't watch) would never support 100 episodes.
Series yet no eps 7, 8 and 9 by Symposium	Mar 15th, 2006 02:10:45 PM
Lucas claimed he wasn't doing parts 7, 8 and 9 because he'd be too old. So now we get a 5 year tv series starting in 2008 and ending in 2013. He could have made the next 3 films in that time frame and mores the point why won't he set the series after the OT.
About time they put something good on TV! by Orionsangels	Mar 15th, 2006 02:10:53 PM

Can you imagine that fucking crawl every episode? by Baron Karza	Mar 15th, 2006 02:20:43 PM
The opeing Star Wars crawl and theme for every episode.. that wont get old.
100 eps guaranteed? by KCMOSHer	Mar 15th, 2006 02:24:12 PM
Translation: even if it sucks donkey balls, we're only signing with a network that agrees not to cancel us, ever. As the first bad omen, we're pleased to announce that nobody associated with any of the films the series is based on will have anything to do with it. This means all new characters that have no emotional connection to the intended viewers in a series with no pressure to actually be entertaining, created and produced by a guy who completely blew three consecutive prequels to the best sci-fi franchise in history. Oh yeah. I'm -very- optimistic about this.
opeing crawl by Engelhast	Mar 15th, 2006 02:26:54 PM
Star Wars was supposed to be like the old Flash Gordon cliffhanger serials so I imagine Lucas will really latch on to that format with this TV show. Every week will end like a season finally. I personally think it would be awesome if he can bring back that long dead format.
I like the one where IG-88 gets amnesia. by Baron Karza	Mar 15th, 2006 02:27:33 PM
Or when Dengar takes care of Bossks bird, and the bird dies, and Dengar tries to replace it with a look-alike bird.. classic.
I too think it should be about a young Boba by Zino	Mar 15th, 2006 02:31:00 PM
Get this - he joins the imperial army as a storm trooper and gets to train and visit strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilisations, etc etc. Vader can feature every now and then. Then they can show him rebelling against the Empire along with his buddy stormtrooper who is none other than...Han Solo. They team up in running scams for Jabba and the like, all while on the run for desertion. Then they have a falling out (maybe Boba gets jealous of Chewbacca or something, after they pick him up while on one of their crazy adventures). Then Boba sets up Han, and he is forced to drop his load (of spice of course). The whole thing ends on a cliffhanger with Han in big trouble, which leads us nicely into Episode 4.
Oh cripes, Karza, there went the soda out the nose!!! by Roguewriter	Mar 15th, 2006 02:32:33 PM
Too damned funny. Just promise me you'll send in a treatment for the episode where they all go to the Luau Planet and the little Gundark idol curses Dengar and he wipes out while lava-surfing...
"Luke has a beer and wrecks the speeder on.... by HypeEndsHere	Mar 15th, 2006 02:36:41 PM
a very special 'Star Wars: The Series'..."
Will Russel Watson be doing the theme song? by Big Jim	Mar 15th, 2006 02:37:16 PM

NO EMPIRE OR REBELS...CAUSE THE CYLONS by zathras34	Mar 15th, 2006 02:43:28 PM
JUST KICKED YOUR ASS!!...BECAUSE THATS WHERE ANIKEN GOT ALL OF HIS DARTH VADER PARTS...ON LONE FROM THE CYLONS...."LORD VADER RISE !".."BY YOUR COMMAND !!!"..
DESPERATE EWOKS by kwisatzhaderach	Mar 15th, 2006 02:48:32 PM

TATOOINEVILLE by kwisatzhaderach	Mar 15th, 2006 02:49:33 PM

They never said... by mbeemer	Mar 15th, 2006 02:52:35 PM
...how long those '100 episodes' would run. They could be 5-minute segments like Clone Wars for all we know.
I just hope this show never Jumps the Sarlacc. by ZeroCorpse	Mar 15th, 2006 02:52:53 PM
Although some people would say that "Greedo Shoots First" is the Star Wars equivalent of Jumping the Shark. I still look forward to it. It should be fun.
Why bother by Yogsoggoth	Mar 15th, 2006 02:57:36 PM
I grew up on the original trilogy and I never even needed the prequels to appreciate the story. The prequels actually diminsh from the story in my mind. The series will just fill in more unnecessary details that we could have lived with out. It's dead, George. Just bury it and move on.
Quick Star Wars question, please bear with me by Pdid	Mar 15th, 2006 03:04:52 PM
I'm not a hardcore fan of Star Wars, but I know there are plenty of you here, so I will ask this question. Why is it that there are about 20 years between Episodes III and IV, yet everyone acts like the Jedi have been gone for hundreds of years? (Or at least thats how it seems to me). Can anyone explain this to me? Seriously, you would think that the slaughter of the Jedi would be a pretty big event which would be remembered for those 20 years. Is there a decent explaniation for this, other than the fact that George Lucas can't write his way out of a paper bag?
Old news, this is, me thinks. by Yoda's Ball Sack	Mar 15th, 2006 03:08:12 PM
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You guys are all the same. by Yoda's Ball Sack	Mar 15th, 2006 03:15:41 PM
You bitch about and bash Lucas and hate anything other than the original trilogy. Then one thought dawns on you......... you wish you had his money, don't you.
I think the Jedi were waning in importance by Big Jim	Mar 15th, 2006 03:15:55 PM
even before the time of the prequels. 20 years is long enough for people to grow up without the jedi and see no importance in them. Remember that guy in Star Wars that Vader force-chokes when he disses Vader's "sad devotion to an ancient religion"? The cocky up-an-commers would look down on those who think the Jedi are still relevant. The Jedi were gone for 20 years, but to the average folk it probably didn't matter much because what had the Jedi done for them lately? To most folk the Jedi probably stopped being relevant long ago and their near-extinction was no big deal. At least that's how I see it.
How many episodes was Star Trek? by rivercb	Mar 15th, 2006 03:16:32 PM
Who is Lucas kidding, a 100 episodes? Isn't this just a chance to fix what he should have done in the prequels, if he just swalled his pride and kept his ego in check and admitted that he wasn't the main reason why Star Wars worked? He gave himself three episodes to show the rise and fall of Anakin and the beginnings of the Empire and Rebellion. What we got was %20 percent of an underdeveloped script stretched into three films and the Rebellion amounted to a 10 second banal scene that was rightfully left on the cutting room floor. This just sounds like what he should have done at the start, the originals didn't need the prequels or television to tell a story.
All the haters will be watching the show anyhow. by Yoda's Ball Sack	Mar 15th, 2006 03:20:10 PM
You know you will. You wasted your time on episodes 1,2, and 3 didn't you?
For the record... by Mr Nice Gaius	Mar 15th, 2006 03:23:19 PM
...the Prequels sucked, Lucas "raped my childhood", LOTR KICKED ASS, and if they are gonna have a Star Wars TV show, it should be called, "Vader's Anatomy" or "Everybody Loves Jabba".
McCallum sucks dick. by Spike Fett	Mar 15th, 2006 03:36:17 PM
And his association with this show means it will suck dick as well.
no no, you missed one! by Spice-Orange	Mar 15th, 2006 03:38:30 PM
"The SW" taaatttooniieeeee! here we come! "welcome to the darkside, bitch!"
latino?! by teutoneer	Mar 15th, 2006 03:42:43 PM
What's LATINO REVIEW? What's greekgeek.de?
They should just make Star Wars Tales... by coldpizza	Mar 15th, 2006 03:45:13 PM
...where they can focus on different characters in the SW galaxy each week. or a Cheers rip-off set in Mos Eisley.
Surely episodes won't start with the main theme? by performingmonkey	Mar 15th, 2006 03:48:16 PM
The main theme should be saved for the saga. I don't want the theme blasting out over cheesy credits with nobody stars putting on a 'serious' face because we're in a sci-fi here not some fucking Desperate Housewives 'comedy'. John Williams should be able to ban them from using his themes for a shitty TV show. Lucas fg
Jabba enters cantina. Everyone: "Jabba!" by HypeEndsHere	Mar 15th, 2006 03:48:57 PM
Bartender: "What's happening, Jabba?" Jabba: "Same Bantha fodder, different day. Give me a frog."
"...a Cheers rip-off set in Mos Eisley." by Big Jim	Mar 15th, 2006 03:53:27 PM
"Evening everybody" "HAN!" "Whatcha up to Mr. Solo?" "My ideal weight if I were a Wookie".
Just entire shows of Vader kicking ass would be a hit by Flim Springfield	Mar 15th, 2006 03:56:09 PM
Well, for the first twenty episodes or so...
Fuck Star Wars by Toby___Wong	Mar 15th, 2006 04:00:50 PM
and fuck that moneygrabbing bastard George Lucas. I don't like the movies and 100 eps of a Star Wars tv show is sheer torture.
By the way- aren't Lucas and McCallum a couple? by Flim Springfield	Mar 15th, 2006 04:02:48 PM
Not that there's anything wrong with that... It just makes sense of McCallum's career.
The ONLY thing Star Wars has going for it is big budget by PhilConnors	Mar 15th, 2006 04:04:27 PM
special effects. And since they aren't feasible for TV, this show will BOMB and be the final nail in the Star Wars coffin.
Obi Wan The Wilderness Years by pumaman	Mar 15th, 2006 04:16:53 PM
This is what the fucking tv show should be all about : 10am : woke up, checked beard , grabbed a plastic beaker, filled it with blue milk from the fridge and kocked it back in 3 gulps. 11am: Put on best Robe , no, not the boring beige cooloured one, there, my lovely turd coloured brown one :-) 12pm: Go for a stroll around the Jundland Wastes , take a leak behind a large rock....oh , its no Rock...it's a Krayt Dragon Egg ..... 1pm: Spent the last hour running from the very pissed off Mommy Krayt Dragon ....end up running too fast to concentrate on using the force , not that I'm that great at it anymore anyway.. 2pm: Had a very late lunch of Womprat on Toast , and a pickled Bantha Eye yummy - my favourite! 3pm: Practice my Lightsaber "quickdraw" techniques ...yeah baby , still pretty fast for an old codger eh ! 4pm: Go into Mos Espa Food Market for some groceries and some new genuine Ewok fur Slippers . 5pm: Get the Air Taxi home , use my Jedi Mind Trick on the Cabbie -hehe, haven't had to pay in years .. sucker ! ...well anyway, he drops me off ..as near as possible to home , without giving anyone a clue where I actually live ( I'm in hiding ya know ? ). 6pm: Arrive home and have a very large poo. Shit I forgot to buy Toilet Paper - I know , I'll use one of my Ewok Fur Slippers..or perhaps this Magazine , what is it ..oh yes, The Gungan Times. 7pm: Late supper of Dewback Steak and Bespin Fried Potatoes. 8pm: Decide to walk all the way to Mos Eisley , seems like a nice night. 10pm Arrive at Mos Eisley and head straight for the bar... 11pm Got decidedly bladdered on Rodian Ale, now drunker than Anna Nicole Smith on her 25th Martini ... 12am Decide to strut my stuff on the dance floor ....oh yeah, still got them moves baby... you want some of this old Galactic Hero honey ..I can still shake my crusty old ass like the best of' em. ..Then realise I'm dancing with a Male Wookie , not a Female - fuck - they all look alike !! How was I supposed to know ...sheesh 1am : Woken up by ugly, greasy barman pouring stale beer over my aching head and to the shouts of we're closing you old bastard ! 1:30am I've forgotten where I live, so I end up sleeping on the Streets.. To be continued
What I'd like to see by Wingnut1A	Mar 15th, 2006 04:21:06 PM
I hereby restate my idea that Lucasfilm should, instead of the TV series, release serialized movies in the theatres. Have 4 production teams each be responsible for producing 1 hour of solid Star Wars content every 2 years. Stick 2 of them together and release it every summer. You could have up to 4 different storylines going, and I believe the audiences would come in droves. There are so many fantastic stories in the Star Wars novels and comics that they could film them for 25 years and not run out.
They should make it an Alias-style spy show, with Leia by pokadoo	Mar 15th, 2006 04:25:01 PM
(Played by Rachel Bilson), she attends a different Imperial ball or function every week, as the guest of some slimey beurocrat. She's charming and elegant, until she slips off to dodge infra-red beams and robo-dogs to steal plans for the rebels. Intercut this with Buffy-style scenes of her being trained to fight by her father(Benjeman Bratt) and her turbulant affair with bad-boy boyfriend Boba Fett(CGI floating head). All the while, Vader(Ron Silver) is one step behind her, cursing "I'll get you Princessss... Next time!!!" 100 episodes of this please.
Big budget not feasible for TV? by Engelhast	Mar 15th, 2006 04:25:50 PM
I disagree. Part of the reason that the prequels are not as magical as the original Star Wars movies is because the technology is there and it is cheap enough that they can now do Star Wars level effects for pennies just for the peanut butter commercials that would air during this show. All the leg work is done at ILM. Now they have the 3D models and textures which is the hard and expensive part they can pretty much just animate and plug those in anywhere they wish. LFL new studio is not based in the states so the animators that he will have working on this show will be working on the cheap big time. I expect the effects on this show to be pretty good IMO.
I bet only the 1st eps o the season'll have the fanfare by iamnicksaicnsn	Mar 15th, 2006 04:27:57 PM
I actually am not sure I'd mind a young Luke going around and then having his memory wiped. Of course, they'd have to have a damn good reason for it. What irks me about this show is that it won't continue the saga. I want the saga to fucking continue, I want to see old Luke, I want see my goddamned favorite characters again. I'm sick of all this prequel bullshit! FUCK FUCK FUCK!
They should let the Clone Wars guy run the show.... by thecomedian	Mar 15th, 2006 04:29:38 PM
And they should pull their writing and directing pool from the best of the fanfilms. I've got a greenscreen, adobe after effects, final cut pro, and a 24p camera. I could make a freekin' Star Wars TV show if I wanted and as arrogant as that may sound there's literally hundreds of dudes out there with the same crap lying around their studios and using it to make crummy infomercials and wedding videos. It's crazy.
There will be a new 3D Animated Clone Wars series also. by Engelhast	Mar 15th, 2006 04:36:55 PM
Not sure if that has been brought up yet or not.
What if this show aired on FOX by My Ass Smells	Mar 15th, 2006 05:05:21 PM
and FOX cancelled it after one season due to dismal ratings in its friday evening timeslot.
The KC by slappy jones	Mar 15th, 2006 05:40:50 PM
Kashhyk county.....chewies dad is a wookie lawyer.... set it around han and chewies wild adventures at wookie high.....it would be fucking awesome.....han is a troubled teen who moves in with chewies family...he bangs the wookie next door.....hijinks and drama ensue.....ratings fucking bonanza....
Quadrupletree... by GaiustheBrave	Mar 15th, 2006 05:55:33 PM
I agree about the lightsabers. But, I don't think it'll have to be lacking 'sabers or jedi...not necessarily, anyway. Perhaps there are some more jedi scattered across the galaxy that weren't killed by the end of "Sith." If so, we might see some type of jedi resistance force pop up, only to be squashed. And, what's good, it could happen without interfering with either trilogy, since none of our heroes will have to know about it, necessarily (esp. if it happens early on.)There are more than plenty of great stories that can be told in that time frame. Here's hoping they don't f--k it up!
Special Effects isn't what made Star Wars... by Flim Springfield	Mar 15th, 2006 05:59:16 PM
...It was the music. John Williams' score made you feel like you were watching a much better movie than you really were. This especially helped the prequels.
could this be more obvious? by omarthesnake	Mar 15th, 2006 06:00:11 PM

Why Lucas won't be "experimental" by Anakin Whoopass	Mar 15th, 2006 06:00:40 PM
He (a) won't spend other people's money because he wants control, and (b) won't spend his own money without a high probability of making it back, because he can't risk his kids' inheritance and his companies' fortunes. On the other hand, he may be doing low-budget stuff that only his friends see, that will only get released if his friends are so blown away they talk him into it.
could i hit the enter key MORE accidentally? by omarthesnake	Mar 15th, 2006 06:01:59 PM
Young Han Solo. idealistic young imperial soldier, meets the slave Chewie, gets a conscience, they escape, have adventures, win the Millennium Falcon in season three, more adventures. Hot space pirate chick. Decadent crimelord a la that guy in the "Din" segment of Heavy Metal. No Jedis. Mr. Lucas, please send my check now.
Sadly Lucas is probably scribbling like crazy.... by Aphex Twin	Mar 15th, 2006 06:34:48 PM
to write down the ideas you guys are having...joking aside I've heard some good ideas pop up here.
Well... by CatVutt	Mar 15th, 2006 06:44:15 PM
So what if it doesn't actually make it 100 episodes? If it fails to garner ratings, the fans and George will blame the network for lousy promotion, and fans will just rally around it and buy all the DVDs and then George will talk about not wanting to let it die and about how great his cast is, and then Universal will come along and greenlight a Star Wars: The Series: The Movie movie, and George will talk on and on whenever he can about it being the first time a successful movie series had been made into an unsuccessful TV series and then risen from the grave to become a feature film, and all the fans will get so excited and there will be advanced screenings and hype and and and and...it'll debut to a Whopping 8 million or so at the box office, and still nobody will shut up about the possibility of a sequel. The end.
i don't care if it reaches 100 episodes by newc0253	Mar 15th, 2006 06:53:22 PM
or a 1000. all things being equal, i'd rather have 10 episodes of an excellent show that died in the ratings coughfireflycough than 100 episodes of mediocre pap and wasted potential.
DRINK VOMIT! by SeedyAl	Mar 15th, 2006 07:16:25 PM
Oh my God! I'd rather knock back a big glass of thick, day-old, corn chowder vomit than watch this thing. I'd rather snort barbed wire and pull it out my mouth, then floss my sinuses with it for an hour. I'd rather be miniaturized and inserted into Richard Gere's colon where I would be forced to clean up gerbil skeletons.
blah blah blah by sith-vol	Mar 15th, 2006 07:16:59 PM
I love it, everyone bitches about Lucas being a sellout and about how lousy the prequels were....yet they continue to make money. Gee I wonder why that is? Oh wait, I know, its because we all watch them....so continue your bitching all you want, you know you'll watch the series just like you watched the movies. The only one any of you have to blame for any of this is yourselves. You're the ones putting money into the machines just like me. If you don't like the ride, do me and any other Star Wars fan a favor and just get the hell off.
Falcon....... perhaps Joss Whedon could...... by MikBones	Mar 15th, 2006 07:22:10 PM
.....sell Lucas his unused 'Firefly' scripts! If this is going to be done, Lucas is almost certainly taking note of the BSG TV show. Here's a show that is both successful and has a strong shelf life (100 eps easy). Combine that with his the marketing/merchandising clout of Lucas Arts and you have a cash cow. My bet is the show will be based on the Millenium Falcon and its crew. Lando will be on board, but just a kid... (maybe a genuis who could save the day every five episodes...). Budget constraints will force the use of a static set and Lucas will need something familiar, but not tied to one location. Falcon seems to be it. Maybe one of the crew could be a Jedi (maybe that would explain the presence of a Jedi laser ball ala New Hope) Perhaps there would be an R2 model driod, but of a different number. (Every ship needs its sacrificial driod to nip out onto the hull and fix battle damage) The show would almost certainly be about smuggling rebels and the crew would be forced to battle stormtroopers regularly. Darth Vader and his quest to destroy the Jedi would feature strongly in each episode with him being drawn to chase the Falcon because A) It has a Jedi on board and B) He has seen this ship in many prophetic dreams. Clone machines would also be used to recreate lost Sith lords. Get ready for the return of Maul and Grevious, but not Dracula. Rebel Alliance would often be portrayed as bad guys (maybe even terrorists) and seen as gangsters who pay for human trafficking. And ..... what am I doing! I started off this post being sarcastic and I'm starting to convince myself that I might find something I like in this new show. Who am I kidding. This is going to be rubbish. The prequels didn't deliver, despite being quite fun to watch. Lucas needs a showrunner who can make this work and who isn't afraid to stand up to GL. GL's creative mind and someone else to filter it through... that's what I want to see.
It will air on FOX, you know it will. by Shermdawg	Mar 15th, 2006 07:53:13 PM
Also Spike is a small possibility, since it is now the home to the Star Wars Saga. But c'mon, it's Spike. Hell, I wouldn't count out Cartoon Network. But, Fox is the safe bet. DAMN YOU ROTHMAN!!!
guest directors by cr1ms0n	Mar 15th, 2006 08:01:48 PM
they should have guest directors and completely different story arcs for every few episodes...
Bypass networks by ILK	Mar 15th, 2006 08:16:00 PM
Bring it online. Get major sponsors to place ads on the site and the video. Sell/rent DVDs on the same day in HD. Someone has to eventually do it.
Why 100 Episodes? by MrStinger	Mar 15th, 2006 08:17:47 PM
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this. Since the 1960's, every new series plans for 100 episodes since that's what sells continually in syndication. That's why Star Trek was slotted for a "five year mission," to guarantee 100+ episodes. So the actors will be signed for at least 5 years from the get-go. Later Trek series signed them for 7, so I wouldn't be surprised if that were done here.
DARTH MAUL RETURNS: Star Wars Visionaries by Sithlord_999	Mar 15th, 2006 08:19:03 PM
Check out this TINY LINK from Amazon.com: http://tinyurl.com/s9hx2
Re: Sithlord by Aphex Twin	Mar 15th, 2006 09:10:45 PM
Thank you friend...that's what I was talking about earlier in the talkback..A cool short story, called 'Old Wounds' I believe. I thought it was a fan-fic comic but after research I see it was done by one of the concept artists of ROTS and released by Dark Horse comics. Now if that short story could be made into one of these episodes of Star Wars TV AND have the other episodes have storytelling this fun then we would be in for a treat. HOWEVER as I posted earlier, they should only maybe one episode dealing with Luke and Obi-Wan on Tatooine...Hell make 'Old Wounds' the first season finale!
WHEN THE FRACK IS BSG 2.5 DVD COMING OUT? by Motherfracker	Mar 15th, 2006 09:32:56 PM
I know this is the Star Wars talkback, but surely somebody here is willing to talk about the tv series that has become for our generation what Star Wars should have been. I just finished the DVDs for Season 2.0. Holy frack!
cancer sucks ass by Darth Philbin	Mar 15th, 2006 09:38:50 PM
and here i thought if i got to episode 3 i wasn't going to miss anything and now i have to make it through 100 fucking episodes that don't even shoot until 2008. well fuckers, let me know how it all turns out in the talkback on the other side. should have put down the smokes 20 years ago...well here's hopin' i at least get a shot of banging Savannah or at best, the bitch from Queen of the Damned...
i've said it before by frank cotton	Mar 15th, 2006 09:41:38 PM
and i'll say it again: STAR WARS wasn't about those skywalker people; it was about the little droid that could...
INFORMAL POLL by frank cotton	Mar 15th, 2006 09:46:01 PM
how many of you so-called fans actually shelled out for a LIGHT SABER? i got VADER's.
Bob Loblaw's Jedi Law Blog by scratcher	Mar 15th, 2006 09:46:02 PM
Go Scott Baio!
I was watching a random interview with Anthony Daniels by Cotton McKnight	Mar 15th, 2006 09:50:27 PM
about a year ago and he was saying that he isn't done with see threepio yet. I am pretty sure they are going to be in the series. I would be severely disappointed if they weren't. I'm not talking the new droid adventures but why not put them in there?
Philbin, it's a hell of a disease by Motherfracker	Mar 15th, 2006 09:51:18 PM

George Lucas raped my infanthood by icecreamcake	Mar 15th, 2006 10:02:29 PM
nah..The new series should be about Jar Jar Binks and his exploits as a Gungan Gigilo. Id buy that for a dollar.
MISSED OPPORTUNITY!!!! by bubcus	Mar 15th, 2006 10:35:28 PM
Lucasfilm was hiring writers and animators a few months ago for these projects. All of you that are griping missed your opportunity to take advantage of this offer to make a difference in the Star Wars Universe. Myself? I still have to relearn 3D now that I have 2D animation down. I threw together a Star Wars comic found on http://www.tenchidrawthecomic. com/archive/ and will continue to hone my skills in the hopes of eventually getting my foot in the door... and thus make my little contribution to this delightful series that inspired me from my youth. Thank you George Lucas for bringing light to my eyes when I was four. I appreciate you!!!
You do realise... by LeiaDown&FuckHer	Mar 15th, 2006 11:50:31 PM
That the only real reason that they're doing this is to keep the Star Wars merchandising juggernaught alive and kicking, and not for creative reasons or because it's a story that needs to be told. That doesn't mean that it can't still be good, but it's coming out of a very cynical and corporate mindset as a calculated way to make sure that the Star Wars merchandising boom never dies off. As a result I just can't get myself excited about this in the least. Maybe when it's less of a phantomy cocktease and is actually closer to production my interest might be piqued a little, but right now, nada.
I don't get it by SilentP	Mar 15th, 2006 11:51:58 PM
Why does the headline for this article have that spoiler box around it on the main page? What's the spoiler?
by pauljames33	Mar 16th, 2006 12:10:33 AM
remember george lucas financed the prequals himself. He could very well finance the tv series too. also, haters, dont like it? then piss off.
Star Wars:Wraith Squadron by Yamato	Mar 16th, 2006 12:16:37 AM
I didnt read too many of those Star Wars novels, but I read the "Wraith Squadron" ones, it would make an awsome series.
This should be about... by Christopher3	Mar 16th, 2006 12:27:42 AM
The rebels' nonstop attempts to keep blowing up the Death Star. (1) It explains why the first one took, like, 20 years to build. (2) It's just like movies 4-6, which were all about the rebels' nonstop attempts to keep blowing up the Death Star. (3) It's just like movies 1-3, which were about an incredibly wasteful and corrupt public works program.
Don't Tell Me To Piss Off... by SeedyAl	Mar 16th, 2006 12:53:08 AM
just because I don't slobber over your Star Wars. I don't see where this is only an "I Love Star Wars" talkback. And for that matter, I was a teen when Star Wars first came out and loved the first two films. Then the series became a giant pile of steaming, maggoty shit, covered in vomit and topped with some bloody piss.
Tonight--A Very Special Star Wars on the WB by Crash Crator	Mar 16th, 2006 01:21:09 AM
*****Plus droids engaged in activities on the periphery of the TV screen to distract you from the fact that they have no bearing on the plot.You KNOW it
Herc can always find a way by Dark Knight Lite	Mar 16th, 2006 01:24:04 AM
to inject Joss Whedon crapfests into any and all Coax posts. Gee, I guess no other show in the history of television has reached 100 eps, other than Buffy. Whatta tool. Star Wars TV will probably have a similar quality to crap ratio as Star Trek, so that means it will be worth a look if nothing else. Dark Knight Out.
JUST BRING BACK JABBA THE HUTT... by Fugazi32	Mar 16th, 2006 01:59:25 AM
...as a main character!
GOOD GOD! NOT A SERIES ABOUT A YOUNG LUKE!!! by Lezbo Milk	Mar 16th, 2006 02:29:05 AM
The whole fucking premise of EP4 was how bad Luke wanted to get off Tatooine because his life WAS SO FUCKING BORING!!!!!! Set the fucking series way way back, at the founding of the Jedi Knights, when the Force was young, the Sith ruled and the galaxy was a rough and tumble place! That would be a show that could rock the TV universe right out of it's fucking HD socks!!!
by Samson_K	Mar 16th, 2006 02:44:41 AM
You know what? I fecking detested the prequels - I did go and see Episode III but purely out of an almost autistic need to see all of them on the big screen and I thought ROTS was an enormous pile of crap! Nothing mattered in it - nothing at all! However - I'm not a Lucas hater, I have a lack of faith in his skills as a story teller - which I'm sure a lot of you will find disturbing! I think that a Star Wars TV series could work but it'd have to have a fucking kick arse concept to make it last for 100 Episodes and in some ways a Star Trek style structure might be an idea - mix it in with a WWII Espionage thriller. Have a blockade runner crewed with some desperate rebels making there way from planet to planet trying to contact Rebel cells etc whilst being pursued by Imperials. Intercut this with an ongoing thread about the rise of the Empire and you may be onto something. I don't know if Boba Fett should be the main character - I feel that they have demystified him enough and that was the essence of his cool.
The perfect setting for the new show would be... by Nerdgasm	Mar 16th, 2006 03:07:54 AM
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic! I mean really...lets just wash our hands of the current timeline. Go back 4000 years into the past and tell the story of the fledgling Republic. Evrything would be new, but yet still the familiar Star Wars universe we all know and love. There would be the tension of not knowing where the story was going, which character live and which die. This is a golden opportunity for Star Wars, I think setting it between EP3 and EP4 is a big mistake, and really ties the hands of the writers.
The show can't be about Boba Fett. by Hot Carl	Mar 16th, 2006 03:28:02 AM
Not because Boba isn't cool, it's because we all know Boba went out like a pussy. George created this cool, tough and intensely interesting bounty hunter character in TESB and then when he really took the reigns over for the last OT and ascended to his throne ontop of Lucasfilm...he brought us Boba reduced to a total pussy swallowed by a Sarnac, and Ewoks. How can you ever watch Boba Fett and think he's cool when you know his doom is to exit the Star Wars universe in the stupidest way possible? I agree with some of the posters above: get away from the current timeline and characters...set the show back during the Knights of the Old Republic period. That would fucking rule!
Boba go byebye by Samson_K	Mar 16th, 2006 04:14:03 AM
That is a very good point - Boba Fett's death was a bad move - similar to having Clint Eastwood riding into town at the beginning of a Fistful of Dollars - getting off his 'mule' moving over to the guys that had been laughing and sudenly slipping in some horseshit, sliding about waving his arms and drowning in a trough! Though at least when the special editions came out they gave his death a little more resonance and dignity by making the sarlac burp!!!!! Which would be similar to having a slide whistle accompanying Palpatines death!
Boba's death by Zino	Mar 16th, 2006 05:00:38 AM
I read a comic once, set after ROTJ, that brought back Boba Fett and explained it by saying that the Sarlac Pit couldn't digest him in his armour. So next time you watch ROTJ, don't worry about his death being unworthy of the character, because he doesn't die after all! Phew! Episodes 7-9 should focus on a pissed-as-Hell Boba Fett, partially digested, getting put in the Vader custome and declaring war on Han Solo as leader of the remainder of the Empire.
Boba Fett by Cuban Pete	Mar 16th, 2006 06:19:03 AM
Yup. It's official canon that Boba Fett escaped from the Sarlaac Pit. This makes me feel a lot better every time I see Jedi - he doesn't check out like a pussy after all. Fett features in quite a few post OT stories and comics. Dark Empire is well worth a look.
The good news... by Napoleon Park	Mar 16th, 2006 07:43:20 AM
...is that this will be either a British style TV series with 8 or 12 episodes per 'season' or run on HBO, where they do the same, so either way it will take between eight and thirteen years to get those 100 episodes made, so the show won't be going into syndication (the point of doing 100 episodes of anything) until 2016 to 2021. Which will be right about the time that the Lucas estate will start filming episodes 7 through 9. Lucas IS a genius; the way to create a work that will outlive you is to do it very, very slowly.
Tarkin & Bail Organa by NedRifle	Mar 16th, 2006 07:52:57 AM
Jimmy Smits and Wayne Pygram must be cast in this or I'm not watching. Also, how cool would it be to see a young Lando making the Kessell run in the mf'n MF.
The only thing that is true canon by Lezbo Milk	Mar 16th, 2006 07:54:26 AM
is the shit in the films. And in ROTJ Boba dies in the most lame way imaginable. Lucas doesn't give two shits about all the comics and novels and video game plot lines. Canon is what he puts up on the screen...whether he excercises that kind of control over the TV show is the question. Of course if he sets the timeline of the series between 3 and 4, then the question "Did Boba Fett really die by accidentally flying into the side of Jabbas barg and falling into the Sarlacs pit, after being whacked in the back by a pussified, blind, ROTJ Han Solo? The world may never now. Either way it was mighty undignified.
i hope this is fucking good by shalashaska	Mar 16th, 2006 08:02:55 AM
because i know im not gonna miss a single episode.
I think "canon" is anything approved by Lucas. by Cotton McKnight	Mar 16th, 2006 08:07:37 AM
The Holiday Special notwithstanding. In my mind, that means that the cartoon clone wars "really happened", and so will the events of this tv show. Anything else is fanboy fiction.
scratch that- anything DEVELOPED by Lucas. by Cotton McKnight	Mar 16th, 2006 08:09:18 AM
And by that I mean an idea that he came up with and had implemented (again, holiday special notwithstanding). That even counts for the "ewok adventures" and the droid adventures, but I don't think anything significant happened in those anyway so it doesn't really matter.
i think 'canon' is a mispelling of 'cannon' by newc0253	Mar 16th, 2006 08:34:16 AM
seriously, afaic, only the movies and maybe the clone wars cartoons are canon. that whole expanded universe crap is for those freaks and chumps who buy everything with 'star war' slapped on it. i stopped believing in star wars novels after reading 'splinter in the minds eye' when i was 9.
Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice by Big Jim	Mar 16th, 2006 08:48:57 AM
I read a few of these books a while back. You could make a season out of them. Or even the series. They are about Qui-Gon taking Obi-wan as his apprentice and what follows. Basically a prequel to the prequels.
Star Wars: Sith Apprentice by zacdilone	Mar 16th, 2006 09:05:03 AM
Every week different Sith wannabees perform Force-powered tasks for a chance to be next in line for a Sith Apprentice (anticipating Palpatine's death). Each week the losing team is called into Vader's chamber, where one of them WILL be "fired."
Thought by Shaw	Mar 16th, 2006 09:35:41 AM
Maybe it will be about the crew of that blockade runner (therefore including c3po and r2d2)
"George Lucas Raped My Childhood" by Billy_Batts	Mar 16th, 2006 09:44:44 AM
George Lucas GAVE you your childhood. The prequels suck, but GL could personally show up at your house, punch your mother in the face, kick your dog, club your wife in the kneecaps, and you would still owe him for the world he created for you as an adolesent.
adolescent. by Billy_Batts	Mar 16th, 2006 09:45:53 AM
Damn you, Lucas.
If this is old news... by UltimaRex	Mar 16th, 2006 10:04:31 AM
...can someone please tell me which episode Jar Jar dies in? I hope it's on screen and gory.
Chewie by Shaw	Mar 16th, 2006 10:19:31 AM
I want to know which episodes the wookiees start hating the Jedi in. Because they seem pretty fond of them in Ep III but then Chewie is talking smack about Obi Wan in Ep IV. Aw crap, I'm a huge nerd aren't I?
Keep the Nerd Train Rolling... by Shaw	Mar 16th, 2006 10:35:20 AM
Also, I bet there will be Jedi in the show. I always thought that they included the scenes in Episode III about Obi Wan changing the signal in the Jedi Temple just to raise the possibility that there may be some rogue Jedi in hiding for the tv show that had already been announced. It was sort of a weird plot point otherwise.
by Shaw	Mar 16th, 2006 10:36:35 AM

Episode Idea by Shaw	Mar 16th, 2006 10:39:52 AM
Someone steals the Millenium Falcon from Han and Chewie while a very precious cargo is oboard. They eventually find the ship but the cargo has been stolen. Then they find a crumpled up piece of paper between the cushions of one of the seats. It's homework belonging to some brat named Larry Sellers. Hilarity ensues.
ECHO!!! by Shaw	Mar 16th, 2006 11:43:41 AM
echo echo echo echo...
As Vader would say..... by HGHGHG	Mar 16th, 2006 12:35:35 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
To all Star Wars haters by darthvedder81	Mar 16th, 2006 12:42:36 PM
The TV series will be a huge, smashing success, be full of silly characters and hokey outer-space fairy tale dialogue (just like ALL of the movies were) and every last one of you will watch every episode, buy all DVD sets, and own all 12 versions of the inevitable Dorito bags and Kelogg's Pops cereal boxes. You don't fool me.
How can Luke Skywalker be the star of the show? by Steal_Dragon	Mar 16th, 2006 12:43:47 PM
It is set between 3 and 4 and his life didn't get interesting until 4.
Boba's Bukkake Hour by Tall_Boy	Mar 16th, 2006 12:46:38 PM
Only on Pay Per View.
it should be an anthology series by twitchinmonkey	Mar 16th, 2006 01:00:26 PM
Multi-episode story arcs set in all different eras, between ep. 3 & 4, post-ROTJ, old republic, etc.. Bring in different filmmakers who want to tell their own Star Wars Story, Peter Jackson, Joss Whedon, Kevin Smith... If they did that, it might be pretty good.
Appropriate quotes from Star Wars... by veritasses	Mar 16th, 2006 01:14:35 PM
Vader: "I find your lack of faith disturbing" if you're optimistic because of Ep.4-6 or Luke: "I have a very bad feeling about this." if you consider Ep.1-3 as evidence that these migh suck.
It should star the StarWars Kid... by veritasses	Mar 16th, 2006 01:18:36 PM
Remember that poor kid in that internet video who waved around a mop or something and making "woosh woosh" sounds pretending he had a lightsaber? This is assuming, of course, that he hasn't killed himself from embarrassment or isn't stuck in some psych ward.
100 episodes of suck by VoodooV	Mar 16th, 2006 03:16:37 PM
nuff said
Kevin Smith, Rick Veitch and FARSCAPE scribes to..... by Monkey_King	Mar 16th, 2006 03:33:51 PM
pen this series. Continuity is key folks. Continuity is KEY!!!!
Bring on THX 1138 the series!!! by Engelhast	Mar 16th, 2006 03:33:58 PM
That could be cool.
dude. by mocky_puppet	Mar 16th, 2006 04:12:58 PM
this is going to be SOOOOOO good. i can not for the very life blood that runs through my veins imagine a scenario where this might be anything less than fantastically super duper.
This will get huge ratings... by skycrapper	Mar 16th, 2006 04:21:49 PM
because 1) The Star Wars fanbase is still massive no matter what these talkbacks sugguest. 2) Look at the Clone Wars cartoon series and it's success 3)Lucas has stated that he will NOT be writing all 100 or so episodes. Jedi on the run is my bet for what this series is going to be. However they should have pop-ins from Movie characters such as Vader and Boba Fett to create build up from one episode to the next. I can see a season finally being Vader cutting down one of the main charaters.
Knights of the Old Republic by Kaitain	Mar 16th, 2006 04:41:02 PM
" That's what made the Knights of the Old Republic games so fun...No characters from the movies, but a universe of new things to explore...well ok maybe 6 planets but hey at least you could hold two lightsabers and kick ass!" ************ If Lucas and co have half a brain, this is EXACTLY the sort of thing they should be doing...setting the series in an as-yet-pretty-much-unexplored part (place and time) of the Star Wars universe. Give us entirely new characters! Set it 2000 years before Palpatine! We don't NEED to have our hands held by familiar characters, and neither do young kids. We can get to know people in a few episodes, and because it's Star Wars, you KNOW we'll put in the effort. You can create a whole raft of new merchandise and daft new names, and there'll be no continuity problems and non seqiturs every ten minutes as with the prequel trilogy. I don't want to see Tatooine again for the fifteenth bloody time, and I sure as shit don't want to see The Adventures Of Luke Skywalker As A Ten Year Old. As others have said here, that would make NO sense in the context of the existing stories.
Sith Apprentice by Kaitain	Mar 16th, 2006 04:45:21 PM
'Every week different Sith wannabees perform Force-powered tasks for a chance to be next in line for a Sith Apprentice (anticipating Palpatine's death). Each week the losing team is called into Vader's chamber, where one of them WILL be "fired."' ******** George, if you're reading, I would watch that.
Is the series going to be a 100 episodes... by cooper2000	Mar 16th, 2006 04:57:11 PM
even if it sucks like the last trilogy or as much as Enterprise? Where's the Doctor Who talk back????????!!!!!!
by VoodooV	Mar 16th, 2006 05:29:15 PM
so is the deal behind the 100 episodes because Lucas is writing a big fat check to some network to not cancel him? I mean shit. There are reasons shows are cancelled...even the beloved firefly got cancelled because someone thought it sucked. So no matter how god awful this show will be...we'll have to endure 100 episodes of it just cuz our lord and savior Lucas has more money than god? Sad thing is that we all will watch it...lovers and haters alike...I am severely convinced that this show will suck big huge donkey balls. but I know I'll watch it just to see how bad it is. ..and if Lucas's checkbook is guaranteeing 100 episodes..its not like boycotting the show will speed the demise..so why not watch the trainwreck that is SW the series
I'm with you, voodoo by moondoggy2u	Mar 16th, 2006 08:16:04 PM
It doesnt really matter how much it will such--Lucas owns me. Im man enough to admit it. Hell, I still rewatch the prequel trilogy over and over to this day! Definitely George's bitch, i'm afraid.
What can I say? I want more!! And I know i shouldnt.. by moondoggy2u	Mar 16th, 2006 08:17:11 PM

Two Words: by chickenmonkey	Mar 16th, 2006 08:53:31 PM
Friday Night Death Slot
by VoodooV	Mar 16th, 2006 09:19:05 PM
ill admit to a fascination with the lightsaber duels...but thats about as far as I go. The prequels so were sooo goddamned disappointing. I remember when I was a kid, I would always fast forward the VHS tape of Star Wars to the Battle of Yavin. well if I ever watch the prequels again..its only cuz of the lightsaber sequences...otherwise anything that is directed by lucas can go to hell. Remember the good ole days when we could say that Star Trek may have quantity..but that Star Wars had quality?
lucas was a fool... by VoodooV	Mar 16th, 2006 09:37:36 PM
for not bringing back Darth Maul as a clone or reviving him and replacing his bottom half with cyborg parts like the comic. He was coolest bad guy SINCE Darth Vader in my opinion...not just because of the double bladed saber, but because you knew so very little about him..he was a mystery. A final high speed, high adrenaline duel between Anakin and Darth Maul would have been infinitely more satisfying in my book than a duel with the aging Darth Tyranus. I just don't understand why Lucas threw Maul away. did Ray Park piss off Lucas in some respect...what? Lastly, if Lucas hadn't been such a whore to his merchandising and let it slip that Darth Maul had a double saber until after release. The scene where Maul reveals the 2nd blade of his saber could have been the biggest 'oh shit' scene in recent movie history but no..everyone knew about Maul's saber months in advance..ruining what could have been an awesome scene.
I gotta say this, even as a die hard SW fan.... by Doc_Strange	Mar 16th, 2006 11:40:26 PM
What is Star Wars without Jedi or lightsabers? What exactly will bring people back each week to watch the show if you don't have an elaborate saber duel every other episode?
Forgive George his shortcomings by darthbinks1220	Mar 16th, 2006 11:42:03 PM
After all, he in part gave the world Star Wars '77, The Empire Strikes back, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. 'nuff said.
Beeb Article Already Innaccurate by monorail77	Mar 17th, 2006 12:21:41 AM
It stated that the Clone Wars seroes of cartoons began as 3 minute episodes before being expanded to thirty minutes. Wrong on both counts. How then am I supposed to trust any other info in the article? I can't and I won't
exactly doc strange by VoodooV	Mar 17th, 2006 12:43:47 AM
but the problem is..as much as I love watching Jedi and lightsabers do there thing. they are just way too fucking powerful. you can't have a protagonist people can relate to and keep watching if the bastard and push things with his mind..anticipate weapons fire and cut through anything with his uber glow stick. the show is going to get boring fast if they rely on the force like a crutch to get them out of every situation. just like people got sick of Star Trek's overuse of technobabble and time travel. oh and speaking of time travel..you KNOW its just a matter of time before this SW series gets desparate for new ideas and they'll fall back on the tired plot device of time travel. I just KNOW it will happen. its inevitable.
Forget Luke by icecreamcake	Mar 17th, 2006 04:43:49 AM
No-one cares about that characters childhood. The show should be about organised crime in the star wars universe. I want to see the Sopranos in space with aliens and shit. Could be called "The Hutts". If they do anyones childhood it should be Solo's.
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