Rumors are swirling that Kevin Smith and Mark Hamill are doing the pilot for a new weekly Star Wars series. It'll feature Hamill as Skywalker in a 'pop up now and then' role, but mostly, it's new characters, set in the same world as the films.
Star Wars live action TV series
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Since this was brought up again in the Ep III thread, I thought I'd bump it.
Seems like the latest news has this series being about Boba Fett and takes place between Ep III and IV.
Since this was brought up again in the Ep III thread, I thought I'd bump it.
Seems like the latest news has this series being about Boba Fett and takes place between Ep III and IV.
I have no idea and I DON'T think he can carry a show.
He may not be able to carry a show as we know him now, but flesh out his character a bit and he can. Any character can if you write it correctly. Look at Fraisier from Cheers. He was a really minor character, yet written correctly he carries a hit show for more than a decade.
I think the Boba Fett angle is intriguing. As a bounty hunter, there are alot of interesting stories to be found.
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George Lucas on the Star Wars Franchise
Source: Scott Chitwood
April 23, 2005
"Star Wars" creator/writer/director George Lucas made his guest appearance at "Celebration III" this morning at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis and he talked about the franchise. About 9,000 fans had been lined up since midnight for a chance to see Lucas talk.
The event was hosted by actor Jay Laga'aia, who played Captain Typho in "Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith," though Lucas funnily made a mistake saying he thought Laga'aia played a Clone Trooper.
Lucas confirmed that they are working on two TV series. One will be a 3-D computer animated series and the other is a live action series. The live action series will star some of the characters featured in the movies, though not the main characters. Lucas will kick-off the series himself. They are planning on writing the entire series and then shoot the series all at once. He mentioned Lucasfilm is aiming for a production start in about a year.
Also, George Lucas said that the "Star Tours" thrill ride at Disney-MGM Studios will be getting an overhaul soon. And he confirmed they are working on bringing the early 90's TV series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles to DVD as well.
Source: Scott Chitwood
April 23, 2005
"Star Wars" creator/writer/director George Lucas made his guest appearance at "Celebration III" this morning at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis and he talked about the franchise. About 9,000 fans had been lined up since midnight for a chance to see Lucas talk.
The event was hosted by actor Jay Laga'aia, who played Captain Typho in "Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith," though Lucas funnily made a mistake saying he thought Laga'aia played a Clone Trooper.
Lucas confirmed that they are working on two TV series. One will be a 3-D computer animated series and the other is a live action series. The live action series will star some of the characters featured in the movies, though not the main characters. Lucas will kick-off the series himself. They are planning on writing the entire series and then shoot the series all at once. He mentioned Lucasfilm is aiming for a production start in about a year.
Also, George Lucas said that the "Star Tours" thrill ride at Disney-MGM Studios will be getting an overhaul soon. And he confirmed they are working on bringing the early 90's TV series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles to DVD as well.
I do hope the supporting character that will be the focus of the television show will be Boba Fett.
And while the adventures of the droids during the Empire and the emergence of the Rebellion could be cool, I'm not sure I could stand that much 3PO.
I think the show should center on Bail. I think he really comes into his own in the book (and the forthcoming movie). You'll get to see all the political intrigue, as well as the formation of the Rebellion from the ground up. He'll be close enough to Palpy so that can be seen, and we could see the growing legend of Darth Vader. You'll get the added bonus of watching Leia grow up. A flash to the Tattooine desert every once in a while could work too.
And while the adventures of the droids during the Empire and the emergence of the Rebellion could be cool, I'm not sure I could stand that much 3PO.
I think the show should center on Bail. I think he really comes into his own in the book (and the forthcoming movie). You'll get to see all the political intrigue, as well as the formation of the Rebellion from the ground up. He'll be close enough to Palpy so that can be seen, and we could see the growing legend of Darth Vader. You'll get the added bonus of watching Leia grow up. A flash to the Tattooine desert every once in a while could work too.
Pariah said:
"Fett" TV-14 NBC Thursdays at 8:00 PM
Tired of the hustle and bustle of the galaxy, Imperial bounty hunter Boba Fett moves to a small town on Tatoinne to open a cantina. Boba is often visited by the ghost of his crotchety, old father Jango, who offers sage advice. The female love interest played by Rebecca Romijn, a single monther trying to make ends meet. Hilarity ensues. Ted McGinley guest stars.
/got nuthin'
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The Star Wars TV Series
Source: Dian, Static Multimedia
May 9, 2005
'Dian' sent in this bit heard on TV in Australia regarding the upcoming live-action "Star Wars" TV series:
I was just watching the news over here in Australia and they said that the TV series will be shot in Australia and a deal will be done this June. The show will be one hundred episodes long and a hour each.
Lucasfilm is also developing a 3D half-hour version of the Clone Wars animated series that have aired on Cartoon Network. Static Multimedia has more on this with George Lucas:
"The TV series, the animated TV series called 'Clone Wars' is about the clone wars. Some of it has been on the Cartoon Network, but we're making it into an actual half hour, 3D animation series, and the other one deals with minor characters. And the time period is between episode 3 and episode 4, that 20-year stretch, but the characters aren't any of the main characters that are in the movies."
Source: Dian, Static Multimedia
May 9, 2005
'Dian' sent in this bit heard on TV in Australia regarding the upcoming live-action "Star Wars" TV series:
I was just watching the news over here in Australia and they said that the TV series will be shot in Australia and a deal will be done this June. The show will be one hundred episodes long and a hour each.
Lucasfilm is also developing a 3D half-hour version of the Clone Wars animated series that have aired on Cartoon Network. Static Multimedia has more on this with George Lucas:
"The TV series, the animated TV series called 'Clone Wars' is about the clone wars. Some of it has been on the Cartoon Network, but we're making it into an actual half hour, 3D animation series, and the other one deals with minor characters. And the time period is between episode 3 and episode 4, that 20-year stretch, but the characters aren't any of the main characters that are in the movies."
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Lucas & McCallum on the Star Wars Series
Source: The Daily Telegraph
May 11, 2005
Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph caught up with "Star Wars" creator George Lucas and producer Rick McCallum and asked about the upcoming TV series. Lucas confirmed that the tie-in series will be made in Sydney. He praised the city, where Episodes I and II of the franchise were filmed. "I am looking forward to coming back and working there some more," he said.
The live action show, consisting of 100 hour-long episodes, will be based on minor characters in the "Star Wars" series. "It's a spin-off, it doesn't involve any of the key characters. It's a different world unto itself between episodes three ['Revenge of the Sith'] and four ['A New Hope']."
McCallum confirmed the series was "definite as definite can be," although they will still have to work out the timing. "It's a definite that we do it - the rest we haven't discussed on any level."
He added that "George is thinking maybe we can do a series somewhere between Episode III and IV because that's the longest break [in the film series], 20 years. The Death Star takes 20 years to build, so we need to work that out."
McCallum says the series would use Sydney actors, directors and crew. Lucasfilm is also planning a separate 3D half-hour version of the "Clone Wars" animated series that have aired on Cartoon Network.
Source: The Daily Telegraph
May 11, 2005
Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph caught up with "Star Wars" creator George Lucas and producer Rick McCallum and asked about the upcoming TV series. Lucas confirmed that the tie-in series will be made in Sydney. He praised the city, where Episodes I and II of the franchise were filmed. "I am looking forward to coming back and working there some more," he said.
The live action show, consisting of 100 hour-long episodes, will be based on minor characters in the "Star Wars" series. "It's a spin-off, it doesn't involve any of the key characters. It's a different world unto itself between episodes three ['Revenge of the Sith'] and four ['A New Hope']."
McCallum confirmed the series was "definite as definite can be," although they will still have to work out the timing. "It's a definite that we do it - the rest we haven't discussed on any level."
He added that "George is thinking maybe we can do a series somewhere between Episode III and IV because that's the longest break [in the film series], 20 years. The Death Star takes 20 years to build, so we need to work that out."
McCallum says the series would use Sydney actors, directors and crew. Lucasfilm is also planning a separate 3D half-hour version of the "Clone Wars" animated series that have aired on Cartoon Network.
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Is the Force with Matt Newton?
Source: The Sunday Herald
Sun May 22, 2005
Australia's Sunday Herald Sun is reporting that Matt Newton is being eyed for a role in Lucasfilm's new live-action "Star Wars" TV series that will span 100 episodes.
The newspaper says Newton was originally Lucas' second choice to play Anakin Skywalker in the three prequels, but Lucas settled on Hayden Christensen for the role.
Lucasfilm has apparently done an "availability check" on Newton for the planned spin-off TV series to be filmed in Sydney. Newton is the son of legendary Australian TV entertainer Bert "Moonface" Newton.
Source: The Sunday Herald
Sun May 22, 2005
Australia's Sunday Herald Sun is reporting that Matt Newton is being eyed for a role in Lucasfilm's new live-action "Star Wars" TV series that will span 100 episodes.
The newspaper says Newton was originally Lucas' second choice to play Anakin Skywalker in the three prequels, but Lucas settled on Hayden Christensen for the role.
Lucasfilm has apparently done an "availability check" on Newton for the planned spin-off TV series to be filmed in Sydney. Newton is the son of legendary Australian TV entertainer Bert "Moonface" Newton.
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Lucas on the Star Wars TV Projects
Source: Variety
August 2, 2005
Variety says George Lucas addressed 4,000 computer pros at the annual Siggraph computer graphics conference and tradeshow in Los Angeles on Monday. He confirmed that Lucasfilm is already at work on the two "Star Wars" TV series.
The first is a 3-D animated "Clone Wars" series that will be made at Lucas Animation's Singapore facility. He said he'll start scouring Asia for talent and try to build up 3-D animation there. "It's also a way for me to get my foot into anime, which I like," Lucas said.
For the live-action series, he said, "we're going do something that would normally cost ($20 million-$30 million) and try to do it for $1 million," citing The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as one show where he was able to stretch his production budget.
He said he'll shoot the series on a Sony digital camera system that anyone can buy at an electronics store.
Source: Variety
August 2, 2005
Variety says George Lucas addressed 4,000 computer pros at the annual Siggraph computer graphics conference and tradeshow in Los Angeles on Monday. He confirmed that Lucasfilm is already at work on the two "Star Wars" TV series.
The first is a 3-D animated "Clone Wars" series that will be made at Lucas Animation's Singapore facility. He said he'll start scouring Asia for talent and try to build up 3-D animation there. "It's also a way for me to get my foot into anime, which I like," Lucas said.
For the live-action series, he said, "we're going do something that would normally cost ($20 million-$30 million) and try to do it for $1 million," citing The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as one show where he was able to stretch his production budget.
He said he'll shoot the series on a Sony digital camera system that anyone can buy at an electronics store.
Brian in Mesa said:
Hmmm...I wonder what type of camera it is. Maybe the fellow who created this thread might be interested....
http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=57477
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McCallum on the Star Wars TV Series
Source: Empire Online
March 14, 2006
Producer Rick McCallum gave Empire Online an update on the upcoming live-action "Star Wars" TV series.
"That's not going to happen probably for another year and a half while we develop scripts and everything else," he says. "But it's fantastic; we've got some incredible writers. It's going to be much darker, much more character-based, and I think it's going to be everything the fans always wanted the prequels to be. They'll be one-hour episodes. It takes place between Episodes III and IV. It's going to be all-new characters, maybe a few bounty hunters in there to start the series off."
Source: Empire Online
March 14, 2006
Producer Rick McCallum gave Empire Online an update on the upcoming live-action "Star Wars" TV series.
"That's not going to happen probably for another year and a half while we develop scripts and everything else," he says. "But it's fantastic; we've got some incredible writers. It's going to be much darker, much more character-based, and I think it's going to be everything the fans always wanted the prequels to be. They'll be one-hour episodes. It takes place between Episodes III and IV. It's going to be all-new characters, maybe a few bounty hunters in there to start the series off."
ah, they're seeing that we ate up Episode III while the more fu-fu Episodes I and II didn't do so well at the box office. Darkness, violence, anger, drama, moral tragedies, that's entertainment. Watching politics for 2+ hours then you kill off your coolest bad guy (Maul) in 20 years in the only film he appears in, that's not very good now is it?
barring that, I did like Eps I and II, they're still star wars.
barring that, I did like Eps I and II, they're still star wars.
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McCallum on Upcoming Star Wars Projects
Source: SCI FI Wire
May 3, 2006
Producer Rick McCallum told SCI FI Wire at the Saturn Awards on Tuesday that George Lucas is starting the basic concept of the new live-action "Star Wars" TV series. "We're interviewing writers. We're seeing a lot of people. But I'd say it's not going to be happening for another at least 18 months," said McCallum.
He repeated that the show will take place in the timeframe between "Episode III" and "IV" with all new characters. "That missing 20-year period when Luke is growing up... Think bounty hunter. That's all I can tell you. There's nobody else that you'll know [in it]."
Source: SCI FI Wire
May 3, 2006
Producer Rick McCallum told SCI FI Wire at the Saturn Awards on Tuesday that George Lucas is starting the basic concept of the new live-action "Star Wars" TV series. "We're interviewing writers. We're seeing a lot of people. But I'd say it's not going to be happening for another at least 18 months," said McCallum.
He repeated that the show will take place in the timeframe between "Episode III" and "IV" with all new characters. "That missing 20-year period when Luke is growing up... Think bounty hunter. That's all I can tell you. There's nobody else that you'll know [in it]."
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Gee whiz, why not just say "Boba Fett"? I mean anybody with a brain would figure that out from his quote.
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Chaplin said:
You weren't thinking "I wonder if it's Dengar?" ?
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Brian in Mesa said:You weren't thinking "I wonder if it's Dengar?" ?
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I liked my Dengar action figure. He was like half-man, half-accident victim.
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Bonus: here's his wikipedia
Dengar appeared briefly in The Empire Strikes Back and can also be spotted among the menagerie of fiends at Jabba's Palace in Return of the Jedi. The cold bounty hunter and pilot of Punishing One was hired by the Empire to hunt down the Millennium Falcon. He appeared as a middle-aged man of heavy-build in dark brown armor with cloth wrapped around his head.
In addition to the reward promised by Vader, Dengar was especially eager to find the Falcon from a personal grudge he held against Han Solo. Dengar injured himself badly in a swoop race with Solo and was forced to take drastic measures to preserve his life; he became a cyborg thanks to Imperial experimentation. The parts of his brain controlling emotions such as compassion, mercy and pity were removed, leaving him a shell of his former self, a completely merciless killer. During much of his career he was considered more ruthless than Boba Fett himself, and usually performed assassinations rather than live captures. Despite all of this, Dengar was not an evil man; he simply couldn't help the fact that the Empire had modified his brain. He was often disgusted at what he had done.
Eventually Dengar would meet a humanoid woman called Manaroo and fall in love. Through sharing her mind with Dengar, Manaroo gave him back his senses of love and compassion. Dengar then renounced his occupation as a bounty hunter, and after a brief spell as partner with Fett, he retired.
Interesting note: Dengar was the one who found Boba Fett after he was "eaten" by the Sarlacc. He rescued him and he and his girlfriend Manaroo, and the Twi'lek Neelah were the only people to see Boba Fett's face since he became a bounty hunter.
In Dark Force Rising, by Timothy Zahn, Mara Jade is taken prisoner for a short time by a bounty hunter. She later kills the man, and after searching him for identification, finds an ID card that reads Dengar Roth. It was later revealed that this was a forged ID card carried by a man impersonating the real Dengar.
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Jeeze. Lucas sure is milking the Star Wars product for all it's worth. That's not to say I don't think this sounds interesting, but I think I might like it better if it were just a new scifi show, ala FireFly (which, btw, this proposed HBO series almost sounds like--a western in space).
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and if you make him a therapist-turned-bounty hunter and base him out of seattle . . . i smell grammys!!!
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hmm, i was leaning greedo
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