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October 19, 2007

Will no one rid me of this corpulent priest?

George Lucas offers few details about his forthcoming Star Wars television series beyond joking about "the life of robots". Better, at least, than a life of Jar Jar or yet more with a petulant, chubby Vader as a child.

The proposed series doesn't have anyone named Luke or Anakin in it, a story path that Lucas concedes is "taking chances" as far as connecting with an audience expecting the familiar mythology.

"The Skywalkers aren't in it, and it's about minor characters," Lucas said in an interview. "It has nothing to do with Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader or any of those people. It's completely different. But it's a good idea, and it's going to be a lot of fun to do."

And torture to watch: Lucas plans to write and produce the first season. Saying "Think about bounty hunter [sic]; that’s all I can tell you.", Lucas' producer Rick McCallum is already mooting four parallel Star Wars series and up to 400 one hour episodes. "It is going to be much darker, much grittier, and it's much more character based."

Meesa no think so. Meesa no liken dis.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at October 19, 2007 07:01 AM

Comments

To paraphrase Butthead, "This is going to suck more than anything that has ever sucked before."

Posted by: Clayton Barnett at October 19, 2007 08:24 AM

bah, you sound like my wife when she complained about all three prequel flicks as some sort of blasphemous travesty.. I for one agree that the acting sucked by, oh, a couple of people playing anakin and a stupid Binks guy, but I love the books, the audio books, the cheesy cartoons and the idea of a bounty hunter based series. w00t.

I'm now going back to my Amidala in White Torn Jumpsuit desktop wallpaper and trying to get some work done.

Posted by: Gorthos at October 19, 2007 09:23 AM

I will grudgingly concede the torn jumpsuit. Though I think that could have been accomplished without the rape of my childhood!

Posted by: Ghost of a flea at October 19, 2007 09:28 AM

This is just not a good idea.

I'm a chick of few words today.

Posted by: agent bedhead at October 19, 2007 01:54 PM

George Lucas gets on the Star Wars hobbyhorse again.

What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Chris Taylor at October 19, 2007 04:51 PM