Florida's Channel 47 is reporting that Lucas is planning a Star Wars TV series for next year:
The small-screen adaptation will be set after 1983's Return Of The Jedi and will feature the continuing stories of Jedi Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia.
I'm not sure why I am dubious of this report. Maybe because I can't see Lucas doing TV? Maybe because other web sites that I don't troll aren't reporting the same? Then again, for all I know, maybe the forefront of Star Wars news is in Jacksonville.
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Posted by John DeNardo at Tuesday June 08, 2004 at 12:26 PM
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I would be dubious too. You're talking about the same people who can't punch an election ballot correctly -- come on, you're making holes on a piece of paper, a 2 yr old can do that!
Posted by Pete on Tuesday June 08, 2004 at 1:48 PM at 1:48 PM
Yes! Star Wars on TV! That'll be at least as much fun as the immortal Star Wars Holiday Special -- which George Lucas tries, to this day, to suppress from public memory... uh... hm.
On second thoughts... perhaps TV just isn't the proper medium for Star Wars. But no matter: if Lucas wants a TV series, Fox will be all too eager to oblige.
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Posted by A.R. Yngve on Tuesday June 08, 2004 at 2:14 PM at 2:14 PM
I can see it now:
Tonight on Fox, watch "When Jedi Go Bad 3", followed by "The Kessel Run's Worst Pilots 2"!
Only on Fox!
Posted by jp on Tuesday June 08, 2004 at 2:24 PM at 2:24 PM
There already was a SW TV series in the 70's. It was called BattleStar: Galactica.
Posted by Fred Kiesche on Tuesday June 08, 2004 at 3:27 PM at 3:27 PM
Tonight on "Jedis"...
Bad Darth, bad Darth, watcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Posted by Scott on Tuesday June 08, 2004 at 3:39 PM at 3:39 PM
Oh to heck with a Star Wars series. CAPTAIN SCARLET IS COMING BACK!
Posted by Fred Kiesche on Tuesday June 08, 2004 at 6:25 PM at 6:25 PM
Seems there is something to this after all:
http://www.theforce.net/holonet/index.shtml#24083
The reason the major SW fanboy sites didn't pick up on this is because they've already reported on it in the past. At least that's what I gather from this article and a search for the phrase 'star wars tv series' in google.
Posted by Scott on Wednesday June 09, 2004 at 9:35 AM at 9:35 AM