At the end of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith, people around the world breathed a sigh of relief. That was it, no more Star Wars and certainly no more shoddy cash-in Star Wars spin-offs.
Well, that’s where you’re wrong. You see, George Lucas hasn’t wrung every penny he can explored the possibilities of the Star Wars universe. And that’s why a 100-episode Star Wars TV show is going to be winging its way right into your eyes in the next few years.
A Star Wars TV show had been muttered about by Star Wars (DVDs) bigwigs
during the great Star Wars Episode III hype explosion last summer, but
the noise had died down a little since then. Perhaps, we thought,
the Star Wars TV show has gone the way of the missing Star Wars trilogy
that George Lucas mentioned a few times before everyone realised how
useless The Phantom Menace was.
But it seems that George Lucas hadn’t ditched plans for the Star
Wars TV show at all. In fact, he’s just agreed to make 100 episodes of
it, set between episodes III and IV of the Star Wars movies. Whether or
not the timeframe will encompass the made-for-TV 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special is unknown at the moment, but Star Wars producer Rick McCullum told the Daily Mirror:
"We’re very excited – we just
got confirmation George Lucas has committed himself to writing the Star
Wars TV series. I guess this is the news all fans have been waiting to hear… It will all be new because the originals will all be too old. But we
will be using Anthony [Daniels] as C3PO because there is such a thing as loyalty."
We’re also told that the Star Wars TV show will be "much more dramatic and darker," than the films which, seeing as how the last film featured baby murder and a man being horrifically maimed in a lava flow, scares the arse off us, frankly.
In a way, though, we’re pleased that a Star Wars TV is getting made. Because
after it’s finished, any tiresome Star Wars fanatics wanting to watch
the entire Star Wars saga in chronological order will be out of our way
for almost five solid days, instead of the paltry 12 hours it currently
takes them. Plus, if it’s on TV, idiot Star Wars fans can’t line up outside the wrong cinema.
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[story by Stuart Heritage]
Alex says
A completely unneccessary article. I don’t know what “people around the world” you’ve been talking too, but most people actually enjoyed the Star Wars films.
Michael says
I don’t think the bad news is that a Star Wars TV series is going to be made, but rather that George Lucas is going to be writing them.
Bax says
Though, I agree, that it does sometimes seem that Mr. Lucas does like making money, I believe he is really just giving people what they want. It’s called supply and demand and is a corner stone of our society. I would think a professional writer like yourself would have heard of this process. I am looking forward to the TV show. Even if it is terrible, it still will be far better than most programs on TV. Oh and one last thing. I think that Mr. Lucas taking charge of writting the show is awesome, just as long as he’s not directing. Thanks for reading.