Star Wars the TV show?.... (1 Viewer)

[Brent M]

I had a buddy get me a copy of the infamous Holiday Special a few months back because I wanted to see if it was really as bad as everyone was saying. Well, it wasn't just bad......it's probably the worst thing I've ever seen in my life! All the people who bitch and moan about the prequels should be forced to sit through the HS just so they can see something by Lucas that is TRULY AWFUL.

 

[todd s]

I have it somewhere. It truly was horrible. But, it did introduce Boba Fett...in a cartoon.

By the way. If anyone has a link to the Conan bit with Ford. Can you link to it??

 

[Jeff Jacobson]

I don't think George Lucas had anything to do with the Holiday Special (besides creating the characters, planets, etc. from the movie).

 

[RobertR]

IMDB does list him as one of the writers on the show.

 

[Brent M]

Actually I think GL was involved because I believe his name was the first one when the credits rolled(I'll have to check the disc to be sure, though). I don't know if he directed it or what his actual involvement was, but I do know that he's said he would like to hunt down every copy of that show in existence and have them all destroyed. After watching it I can totally see where he's coming from.

 

[Joel...Lane]

Here's a little update to the animated / live action shows:

http://www.starwars.com/clonewars/ab...s20070309.html

there's a link to an audio clip of Lucas chatting about them.

 

[Sam Favate]

If the new animated show is as cool as Clone Wars, we have nothing to worry about. When I eventually do my Star Wars movie marathon, I'm setting aside two hours to include Clone Wars.

The live action show seems further off (2009? 2010?) but I remain hopeful it can be a mature show along the lines of Babylon 5 or the new Battlestar, instead of a juvenile show along the lines of the old Battlestar or Voyager.

 

[Greg_S_H]

The new trailer for the Clone Wars animated series can be seen at http://www.starwars.com

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Interesting that they kept the same character designs from the 2D Clone Wars animated series.

 

[TonyD]

the style reminds of the first clone animated series but it is all cgi.
still might look fine anyway.

 

[PatH]

100 eps sounds like about 5 years. Can even Lucas get a guarantee of 5 years from a commercial network? Granted, fan interest will be high, but can it sustain 5 years? The suits who make these decisions care about one thing only and that's bottom line. Trek--I know it's probably poor taste to mention it in the same breath as SW--only lasted three seasons and Young Indiana Jones less than that and both were good shows.

PatH

 

[oscar_merkx]

loved the trailer

 

[Brent M]

Absolutely. A very big from me.

 

[Chris Atkins]

Some interesting news on the live action show:

TheForce.Net - Latest News - Some Live Action Series Tidbits

 

[JonZ]

@ focusing on the Clone Wars

 

[Chris Atkins]

That's wrong. The live action show won't focus on the Clone Wars. The article was incorrect about that.

 

[Brent M]

Yup. The live-action show takes place between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope while The Clone Wars is the focus of the animated show.

 

[Chris Brunner]

Is six months too long to not have heard one peep about the live action show?

C

 

[TravisR]

Personally, I think it's on the backburner since alot of Lucas' focus is on the cartoon and I assume they're either working on or trying to get Redtails going too. Also, I think they also said that they wanted to write and shoot the entire season before they even sell the rights to air the show to a network.