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| Star Wars to become new TV series Ewan McGregor returns as Obi Wan Kenobi in Revenge of the Sith Two Star Wars TV series will follow the latest movie in the hit film franchise, director George Lucas has said. Animated show Clone Wars, currently broadcast as three-minute episodes, will become "a 3D animated" series of 30-minute shows, he said. It would be followed by a live-action series featuring characters from the six Star Wars movies, he added. "We're probably not going to start that for about a year," he told a Star Wars convention in Indianapolis. 'Step away' The latest Star Wars film, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, is released in most countries on 19 May. The Clone Wars "micro-series" has had 25 three-minute episodes on Cartoon Network, taking the story up to Revenge of the Sith. Mr Lucas told the Celebration III convention the live action TV series would be similar to Raiders of the Lost Ark spin-off The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. "Like on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, we want to write all the stories for the entire first season all at once," he said. Star Wars creator George Lucas said the sixth film would be the last "I'm going to get it started, and hire the show runners and all of that, then I'll probably step away." He said the live action series would feature stories taking place between movie episodes three and four - Revenge of the Sith and the original 1977 Star Wars movie. Lucas said he "never considered" extending the Stars Wars story beyond episode six - Return of the Jedi. "To be very honest with you, I never ever thought of anything that happened beyond episode six," he said. "It's the Darth Vader story. It starts with him being a young boy and it ends with him dying. I never ever really considered ever taking that particular story further." Mr Lucas said the live action series would feature some existing Star Wars characters - but would not elaborate. "There's a lot of issues that are connected, but you won't necessarily see a lot of the people that are connected," he said. Empire favourite No broadcast dates for either series have been announced. More than 30,000 fans attended the convention. Away from Star Wars, Mr Lucas added a fourth Indiana Jones movie was "definitely in the works". Meanwhile, The Empire Strikes Back has been named the favourite Star Wars movie in a poll of more than 40,000 readers of film magazine Empire. Han Solo was voted the favourite hero, Chewbacca was top alien and X-wing pilot Wedge Antilles was favourite minor character. |
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| make me think of the orange little film with darth vador (before the films itself) vador: the force is strong here guy: no, the phone is strong here :lmao: |
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| Star Wars TV Shows Ramp Up Rick McCallum, who served as producer on the recent Star Wars films, revealed to Now Playing Magazine some of the details of the two upcoming TV series based on the franchise created by George Lucas. "The live-action television series is something we're planning for just at the beginning of 2007," McCallum said in an interview while promoting the upcoming DVD of Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith at Lucas' Skywalker Ranch in northern California. "We're just starting to interview writers and trying to really figure out which direction [to go]." McCallum added that the series will have a different tone than the features and will introduce characters that weren't seen on the big screen. "It is going to be much darker, much grittier. It's going to be character-based. [Lucas] envisions somewhere like 100 hours, [set] between Episode III and Episode IV, with a lot of characters that we haven't met, but [who] have been developed in some of the novels and other things. We're really excited about that, because I think finally we're going to have the opportunity to answer everybody's questions once and for all by the time we finish the series.” McCallum also revealed that the live-action series is likely to be based in Sydney, Australia, and will be filmed in hi-def, while production on the animated series is already underway at Skywalker Ranch. "The animation is being done as we speak," he told the magazine. "It's starting to prep. That's being done here at the Ranch. A lot of the effects are being done in Singapore. ... I think it's just now in the conceptual w**k and script w**k [phase]. I think George is trying to get 13 scripts done first before we really start to get into the pipeline of it. But that'll start happening probably at the end of March." |
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| Star Wars may be over on the big screen, but fans have every reason to be excited. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is set to be the biggest grossing theatrical release of the year and will be available on DVD in less than a month. Meanwhile, early w**k on the two forthcoming television series is progressing well. "The live-action television series is something we're planning for just at the beginning of 2007," said producer Rick McCallum. "We're just starting to interview writers and trying to really figure out which direction to go … George Lucas envisions somewhere like 100 hours, set between Episode III and Episode IV with a lot of characters that we haven't met but [who] have been developed in some of the novels and other things. We're really excited about that because I think finally we're going to have the opportunity to answer everybody's questions once and for all by the time we finish the series." The show will be dark and gritty, McCallum said, which would be in keeping with current trends in science fiction television. It is not clear, though, whether the plan is to make it even more adult than Revenge of the Sith, which warranted its PG-13 rating. If so, the series is likely to have more in common with C.S.I. than Star Trek. Location shooting will take place in various parts of the world, McCallum said. It will also be done on the latest high definition camera equipment. Don’t believe any casting rumors that you might have heard, though. Neither the live-action nor the animated series has any actors attached at this stage. Voice-over parts for the latter may be available soon, however, because early animation w**k is already underway. "The animation is being done as we speak," said McCallum. "It's starting to prep. That's being done here at the Ranch. A lot of the effects are being done in Singapore ... I think it's just now in the conceptual w**k and script w**k [phase]. I think George is trying to get 13 scripts done first before we really start to get into the pipeline of it. But that'll start happening probably at the end of March." In addition to the new series, there are also other treats coming for Star Wars fans. On Novmber 1, Fox Home Entertainment will release a 2-disc special edition of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith on DVD. Among the special features will be deleted scenes that provide details of the birth of the Rebel Alliance and other important events. "The deleted scenes include one that fans have been waiting a long time to see, one that shows Yoda arriving on the swamp planet of Dagobah," said Jim Ward, Senior Vice President of Lucasfilm and Executive Producer of the DVD release, on the official Star Wars website. "George worked with Industrial Light & Magic and Producer Rick McCallum to finish most of these scenes with complete visual effects and sound design, and they bring a new perspective to the movie." George Lucas has also said that he wants to re-release all of the movies in 3D form. It is doubtful that we’ll be watching them through old-fashioned cardboard glasses, though. Knowing Lucas, he will be using cutting edge technology to add yet another new dimension to the Star Wars saga. |