Post by LadyTass2001 on Apr 25, 2005 23:03:49 GMT -5
Found this at
filmforce.ign.com and thought it would make some good reading.
Two Star Wars Television Series Coming!
It's official: more adventures await us in the Star Wars universe.
April 25, 2005 - George Lucas made his first convention appearance in almost twenty years this week, and he had a special announcement to make. The creator of Star Wars and Indiana Jones told the 30,000-or-so attendees of Star Wars Celebration III that there were two Star Wars television series in the works at Lucasfilm.
The first, Clone Wars, will be an expanded adaptation of the animated Cartoon Network series. The Lucasfilm production, however, will feature full-length 30-minute episodes and be done with 3-D computer animation.
The second series will be a live-action production set during the time of the Empire, between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. It will feature few, if any, main characters from the prequel trilogy. Lucas stated that "we're probably not going to start that for about a year." Lucas added, "We want to write all the stories for the entire first season all at once. I'm going to get it started, and hire the show runners and all of that, then I'll probably step away."
This isn't Lucas's first foray as a television producer. He also developed the Young Indiana Jones spin-off series in the early Nineties alongside directing partner Steven Spielberg. It is not known yet who will be directing the two new Star Wars series.
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith opens in theaters everywhere on May 19th.
filmforce.ign.com and thought it would make some good reading.
Two Star Wars Television Series Coming!
It's official: more adventures await us in the Star Wars universe.
April 25, 2005 - George Lucas made his first convention appearance in almost twenty years this week, and he had a special announcement to make. The creator of Star Wars and Indiana Jones told the 30,000-or-so attendees of Star Wars Celebration III that there were two Star Wars television series in the works at Lucasfilm.
The first, Clone Wars, will be an expanded adaptation of the animated Cartoon Network series. The Lucasfilm production, however, will feature full-length 30-minute episodes and be done with 3-D computer animation.
The second series will be a live-action production set during the time of the Empire, between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. It will feature few, if any, main characters from the prequel trilogy. Lucas stated that "we're probably not going to start that for about a year." Lucas added, "We want to write all the stories for the entire first season all at once. I'm going to get it started, and hire the show runners and all of that, then I'll probably step away."
This isn't Lucas's first foray as a television producer. He also developed the Young Indiana Jones spin-off series in the early Nineties alongside directing partner Steven Spielberg. It is not known yet who will be directing the two new Star Wars series.
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith opens in theaters everywhere on May 19th.
