http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/TVNews/Articles/090312_live_star_wars_MH

Fyi, for those that would be interested :)

Looks interesting thanks

I'm very happy to hear that there would be no Jedi in this show.

But I remeber hearing some time ago that it was based around a bounty hunter. I don't know if I misread that or if something changed but I think it's unfortunate as it would be a much more interesting show IMO.

Thanks for the link Arc.

As long as they don't try to sell you cards I may watch it.

Boy oh boy. A T.V. series based on SW but no where do you find Jedi. That's strange. Mr. Lucas seems to love putting Jedi in everything he makes about SW. Why? Cuz it's not Star Warsy enough without them. I think Mr. Lucas needs to have a talk with his Lucas Arts division. Seems that Jedi are gods over there, and without Jedi anything SW would be epic fail. Of course we Galaxies vets could tell him that Jedi does NOT make SW, the story telling does.

Originally posted by infrared1

Boy oh boy. A T.V. series based on SW but no where do you find Jedi. That's strange. Mr. Lucas seems to love putting Jedi in everything he makes about SW. Why? Cuz it's not Star Warsy enough without them. I think Mr. Lucas needs to have a talk with his Lucas Arts division. Seems that Jedi are gods over there, and without Jedi anything SW would be epic fail. Of course we Galaxies vets could tell him that Jedi does NOT make SW, the story telling does.

Did we now? I played SWG almost since launch for 4 years straight. Still, with my Pikeman I missed Jedi every damn day. SW IS JEDI. *hand wave* Never understood why people are interesting in something like being Stromtrooper (aka dumb cannonfodder) or Bounty Hunters (aka human scum), let alone watch soldier's war antics. I prefer more elegant, civilized people. Aka Jedi. At any day.

Quite a letdown for me to make a SW tv show without Jedi. Waste'o'time.

Originally posted by Elikal

Did we now? I played SWG almost since launch for 4 years straight. Still, with my Pikeman I missed Jedi every damn day. SW IS JEDI. *hand wave* Never understood why people are interesting in something like being Stromtrooper (aka dumb cannonfodder) or Bounty Hunters (aka human scum), let alone watch soldier's war antics. I prefer more elegant, civilized people. Aka Jedi. At any day.

Quite a letdown for me to make a SW tv show without Jedi. Waste'o'time.

Serious questions.  What makes you believe Star Wars is all about Jedi?  Also, the original trilogy wasn't very "elegant" in the sense that I suspect you're trying to convey.  The Star Wars galaxy is a pretty rough and tumble place.  I wouldn't call Jedi elegant or all that civilized.  To draw a parallel with your sig image; Palpatine was right.

Originally posted by Suvroc

I'm very happy to hear that there would be no Jedi in this show.

But I remeber hearing some time ago that it was based around a bounty hunter. I don't know if I misread that or if something changed but I think it's unfortunate as it would be a much more interesting show IMO.

Thanks for the link Arc.

 

Rick McCallum said, in 2006, that a bounty hunter would be a focus of the show.  Lucas said, in 2007, that the show would divide its time between focussing on four different characters.  However, McCallum said, quote, “I think if we can get [the live action Star Wars TV series] right, it’s something that can go on for years and years. One of the ideas is that we’ll have multiple series going on in about two or three year’s time."  So, depending on how it plays out we'll either have 1 show, or 25% of a show, focussing on, most likely, Boba Fett (the chump that he is).

Since it's supposedly going to follow minor characters though, I'm not sure if Boba Fett would be the focus.  I think Boba Fett is a minor character, Lucas certainly thought he was when he made the original trilogy.  However, Fett has grown way more than he was ever expected to, so is he still a minor character?  I guess we'll see.

Either way, TV shows are about ratings.  They can't run a Star Wars TV show without ever having a main character pop up and be the focus of, at the very least, a single episode.  Boba Fett will likely turn up.  A young Han Solo might turn up.  A Jedi will almost certainly be shown...hopefully being hunted down and killed as part of the purge.  Since it's supposed to be a more character driven, adult show, I think a good old fashioned beating of a Jedi would be a good way for the series to start.

We see the typical, "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."  However, rather than go to the classic Star Wars theme/space crawl, you hear the hum of a lightsaber and see its (green or blue) light reflecting on a wall.  A second saber ignites and it casts a red glow on the wall.  You hear cracks as the two lightsabers clash, then a scream.  The beaten, broken body of a Jedi falls in front of the camera.  The green or blue saber shuts off and the red saber continues to cast its glow.  The Jedi has a dead stare that pierces the camera, and the audience, signaling that this Star Wars show is a bit more grown up than the Clone Wars cartoon.  Signal the Star Wars theme/crawl.

Originally posted by Elikal

Originally posted by infrared1

Boy oh boy. A T.V. series based on SW but no where do you find Jedi. That's strange. Mr. Lucas seems to love putting Jedi in everything he makes about SW. Why? Cuz it's not Star Warsy enough without them. I think Mr. Lucas needs to have a talk with his Lucas Arts division. Seems that Jedi are gods over there, and without Jedi anything SW would be epic fail. Of course we Galaxies vets could tell him that Jedi does NOT make SW, the story telling does.

 

Did we now? I played SWG almost since launch for 4 years straight. Still, with my Pikeman I missed Jedi every damn day. SW IS JEDI. *hand wave* Never understood why people are interesting in something like being Stromtrooper Just cuz you dont think its cool doesnt mean its not relative to everyone else. (aka dumb cannonfodder) or Bounty Hunters (aka human scum), let alone watch soldier's war antics. I prefer more elegant, civilized people. Aka Jedi. At any day.

Quite a letdown for me to make a SW tv show without Jedi. Waste'o'time.

Yes we do. In the begining there were no Jedi in the game and people were ok with that for the most part. When Jedi became a staple in the game, there were not 10k Jedi running around, they were rare for a good time. The way it should be. Later it became a mess though. I'm not saying there shouldn't be Jedi, I just think it's strange that he's not putting them in the T.V. series. If you look at the first movie, jedi was not the focus of the movie, it was a heroic story, a fight between good and evil. I stick with my original statement. SW is not about Jedi, It's about story. At least until the prequals, then it was all about the Jedi. If you like Jedi thats cool, but i think you are 100% wrong to say SW IS JEDI.

Originally posted by ArcAngel3

http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/TVNews/Articles/090312_live_star_wars_MH

Fyi, for those that would be interested :)

From the article "There will be Stormtroopers, but no Jedi or Darth Vader will appear on screen.”
 

Yes.  And Star Trek Voyager was set millions of light years from the Federation, which is why it stood all alone with no crossovers from any other Trek show.

This may be the honest intent, but I seriously doubt the fans will accept a SW without the occasional glowbat.

Originally posted by infrared1

Yes we do. In the begining there were no Jedi in the game and people were ok with that for the most part. When Jedi became a staple in the game, there were not 10k Jedi running around, they were rare for a good time. The way it should be. Later it became a mess though. I'm not saying there shouldn't be Jedi, I just think it's strange that he's not putting them in the T.V. series. If you look at the first movie, jedi was not the focus of the movie, it was a heroic story, a fight between good and evil. I stick with my original statement. SW is not about Jedi, It's about story. At least until the prequals, then it was all about the Jedi. If you like Jedi thats cool, but i think you are 100% wrong to say SW IS JEDI.

Agreed.  The OT, in my opinion, is as much about Han Solo, Leia (not a Jedi in the movies, only the books afterward), Chewbacca, R2, and 3PO as it is about Vader and Luke.

I think it will be a good thing not to have any jedi or DV in the live series. GL is staying with the SW canon on this and that's a good thing. Let us remember, the great jedi purge mostly took place in EpIII. Shows depicting the rise of the rebels and treachery of the empire will make for some good entertainment.

Does anyone actually care about Star Wars anymore? Like seriously ever since Episode 6 it has been aload of shit, the only good thing to come outta the IP is Episode 4 and 5. It just seems to get worse and worse as it goes along.

Originally posted by John.A.Zoid

Does anyone actually care about Star Wars anymore? Like seriously ever since Episode 6 it has been aload of shit, the only good thing to come outta the IP is Episode 4 and 5. It just seems to get worse and worse as it goes along.

Ever since I met David Prowse (in full costume) at a Shopping Mall at the age of 9, part of me will always enjoy StarWars ^_^.  My mom took me lol, mom's cool. 

That was followed up by the coolest night at the drive-in theatre I had as a kid, watching the Empire Strikes Back.  Second favourite drive-in experience was Jaws lol ^_^.  Damn that was scary as a kid.  I don't think they were supposed to let me in :P.

Anyways, as far as StarWars Movies go, my favourites are still the original trilogy, especially some of the classic scenes.  You know "that's no Moon!" "I'm your father," "Noooooo!" etc. lol.  I must admit though, I did enjoy Attack of the Clones.  The title always sounded kind of corny to me, but hey I grew up watching Godzilla vs. Megalon, so I have a high tolerance for cornball sci-fi, as long as there's enough butter on the popcorn.  Attack of the Clones was kind of a cool story I thought and answered a lot of questions about main characters.  I also thought the fighter duel between Obi and Jango was a visual feast.  The clone war battle scenes were also pretty cool I thought.  Also watching all the Star Destroyers take of at the end to begin the War gave me the same kind of feeling as the opening Star Destroyer seen in the first film.  Love that.

Lately, I've enjoyed some of that Cone Wars animated series with my kids.  The absolutely love it, and that makes it a hit for me right there.  I also enjoy the stories, effects and some of the way the characters are done.  They're characaturized to an extent, which I find subtly amusing.

So, I'll check this show out.  My kids are very excited about it too ^_^.  Thanks for all the fun G.L.!

I dunno the new movies had some of the worst acting I've ever seen and theres no character building cause it moves from scene to scene and it was like they were just trying to pack everything in to those 3 movies to lead upto Episode 4 and it felt rushed. Other things I hated were the scripts because the writing was so poor and had some of the worst lines ever like "Are you an angel?" Or Drth Vader doing that stupid "NOOOOOOOOOOO". How Anakin got turned to the Dark Side also seemed really piss poor like anyone could easily see he was the Sith and what he was trying to do and then all of a sudden he's evil killing kids for no reason and hated his Master who he's been with since a child........ just really unrealistic and dumb like the ending of Episode 6.

The Clone Wars is even worse with it's shitty cheesy cliche script writing and stiff animation. Like Disney has some of the best animation in the business and when you watch something like Bolt and then The Clone Wars, you just wanna stab that fat arse Lucas. I really think the only reason kids love Star Wars is cause it looks kool but when I was a child I woulda thought it was totaly dumb and hated on it. As a child I loved the original Star Wars films and I loved watching 18 rated movies with my friends. We don't need everything to be dumbed down and made stupid because kids arn't stupid, so why treat them like that and make shit like The Clone Wars.

Just a shame General Grievous had to be part of the new movies cause he was badass.

the tv series will revolve around a young mandoralian.  and it goes a little something like this:

I wanna be the very best
Like noone ever was
To catch them is my real test
To train them is my cause
I will travel across the land
Searching far and wide
Each soe tcg
to understand
The power that's inside

Chorus
tcg!
It's you and me
I know it's my destiny
tcg!
Ooh, you're my best friend
In a world we must defend
tcg!
Our hearts so true
Our courage will pull us through
You teach me and I'll teach you
tcg!
Gotta catch 'em all!

Every challenge along the way
With courage I will face
I will battle every day
To purchase  my rightful place
Come with me, the time is right
There's no better team
Arm in arm we'll win the fight
It's always been our dream

Originally posted by tman5

Originally posted by ArcAngel3

http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/TVNews/Articles/090312_live_star_wars_MH

Fyi, for those that would be interested :)

 

From the article "There will be Stormtroopers, but no Jedi or Darth Vader will appear on screen.”
 

Yes.  And Star Trek Voyager was set millions of light years from the Federation, which is why it stood all alone with no crossovers from any other Trek show.

This may be the honest intent, but I seriously doubt the fans will accept a SW without the occasional glowbat.

Apparently you never saw the multiple episodes with Commander Riker, Q, and a few others, then.
 

And SERIOUS Star Wars fans will revel in a Jedi-free Star Wars environment if it is during the time they were hunted to near extinction.

Star Wars was never about the glowbats, not really. The original Star Wars trilogy was about the classic fantasy of the Knight ( Skywalker ) rescuing the Princess ( Leia ) from the evil Wizards ( Vader and Palpatine ). It was good vs. evil, right vs.wrong, the people against a repressive regime ( there is a reason why the Empire uniforms look like Nazi uniforms and, of course, "stormtroopers" ).

In the "expanded story" ( Episodes I-VI ) it became the story of Anakin Skywalker ( Vader ). The story of a good man lead to evil, and his redemption at the hands of his son.

It was no more about the glowbats than Camelot, King Arthur, and the Knights of the Round Table was about Excalibur.

They were weapons, with their own mythos perhaps. But at the end of the day, they were just weapons. They were not the "soul" of the story.

If it takes place between Ep III and IV, then there shouldn't be many appearances of Jedi.  Characters that you never see faces of like Vader or Boba Fett should make appearances occasionally.

I'm someone that leans toward Star Wars = Jedi, but I'd certainly watch a Jedi-free TV series as long as the story and dialog are compelling.

I don't really mind if it has some jedi elements, as long as those jedi elements are not the central ones. They can even be pyvotal in driving the story, but overall I'm much more interested in seeing, let's say smugler joe or Bounty Hunter McEvil than extra jedi number 32.

Hell they can even make it about han solo (wouldnt be the best option  but would still be digestable)  but cut on the jedi since we all already know how the jedi and the sith see the events. 

Only exception I would grant would be  if it was centered on Vader between the moment he becomes vader and EP4. there is like 20 years of stories to be told (ok, we have some books about it, and some "tips" abount certain events but in general Palpatine wouldn't need vader to have him sited down 20 years on a ship waiting for leia to get the deathstar plans)... Doubt anyone will ever make a film or show out of it in the next years, since it would have to be much darker than what  what has been made around SW(except maybe ESB) 

Originally posted by WisebutCruel

Originally posted by tman5

Originally posted by ArcAngel3

http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/TVNews/Articles/090312_live_star_wars_MH

Fyi, for those that would be interested :)

 

From the article "There will be Stormtroopers, but no Jedi or Darth Vader will appear on screen.”
 

Yes.  And Star Trek Voyager was set millions of light years from the Federation, which is why it stood all alone with no crossovers from any other Trek show.

This may be the honest intent, but I seriously doubt the fans will accept a SW without the occasional glowbat.

Apparently you never saw the multiple episodes with Commander Riker, Q, and a few others, then.
 

And SERIOUS Star Wars fans will revel in a Jedi-free Star Wars environment if it is during the time they were hunted to near extinction.

Star Wars was never about the glowbats, not really. The original Star Wars trilogy was about the classic fantasy of the Knight ( Skywalker ) rescuing the Princess ( Leia ) from the evil Wizards ( Vader and Palpatine ). It was good vs. evil, right vs.wrong, the people against a repressive regime ( there is a reason why the Empire uniforms look like Nazi uniforms and, of course, "stormtroopers" ).

In the "expanded story" ( Episodes I-VI ) it became the story of Anakin Skywalker ( Vader ). The story of a good man lead to evil, and his redemption at the hands of his son.

It was no more about the glowbats than Camelot, King Arthur, and the Knights of the Round Table was about Excalibur.

They were weapons, with their own mythos perhaps. But at the end of the day, they were just weapons. They were not the "soul" of the story.

Q was very funny in DS9 lol