We have news about the upcoming Star Wars TV show for you today thanks to our good friends over at MTV:
If you thought the cantina in Mos Eisley was a “wretched hive of scum and villainy,” well you’d better be cautious because an upcoming journey back to the “Star Wars” universe is going to reveal the “greasy, seamy underbelly of ‘Star Wars.’” That’s what Steve Sansweet, Lucasfilm’s Director of Fan Relations, revealed to MTV News at New York’s Comic Con yesterday about the much anticipated live-action “Star Wars” TV show in development. Confirming that the show will “involve some characters we know” along with new creations, Sansweet said the show would be “of epic scale.”
As for how Lucas and company are going to approach such a massive undertaking he said “it will take advantage of everything George has learned about digital.” I guess that means it will at least look a little better than that that “Star Wars Holiday Special.” Sansweet said the initial writers of the show have been selected and “they’ve had their first couple sessions working with George and [producer] Rick [McCallum].” So when can we expect all of this? “We’ll see it in production probably sometime in 2009. Hopefully the series will be on by 2010,” said Sansweet.
I am all for a gritty, dirty filthy look at the Star Wars universe. I love Star Wars 4, 5 and 6 and watch them at least once every year. Lucas created a fantastic universe that is rife with possibilities and will serve as an excellent platform for an ongoing science fiction television show. With hope, the team of writers they have assembled are people of vision and talent. I look forward to going from world to world and also getting to know some cities, bars and locals very well.
There is a magic to Star Wars that was absent from the prequels, but with luck – will return to the television show. Star Trek was able to convert a TV show into a number of kick ass films; now we wait to see if Star Wars can take the wonder of the films and stretch it out into a television series.
As much as I bitch about the prequels – I still want this to rule. I want to see Bossk fight IG-88 for a bounty. I want to see more people fed to the sarlak pit, and gosh darn it, I want to see more fuckin’ jedi slashing shit to bits with light-sabers.
I expect big things from the Star Wars universe because it’s a vision that demands excellence.
Less than 2 years to go – giddy up!
