Shem Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Then there is the $50,000 cost per episode that needs to drop before this can even get started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAiNz.2da Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 As far as I can remember, they've always said that any live-action series would be set between the Trilogies.True.. just wishful thinking on my part But if it is more focused on smugglers and gangsters and the like, I think that would be great. Definitely! And from the mention of the underground bosses/drugs/prostitution bit (though just descriptor words for the article I'm sure).. I'd say it will be more attuned to that seedier line. At least on a grittier path than we've seen before. Then there is the $50,000 cost per episode that needs to drop before this can even get started.True enough.. but hell, stick the Star Wars name on anything and ad revenue will pour in. Networks will fight to carry that brand. Like it or not, The Clone Wars pulled Cartoon Network to the top of all animated networks and Guinness World Records awarded it "the highest rated sci-fi animation currently on television". I don't think cost would be "too" big of a factor as long as it carried the Star Wars name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 .... True enough.. but hell, stick the Star Wars name on anything and ad revenue will pour in. Networks will fight to carry that brand. Like it or not, The Clone Wars pulled Cartoon Network to the top of all animated networks and Guinness World Records awarded it "the highest rated sci-fi animation currently on television". I don't think cost would be "too" big of a factor as long as it carried the Star Wars name. I agree. GL hasn't killed that goose yet. I'm sure that when it gets to the point of flogging a dead horse, they'll still squeeze more $$ out than many an original concept show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 But if it is more focused on smugglers and gangsters and the like, I think that would be great. Yeah, I could get into that. I'm more interested in wretched hives of scum and villainy than anything involving the Jedi at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primogen Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 A $50,000 price tag per episode seems really low to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltiades Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 A $50,000 price tag per episode seems really low to me. Doesn't Lucasfilm have to fund it all by themselves, though? Where other shows have the fundings of the tv networks, Lucas does tend to work independently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl Alt Del Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Doesn't Lucasfilm have to fund it all by themselves, though? Where other shows have the fundings of the tv networks, Lucas does tend to work independently. Why would they do that? Does that warrant all the revenue for them too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lion54 Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I just can't get over the fact that it seems most Star Wars fans hate Jedi... It's like saying "Yea, I'd go see the new X-Men movie, but the Mutants have just been done too much. I love the universe they created for it, though. I just want a movie without Mutants in that universe!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl Alt Del Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I just can't get over the fact that it seems most Star Wars fans hate Jedi... It's like saying "Yea, I'd go see the new X-Men movie, but the Mutants have just been done too much. I love the universe they created for it, though. I just want a movie without Mutants in that universe!" Well, originally SW had very little do to with the Force and Force users. Actually, as much as telekinesis, mind tricks and lightsabers were cool, the firefights in land, the dogfights in space and the Galactic Civil War - which had more of the previous two than any Jedi/Sith action - were the selling points for me back in the OT days. And I'm sure many people would agree. I'm certain most people are ok with seeing Jedi waving sabers around (although that should make little sense on the timeline they've chosen (then again, after TFU and some comics, maybe not)); what they're asking for is that the series is not centered on the Jedi or Sith, instead focusing on the riff-raff of the galaxy and other minor groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanius Anglesmith Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I was under the impression that he claimed each episode would cost around $50 million. Besides, no matter when the story takes place, I have absolutely no faith in this show as long as Lucas is in charge of script-writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 It was $50 million, and I just took it as Lucasspeak for "We're not working on it". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Its gonna be in about 10 years, and its gonna be bad, and its gonna screw continuity, and its gonna divide fans... Its just... Gonna... Suck. George Lucas' Star Wars is now garbage, Its like all along he wanted to be Walt Disney, but people with integrity pointed him in the right direction... I dont believe for a second that this supposed Live action show will be about Criminals drugs and Prostitution in an Original Trilogy setting, It will be about a small boy who loses his toy wampa, but a kind older bearded man tells him about the magical fairy people of Nolnoidia, and they all lived happily ever after, and some politics, and a Gungan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I dont believe for a second that this supposed Live action show will be about Criminals drugs and Prostitution in an Original Trilogy setting, It will be about a small boy who loses his toy wampa, but a kind older bearded man tells him about the magical fairy people of Nolnoidia, and they all lived happily ever after, and some politics, and a Gungan. Ain't that the truth... Hell they took Spice outta Star Wars Galaxies, because it was kinda sorta a drug reference. They made a kinder gentler Han who's reacting to a shot instead of shooting first. They put JarJar Binks into the movie... And to those that think it's strange that those who love the OT tend to not like Jedi, time how much screen time sabers get in the OT. There was far more space action and blaster action than saber action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltiades Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 And to those that think it's strange that those who love the OT tend to not like Jedi, time how much screen time sabers get in the OT. There was far more space action and blaster action than saber action. I also think it's partly because the prequels destroyed the mysticism surrounding Jedi. The OT used the exposure of lightsaber fights and force attacks scarcely, while the prequels completely destroyed the myth, from the revelation of midichlorians to battles with hundreds of Jedi fighting beside troopers. It made the appearance of Jedi less special. I think it's a good idea for the Live Action series to leave out Jedi and Sith, since it's been overexposured and is just one part of what makes Star Wars cool. @CAD: I may have interpreted it wrong, but I was under the impression Lucas created his own studio as not be dependent of other studios who would curb his creativity (heh, yeah, I know) and that he would continue to do so with all his projects, and that both the funding and the revenue would be in Lucasfilms' hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Well, originally SW had very little do to with the Force and Force users. Actually, as much as telekinesis, mind tricks and lightsabers were cool, the firefights in land, the dogfights in space and the Galactic Civil War - which had more of the previous two than any Jedi/Sith action - were the selling points for me back in the OT days. And I'm sure many people would agree.Totally agree. When I was growing up Han was the coolest because he had the ship and got the girl. Everyone wanted to be X-Wing pilots. In the winter we pretended we were troopers on Hoth. Most people had never heard of the Sith, and at best only knew that Vader was one. I like Jedi as much as the next fan, but to me and many older fans, there is a lot more that makes Star Wars cool than Jedi. That is why I don't really agree with the X-Men analogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I wouldn't mind if it never got made to be honest with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicous Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 (This might be slightly off-topic, sorry if it is) I'd like if Lucas actually moved foward (whether that's more films or a tv show) from the OT as opposed to hanging around this PT/OT time period. The way I see it he could jump foward 20-30 years in the timeline from RotJ and do something there. The actors from the OT are only going to be around for so long before that's no longer an option so I think George should move on in the timeline with these characters while he still can. (To keep it slightly more on topic): I agree that there doesn't need to be a huge focus on Jedi in any of the SW media. They're one group in a entire galaxy full of many different kinds of beings, the Jedi are intresting but they aren't the only intresting part of the SW universe in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredi Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 Latest info? http://geek-news.mtv.com/2011/06/15/star-wars-tv-show-on-its-wayweve-got-some-of-the-details/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexrd Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Latest info? http://geek-news.mtv.com/2011/06/15/star-wars-tv-show-on-its-wayweve-got-some-of-the-details/ Gotta love the misleading title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltiades Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Latest info? http://geek-news.mtv.com/2011/06/15/star-wars-tv-show-on-its-wayweve-got-some-of-the-details/ I think we already got most of the info from this. Besides, "on it's way" when it's effectively on hold right now? Misleading indeed. Edit: A new Star Wars series has been announced, though. Star Wars: Detours is another TV series that's going to exist next to the Clone Wars series. No details on what's it about, though as IGN speculated, it might be Seth Green's comedy series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverandbacon Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 A live action SW series that focuses on the 'scum and villainy' that the prequels largely lacked? Yes please. A sci-fi show influenced by Westerns, with rogues with hearts of gold, crime lords, bounty hunters, and rare people with mysterious powers hunted by an evil empire? Sounds like Firefly. In fact, take Firefly, make the necessary changes to names, tech, and creatures to fit into Star Wars, and they've got the perfect formula for a SW tv series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 A live action SW series that focuses on the 'scum and villainy' that the prequels largely lacked? Yes please. A sci-fi show influenced by Westerns, with rogues with hearts of gold, crime lords, bounty hunters, and rare people with mysterious powers hunted by an evil empire? Sounds like Firefly. In fact, take Firefly, make the necessary changes to names, tech, and creatures to fit into Star Wars, and they've got the perfect formula for a SW tv series. Personally, I'm of the opinion that they could just bring Firefly back and have a great TV series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I'll take the live-action Cowboy Bebop then. <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I'll take the live-action Cowboy Bebop then. <3 Careful what you wish for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Avlectus Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I'll take the live-action Cowboy Bebop then. <3 Hell. Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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