Astor Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 (This BBCode requires its accompanying plugin to work properly.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Here's an idea, George: Why not concentrate on things like intelligent dialog, character development and actual, as in not phoned-in, directing more than glitzy, yet still fake-looking, special effects and maybe, just maybe, it wouldn't have to cost $50 million an episode. What a concept! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl Alt Del Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 An obvious hyperbole... right? I don't quite buy what he's claiming but whatever. I still wanna see that series come to light someday - not if it's anything like the Clone Wars, mind you (yep, another CW bashing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 50 million? Firefly cost around 10 for the pilot. Glalactica cost around 17 per episode. What the heck are they spending the cash on? They hiring Will Smith to play a young Mace Windu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Are you seriously asking what a big pile of money would be spent on for a Star Wars show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I don't know why... but I'm reminded of this... (This BBCode requires its accompanying plugin to work properly.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Are you seriously asking what a big pile of money would be spent on for a Star Wars show?With the times as they are now, I would think most of that money goes to the cost of fuel for the TIE's and the Falcon. I heard the Falcon only gets 25-lightyears to the giga-gallon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revan 411 Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I can't see Lucas and Co. spending $50 Million Dollars on each episode of the live action series. Seriously, to me, that's like asking to be broke. Especially since they're planning on broadcasting 400 episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shem Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Well, that explains why it's taking so long to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I wish he would just retire, its gonna be retcon followed by poor dialog followed by retcon followed by terrible sidekick character... and retcon. I hope its good, but at the minute, the only Star Wars I enjoy is old or is being written by someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztalker Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Here's an idea, George: Why not concentrate on things like intelligent dialog, character development and actual, as in not phoned-in, directing more than glitzy, yet still fake-looking, special effects and maybe, just maybe, it wouldn't have to cost $50 million an episode. What a concept! Yeah. They could do a 'Stargate' and have the story center around people. Having a Jedi walk through a forest near the studio's is considerably cheaper then rendering the forest in 3d.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexrd Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 An obvious hyperbole... right? Exactly my thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtas Vadum Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Maybe a better option would be having some new material from another era, and not bleeding that TPM-ROTJ one for everything it has. Namely because it seems set in what happens(along with the fans seeing a majority of it), so why add anything new to it? Though that might just be how Lucas works. Anything other than the movie period has to hope to slip through, and anything in the movie period? Its given a cliched story, characters we've seen before, and a dozen retcons making one think it just can't be decided on exactly how Anakin fell to the dark-side. I'd love to watch, but that movie Era is getting old to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Nigma Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Lucas has stated that, in producing the show, "we will do what would typically cost $20 million, for $1 million." According to IESB, McCallum has said that each episode will have a budget of 2-4 million dollars. That's a long way to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I hope its good, but at the minute, the only Star Wars I enjoy is old or is being written by someone else.My understanding is that this show wouldn't be written by Lucas. Maybe a better option would be having some new material from another era, and not bleeding that TPM-ROTJ one for everything it has.It isn't the TPM-ROTJ, its the Dark Times era which has very little material in it currently. Having a Jedi walk through a forest near the studio's is considerably cheaper then rendering the forest in 3d....According to reports, there are no jedi (or at least main characters) in the show. It would focus on a group of more fringe-like characters. But by all means, everyone continue to nerd rage like it was 2003! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 HEY! I'm only the first quote bud... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VarsityPuppet Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 It isn't the TPM-ROTJ, its the Dark Times era which has very little material in it currently. Doesn't that count as TPM through ROTJ According to reports, there are no jedi (or at least main characters) in the show. It would focus on a group of more fringe-like characters. We'll see how long that one lasts You know, I kind of wish that movies in general used a bit more puppets and actual physical effects instead of just CGIing everything. Unless he's making an army of puppets or something, I don't see how 50 million would go into each episode: CGI is supposed to be the cheaper way, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltiades Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Less Jedi, no grand war and more focused on character development... how can this possibly cost that much per episode? When people with little to no budget can be creative for videos for YouTube, surely Lucas can do better with a few millions an episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 From some very old information about this live-action TV series, I thought there wasn't going to be any Jedi since it's set between 3 and 4 and they've been wiped out or are in hiding. It was going to be focused on the beginnings of the rebellion against the empire and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC-1162 Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I thought TFU already did that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seikan Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Well then it will be retconned xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I thought TFU already did that? Well, from what I remember it was said that Darth Vader and the emperor and all that would only be mentioned infrequently and that the whole plot try to avoid the whole Jedi/Sith theme entirely since that's the main focus of the movies aside from the whole father/son deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltiades Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Yes, I think I remember Lucas mentioning that at the most, major characters like Obi-Wan Kenobi would get a cameo appearance. With the exception of Boba Fett. Though I'm not sure it's been said that they were going to avoid the Jedi completely, a season with a Jedi in hiding as the overarching plot, for example, could work. But the focus would indeed be on civilians, soldiers and the scum of the galaxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 An obvious hyperbole... right? Yeah, I didn't buy it, either. I suspect that it's probably just LucasSpeak™ for "We'll most likely end up not making it." Given the truly craptastic film-making that Lucasfilm has produced over the past 11 years, I can't say that I'd care either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralPloKoon Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Well then it will be retconned xD TFU retconned? That doesn't sound too bad actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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