mez1109 Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Has George Lucas ever thought about making Star Wars TV Episodes? Stargate did this instead of releasing Stargate 2, and the episodes are exellent. The movies are exellent, but I love to see episodes. I wonder if the episodes are based on the new episodes, or the old episodes, but I think it probably be EU, like on Kyle's life. Can you just imagine, light saber fights and space battles once a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Kaan Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Would be cool. Doubt it will ever happen, But ya never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotionMan Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Noo no episodes. SW would go down the drain. 1. George Lucas wouldnt be writting or making them. 2. After a while they would start introducing all of these crazy charecters and ideas to keep the show fresh. 3. EU-There isnt anything bad with EU. BUT we would have to alot of the off the wall stuff. Like: There could be an episode about Boba Fett and how he single handedly defeated an army of thousands without getting a scratch. Clones of EVRYONE will run rampant. You would have super powerfull Jedis that make Yoda look like crap. ect.ect. Not a good idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 ACK! No Star Wars Episodes....that would send star wars the way of..............star trek The lightsaber battles would be weak, with only a week of rehearsing, there would be no meaning, no drama, etc. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Exar Kun27 Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 I most defiently agree. Theuy shouldn't create a TV series. It would get tiresome and when they write the script, they would have to go to Lucas for approval because Lucas has approved every book on the star wars timeline. If he didn't like what they wrote they they wouldn't have an episode for that week. It would kill it completely. Oh and they used to have 2 star wars cartoon series, Star Wars Droid Adventures Starring See-Threepio and Artoo-Detoo. And Star Wars Ewok Adventures starring Wicket W. Warwick and the rest of the tribe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 And Stargate isn't all that good...being that it's on at like 2 in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi_Monk Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 I think a SW series would be a great idea... it'd work best as an anthology series, like Outer Limits where there's a different character and situation each week. Different actors, different settings, different screenwriters. Also, I've seen some of the best swordfights on TV in the Highlander TV series, and if ILM were behind the effects you know they'd be awesome. But a TV series would still be strictly EU, except for the times when Lucas decided to write an episode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mez1109 Posted July 19, 2002 Author Share Posted July 19, 2002 Yeah, that is what I taught, it series will be definately EU, as there is so much you can do with it. The Stargate episodes are actually doing very well, and do remember, these are only episodes, of course they don't beat the movies. SW does not have to be high buget to be good, and GL wouldn't mind, as the money be pouring in. Why not episodes, there are so many episodes out at the moment that can get away with murder in their storylines. Star Trek for example uses the same story line over and over again, but under different situations and characters, and calls them Deep Space Nine, Voyager or Enteprise. The Boba Fett story of killing a whole army of people actually sounds good, I like to see Boba in more action, as there was not much in the movies. As the series are going to be based on EU anyway, the movies won't be discredited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentSmith Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Well it's risky, they'd have to plan it and prepare it as well as they did the movies, which would make it a huge investment. I think it would work only if they (mainly George Lucas or him supervising) write the entire season beforehand, rehearse stunts and lightsaber battles well and then film everything and have ILM do the special effects. In fact that would mean years of preparation probably and they'd end up with 13 or 26 mini-movies or one long movie cut into 13 or 26 parts... Then it would work. Off course they couldn't go all crazy with the storyline either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotionMan Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 I dont think ILM would get involved if they ever made SW into a tv show. The special fx's would look weak compared to what we are used to. A tv series would just do more damage than good to the SW franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havoc Stryphe Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 Star Wars is cinematic, end of story. Without the wonderful Special effects, the months of cheography practice, and the Brilliance of George Lucas You would end up with another Star Wars: Holiday Special except it would be on a weekly basis! Star Wars was always meant for the big Screen, let's leave it that way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi_Monk Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 I think the only TV series out now that could really be compared to a SW series is FarScape. It has wonderful special effects, good action sequences, great sets... and if there were ever a SW TV series, ILM would deffinately be involved. And have you ever seen the SW Holiday Special? Because it was really just a variety show based on Star Wars... there would be no cartoons, no Jefferson Starship and no singing Carrie Fishers. I would really feel good about a SW series... it would be easier for the executive producer (hopefully, that'd be Lucas) to control its quality than with the novels (watching for an hour in your free time as opposed to reading for days pooring over every word...). And the SW universe is vast; they could completely avoid any contact with movie characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kstar__2 Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 i like the EU books, but please god no tv series!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiran Halcyon Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 TV series??? **that does not compute**you're under arrest** They will drop SW to Star Trek level AND the most important thing: Luke, Han, Leia, Lando, Chewbacca ect.. WILL NOT Be portrated by Mark Hammill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy D. Williams and Peter Mahew (or whatever ). Lucas made the Young Indiana Jones series anyways, but i thikn that the SW series will not be as good as the movies visually, and SURELY John Williams will not score them. I like the EU, as is: novels and comics. It will be wonderful to see some books made reality but not at that cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mez1109 Posted July 20, 2002 Author Share Posted July 20, 2002 Just listen to what Jedi_Monk said, Farscape has the high quality special effects. Yes, the series are not going to be AS good as the Movies, and they are not ment to be, they are TV series not Movies. The Star Trek or Rugrats Movies is of course higher quality then the series, even South Park the movie has better special effects then the series. These are probably bad examples as they were series turned into movies. Still, imagine this, series are about 30min to 45min long so the plot introduction to the series are about 15min long at the begining then 25min of saber action and force powers and space battles, 5min of near ending of the battle/main scene the last 5min of comedy relief, and the END TADA, you have episodes created. The series are NOT perfect, but it be exellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Bond Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 Star Wars stands out because it is the most successful film series of all time. Expanding into TV episode form would ruin the film's reputation. The fact that we are kept waiting three years between films builds up the suspense of the finished product. With episodes, people would get bored of the Star Wars name, and the films would have no effect. People would say "Oh, look... it's Star Wars... wow... that's not new..." instead of "IT'S THE NEW STAR WARS FILM! LET'S GO SEE IT NOW!" It's a complex system, but it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentSmith Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 I think they only way a Star Wars series would really work and be as good as the movies would be if the same amount of preparation and investment goes into it that goes into the movies. (With George Lucas at the helm making the end decisions off course.) So in the end that would mean we'd get one big movie cut into 26 parts (or how much episodes in the season). Then it would work and be good. Also it would have to be set in period before or after the movies or involve only characters who aren't main characters in the movies. Such as Aayla Secura!!! A series about her ... isn't that a good idea? Seriously that would be great have an episode about a few characters like that, such as Aayla Secura, Plo Koon, Ki-Adi Mundi, Mace Windu, Quinlan Vos, the Dark Woman, Aurra Sing, ... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mez1109 Posted July 21, 2002 Author Share Posted July 21, 2002 Commander Bond, never thought about that. When a new Star Trek Movie comes out, I do say oh yeah a new ST movie might go see it, I have never seen a ST movie in the Cinema, only on video and TV. It still does not put me of the SW series, as they still are definately going to be EU based IF released, so the movies are not spoiled much. Most people are scared that the TV Series of SW are not going to be the same standared as the movies. Sorry you guys, but I mentioned several times, THESE ARE TV SERIES.......... ........they are NOT Movies.... ........they are NOT Movies cut into Series.......... .......they ARE TV Series........ .......they ARE Low Budget........ .......they WONT have the SW Movies total Look.............. ......they ARE ONLY 30-45min long episodes. AND........ ......SW Episodes can never in a million, zillion years be in anyway compared by Quality to the Movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 Ugh. I truly believe that a Star Wars TV series would ruin star wars. It would feel very silly i think. To see Star Wars for only 30-60 minutes at a time, once a week? i would not enjoy it. I dont really feel like typing a lot to really explain what is wrong with it. But it would not be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mez1109 Posted July 23, 2002 Author Share Posted July 23, 2002 WHY? It won't hurt Anybody. Like you might hate EU, but WITHOUT EU ther be no Kyle Ketarn for the Jedi Knight Games. SW once a week, why not? It might create new characters and with that make a change in SW history. Don't let Star Trek get away with it. When GL gave Boba Fett some screne time, and put him in the movies as the BAD GUY, fans when mad about Boba. Boba T-Shirts, Mugs, Action Figures etc., ALL that for a minor character...... ....the point of stating something so obvious Imagine Boba Fett in series, like 'The Jouney Of Boba Fett', something like that. Alot of people would kill to see that, at last Boba has more screen time. I just want to know what Boba did in his life to achieve to become the best bounty hunter, maybe he started as a good guy then became evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 but it WILL hurt. It will destroy Star Wars and send it down the road of Star Trek. Star Wars is EPIC. An epic tale of good versus evil. TV series are not epic. Ack, just imagining it makes me feel not good, i like it not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryllith Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 I also dislike the idea of putting it into television format. I just don't see it that way, quite frankly. Chances are if it was done this way, it wouldn't be written by Lucas, and quite frankly, if it's not Lucas then I'm not really interested. I admit, that I wouldn't mind seeing the story of Boba Fett between Episode II (or III) and Empire... now if we could convince Lucas to develop a movie trilogy about it... Kryllith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotionMan Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 Story of Boba between Ep.2 and 3: Teenage Boba , Greedo and Bossk enrole in bounty hunter school. They have alot of silly adventures. Boba forgets about his father being killed by Mace. Boba soon travels to the other side of the galaxy to find himself and to train in the hostile worlds in the edge of the galaxy. By the time ep.3 comes along he is far away from coruscant,naboo, tatooine and the other neighboring planets. He is nowere near Mace windu when he dies. Boba holds no anger towards the noble Jedi. He is just a simple teenage soon to be bounty hunter. the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 That's a touching story, but i don't think Greedo went to bounty hunting school.........i think he enrolled in one of those mail-order class things.....thus explaining why he was so crappy against han solo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryllith Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 Originally posted by MotionMan Story of Boba between Ep.2 and 3: Teenage Boba , Greedo and Bossk enrole in bounty hunter school. They have alot of silly adventures. Boba forgets about his father being killed by Mace. Boba soon travels to the other side of the galaxy to find himself and to train in the hostile worlds in the edge of the galaxy. By the time ep.3 comes along he is far away from coruscant,naboo, tatooine and the other neighboring planets. He is nowere near Mace windu when he dies. Boba holds no anger towards the noble Jedi. He is just a simple teenage soon to be bounty hunter. the end. See! This is why I only accept the movies as the true Star Wars story! (Let me guess though, Lucas TOLD MotionMan about this when he was originally writing Empire Strikes Back, so though it's not in any movie it must be "canon" ) Kryllith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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