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nett40  115 posts
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Date Posted: 7/2 1:28pm Subject: George Lucas' new live -action TV-series?
Dark_Lord_THX_1138 posted:
You are talking about literally "Re Making" the prequel trilogy


No, no I'm simply talking about re-editing the existing movies and expanding it with a few other Jedis adventures, like he has done in the animated Clone Wars series. There are 3 movies, if an episode last approx. 30 min. then you can turn these approx. 6 hours into 12 episodes. You then only need 8 episodes to have a full Season. He could make a couple of Episodes about a young jedi in training, Anakin, taking place between "Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones". An episode about Sifo Dias and how he was killed. Episodes with Aayla Secura, Plo Kloon and others incl lots of battles...

 

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Drewton  316 posts
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Date Posted: 7/2 2:49pm Subject: George Lucas' new live -action TV-series? - Date Edited: 7/2 2:50pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Drewton
nett40 posted:

Concerning big movies being the way forward, for Star Trek. I doubt it very much, Star Trek is big because of the series not the movies (that franchise was never really about the movies).


It is now, and it's gotten a lot better because of it.

 

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nett40  115 posts
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Date Posted: 7/2 4:16pm Subject: George Lucas' new live -action TV-series?
Drewton posted:
nett40 posted:

Concerning big movies being the way forward, for Star Trek. I doubt it very much, Star Trek is big because of the series not the movies (that franchise was never really about the movies).


It is now, and it's gotten a lot better because of it.


So you don't think there should be a Live-action Star Wars TV-show?

 

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Drewton  316 posts
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Date Posted: 7/2 5:29pm Subject: George Lucas' new live -action TV-series? - Date Edited: 7/2 5:38pm (3 edits total) Edited By: Drewton
nett40 posted:
Drewton posted:
nett40 posted:

Concerning big movies being the way forward, for Star Trek. I doubt it very much, Star Trek is big because of the series not the movies (that franchise was never really about the movies).


It is now, and it's gotten a lot better because of it.


So you don't think there should be a Live-action Star Wars TV-show?


I do, I just don't want TV to be the only future of Star Wars as George Lucas says it is, or changing the films into TV episodes.

Back to the original topic, whether I want anything you mentioned in your first post to happen or not, I can say with 99.9% certainty that most if not all of those things are not going to be what the LAS will be like.

 

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Game3525  1450 posts
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Date Posted: 7/2 6:51pm Subject: George Lucas' new live -action TV-series?
No offense, but this is a terrible idea. Why would Lucas just four years removed from ROTS, go back and basically remake them. I for one hope GL stays with the "Dark times" era, he is already "remaking" the Clone Wars, I don't see why he would redo the PT.

 

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nett40  115 posts
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Date Posted: 7/2 10:43pm Subject: George Lucas' new live -action TV-series?
Game3525 posted:
No offense, but this is a terrible idea. Why would Lucas just four years removed from ROTS, go back and basically remake them. I for one hope GL stays with the "Dark times" era, he is already "remaking" the Clone Wars, I don't see why he would redo the PT.


I DIDN'T SAY REMAKE THE PT, I said turn the 3 movies into 12 Episodes, He should use the existing photage and some of that, which didn't make into the final release. He should of course add new scenes and 30 min. episodes with other Jedi adventures and some of the heroes of the LAS could be introduced here.

I also hope that GL stays with the "Dark Times" era, it's hard not to, when it's supposed to take place between episodes III and IV. What I'm saying is that it would help the timeline of TCW and the PT, if he began the LAS with a beefed up version of the PT.

In TCW he's not remaking the Clone Wars, he is MAKING the Clone Wars, only the beginning and the end was portrayed in the movies. My nightmare of LAS would be a bounty hunter/smuggler show, it's after all still called STAR WARS and not STAR COPS or STAR CRIME!!!

 

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nett40  115 posts
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Date Posted: 7/2 10:44pm Subject: George Lucas' new live -action TV-series? - Date Edited: 7/2 10:45pm (1 edits total) Edited By: nett40
Drewton posted:
...I just don't want TV to be the only future of Star Wars as George Lucas says it is, or changing the films into TV episodes.

Back to the original topic, whether I want anything you mentioned in your first post to happen or not, I can say with 99.9% certainty that most if not all of those things are not going to be what the LAS will be like.


What do you think it will or should be about?

 

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novajoe23  95 posts
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Date Posted: 7/2 10:44pm Subject: George Lucas' new live -action TV-series?
Game3525 posted:
No offense, but this is a terrible idea. Why would Lucas just four years removed from ROTS, go back and basically remake them. I for one hope GL stays with the "Dark times" era, he is already "remaking" the Clone Wars, I don't see why he would redo the PT.

He won't. He's already told us what the time period will be, and he's hinted at who some of the characters will be. I'm not sure if the original post was intended as a wish for what he or she wanted Lucas to do, or if it was actually a prediction.

If it's just a wish or idea, I'd have to respectfully disagree with it, since Star Wars is known for its continuity, and even with the Clone Wars TV series, a way to fit it into the canon will be found and there won't be a "reboot" of anything. This applies to the movies as well. What's done is done.

If the original post was really a prediction of what the LAS will be, well, then, there's simply NO chance of this happening, so essentially this entire thread is irrelevant. In fact, usually threads like this get locked pretty quickly.

 

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nett40  115 posts
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Date Posted: 7/2 10:54pm Subject: George Lucas' new live -action TV-series?
novajoe23 posted:
Game3525 posted:
No offense, but this is a terrible idea. Why would Lucas just four years removed from ROTS, go back and basically remake them. I for one hope GL stays with the "Dark times" era, he is already "remaking" the Clone Wars, I don't see why he would redo the PT.

He won't. He's already told us what the time period will be, and he's hinted at who some of the characters will be. I'm not sure if the original post was intended as a wish for what he or she wanted Lucas to do, or if it was actually a prediction.

If it's just a wish or idea, I'd have to respectfully disagree with it, since Star Wars is known for its continuity, and even with the Clone Wars TV series, a way to fit it into the canon will be found and there won't be a "reboot" of anything. This applies to the movies as well. What's done is done.

If the original post was really a prediction of what the LAS will be, well, then, there's simply NO chance of this happening, so essentially this entire thread is irrelevant. In fact, usually threads like this get locked pretty quickly.


I know, I wrote a long description of my wishes and ideas. But DID you read it your self, or are you just making assumptions based on what others mean of those ideas?

Concerning "whats done is done" 1999 re-release of the OT!!! That was not carved into stone, do you really think this is?

 

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MvG-88  203 posts
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Date Posted: 7/3 1:40am Subject: George Lucas' new live -action TV-series?
I was under the impression that the first Original Trilogy Special Edition was released in 1997. 1999 was the year of release for The Phantom Menace. Was there a version I am not aware of?

 

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koonfan  523 posts
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Date Posted: 7/3 2:05am Subject: George Lucas' new live -action TV-series?
nett40 posted:
I think the new Star Wars live-action TV series 1st Season should be an edited re-released version of all the 3 movies of the Prequel-Trilogy. The 3 movies should be turned into approx. 20 episodes of 30 minutes each. George Lucas would have to add quite a few more scenes, more in-depth portrayals of the other Jedi and lots of long battle-scenes.

Well, while I kind of like the prospect of fleshing out details as well as Jedi, I'm afraid I'm going to have to bring up some problems. For one thing, what about the original actors who've already aged somewhat since the prequels began? If you mean that we take the clips we have from the prequels, it might not go so well, as people generally watch a series for new stuff, not stuff that was already seen in the movies. If you mean that we find the original prequel actors and bring them back, that'll be complicated as they've aged and might not be as easy to contract as a TV star. Liam Neeson, for one, is big news and I'm not sure how free he'd be to go shoot a TV series, as much as I'd love to see him talking with Plo Koon.

Also, while most people like the idea of characters being fleshed out, I don't think many people would appreciate precious TV-time which could be used to give them much newer and fresher things being dedicated to clearing up details about stuff they mostly knew or suspected. They're content to read about these things in comics or see them in supporting materials, but when it comes to a really BIG thing they're promised, they look forward to seeing newer, unique situations rather than 'Movie Moment+Stuff'.

nett40 posted:
George Lucas could then use the episode designation for his live-action TV-series instead, just emagine...

STAR WARS
EPISODE XVIII
"Order 66"

Obi Wan Kenobi has killed General Grievous on Utapau and the end of the Clone Wars are near. But the fate of the Galaxy hangs in the balance, as the evil plans of the Sith begin to unfold on Coruscant...

First off the bat, actually listing how long its gone and providing it with its own substantial scrolling text would remind some people of the extremely long Star Trek series. tongue

Sorry, but I'm afraid that's not gonna fly with both the fans and the public, most of them at least. For one thing, getting it that long will make the series seem bloated and give the impression of dragging on. People are used to the numbers of Star Wars meaning something BIG, like a BIG major event. You've had the two trilogies, you've had Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2, you've had Kyle Katarn's game series, etc.

Also, using numbers so big makes the concern that Star Wars is 'milking the cash cow dry' even more visible. Concerns like this were raised (and I think they still are) with all of Lucasart's various videogames and projects, especially the Clone Wars because 'we already know it, we've already done it'. Even with good writing and action to support itself, there'll always be people who see the Clone Wars as nothing but a cash era. This sort of problem would just get even BIGGER if you display the numbers like that.

There's nothing wrong with wanting characters to be fleshed out, but I'm afraid that this just isn't the way to do it. The LAS should most likely be about new things and new situations, or rather seeing things which have been neglected and aren't going to be dealt with. Fans want to see things like Vader and the Rebellion of that era more because those things aren't going to be in The Clone Wars. Consequently, they might not be so welcoming of the idea of Plo Koon or the rest of the Jedi Order taking up their screen time, because they're ALREADY being dealt with in The Clone Wars. In fact, some people speculate their final moments might wind up in the last season.

It's good to dream, and I can see where you're coming from (I'm a proud advocate of Jedi awesomeness tongue ), but I'm afraid people's tastes are just too different, and expectations of the LAS have been mostly set. I mean, imagine if you waited for The Clone Wars, and all you got were episodes about nothing but the droids. Yeah, it'd be neat and unique, as well as a sort of bittersweet thing if they're destroyed, but people expect Jedi, Clones and War from the Clone Wars. tongue

 

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Darth_Morder  116 posts
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Date Posted: 7/3 2:32am Subject: George Lucas' new live -action TV-series? - Date Edited: 7/3 2:34am (2 edits total) Edited By: Darth_Morder
Aside from the fact that big numbers are equal to an important loss of credibility from the public, the real problem behind it is that he/she intends to use Episode XVIII(8) as Order 66? That is the thing that makes the least sense in all of the whole number thing. Where's episode 7 in that train of thought? Also, the whole point of having "episode #" is to establish a chronological order.

 

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nett40  115 posts
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Date Posted: 7/3 5:44am Subject: George Lucas' new live -action TV-series?
MvG-88 posted:
I was under the impression that the first Original Trilogy Special Edition was released in 1997. 1999 was the year of release for The Phantom Menace. Was there a version I am not aware of?


Well, your right it was 1997, but it doesn't change the fact that GL re-edited a previous release!

 

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nett40  115 posts
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Date Posted: 7/3 5:49am Subject: George Lucas' new live -action TV-series?
Darth_Morder posted:
Aside from the fact that big numbers are equal to an important loss of credibility from the public, the real problem behind it is that he/she intends to use Episode XVIII(8) as Order 66? That is the thing that makes the least sense in all of the whole number thing. Where's episode 7 in that train of thought? Also, the whole point of having "episode #" is to establish a chronological order.


XVIII is number 18, I was making an example. In a re-edited and re-cut version of PT the episode containg "order 66" would be Episode 18!!!

 

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Darth_Morder  116 posts
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Date Posted: 7/3 6:22am Subject: George Lucas' new live -action TV-series?
God, yes 18... my mistake. Someone shoot me down and burn my corpse now.

But anyways, I guess ANH would be episode 19? or perhaps 20 something?

 

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