SW TV Show

Do you ever think they'll do a full SW TV show again, animated or otherwise? If done right, do you think they could ever pull off a live action show at all? If you made the show, what time period would you do it on and what characters would you focus on?

 

Always thought it would be cool to see a live action series with Mark hamill back as Luke (you just know he'd do it!)

Set it 25 - 40 years after ROTJ, new jedi knights, new adventures etc etc.....

Considering the effects we see in Sci-fi shows now, they would easily pull it off... it would also be good tonic after the post EIII blues

 

It would be a great idea, but i doubt it will happen.

Quest, i saw that list of you before and must say it looks very impressive.

 

I would love a weekly show, especially if it were about the books. But I suspect it will never happen. I appreciate the Clone Wars cartoon, but we could have so much more if Lucas lightened up a bit.

 

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The thing that would set me drooling would be a TV show based in the X-Wing series. I think this could be one of the coolest TV shows ever. You could do it either CGI or live action.

I would kill for that.

 

Personally, I'd like to see "The New Jedi Order" be made into a CG cartoon show like "Starship Troopers: Roughnecks". "NJO" is by far the best EU series that has be written and it would probably blow every other cartoon show out of the water. Even some of the more somber moments like Chewie's death, the destruction of Ithor and Corran Horn's anger over his friend (sorry, can't remember his name) being killed and encased in gold would make great drama. Add to that, the rescue of Jacen from the Vong by Luke wielding 2 sabers and the comedy of Lando's combat droids...this series would be a hit!

 

CG cartoon show like "Starship Troopers: Roughnecks"

I agree. That show was no nicely done. It beat the heck out of the horrible movie. Anything SW could be done amazingly with that style. I was hoping that the Clone Wars cartoon was going to be done in that style. . .

 

Agreed, I would love to see a CG-NJO series.

 

I Think a live action TV show would take away from the Magic of the Main saga unless it was really really well done. You can't have too much of a good thing. It would suck if Star Wars turned into an everyday mediocre thing like Star Trek.

 

I would hate to see some of the original characters in a live-action TV show. The CG animation of "Starship Troopers:Roughnecks" was 100 times better than the movie, and I think it would be perfect for a good Star Wars story such as NJO or Dark Empire.

 

personally, i think every live-action spin off show that i've ever seen has been really poorly done -- buffy, the crow, stargate -- can't stand any of them. it's especially annoying when they change the resolution point of the original movie to create a sort of limbo for the story to just stagnate.

i've heard that there will be a clone wars cartoon, and this should be interesting.

also, the idea about the post-rotj show with mark hammil sounded interesting. more than likely, the show would have better effects than the original movie.

 

The X-Wing books are the most suited to television adaptation.

 

I'd rather see the X-Wing series as a TV show than the NJO as well.

 

It would make my little heart happy!

 

I agree that if a SW show was made it should be done like the Starship Troopers series.
I would love to see a series based on the Sith War times using the comics that were released.

 

medleyoz: If my memory serve's me right there were some rumor's floating around about a possible TOTJ short series or even a actually show based on the Young Jedi Knights books which would be a straight out atrocity (for the YJK that is).

But I agree in general a cartoon or animated series simliar to Re-Boot yet based on the X-Wing series would be the safest insurence policy for the most fan's watching it to get maximum rating's.

I'd watch it.

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I mean, lets face it, Mark and Carrie aren't exactly at the top of acting ability

Are you serious? Well, at least with Mark Hamill I mean. Come on. He's a great actor. Far underrated. I've always felt he had turned into a terrific actor. Even in crap like TIME RUNNER he still manages to give a good performance.

Back on topic, I think a show (animated, live-action, whatever) following the adventures of Rogue Squadron would be cool.

 

Personally, I would love to see a New Star Wars television show with at least Mark Hamill reprising his role. I'm pretty sure he'd do it. I seem to recall a convention appearance that he did a few years back and he said he'd be open to new SW projects.

There are two big problems I see that can affect a SW TV show:

1) Budget: Look at every Sci Fi TV show (Babylon 5, Star Trek, StarGate SGI). The special effects, props, and costuming aren't nearly as great as what we see in the SW movies. Somebody really slick with getting the most out of a television budget would have to work very hard at maintaining Star Wars quality (let's just forget about the Holiday Special and the Ewok movies )

2) Fresh stories: I don't see how they can come up with great stories every week. Look how they screwed up Star Trek over the years (of course, my fellow SW fans would argue that ST was already screwed up since the beginning ).

I agree with Quest, it would be a great idea to use stories that have already been used in comics, etc. that have worked very well.

Hey Quest, are you the same as QUEST32681 from the old days of AOL? This is JediCS. Dunno if you remember me. Anyway, long time no see.

 

I would love a weekly show, especially if it were about the books. But I suspect it will never happen. I appreciate the Clone Wars cartoon, but we could have so much more if Lucas lightened up a bit.

yes a show based on the novels placed out by those great writters. That would be so cool!

 

A few mini-series cartoons based on the EU books and the original characters would be a good thing. Although, I wouldn't make a glut of them, like they did Star Trek. And if they were to be made by GL, then that would make them canon, rather than EU, wouldn't it.