TV Discussion Official Live Action Series Discussion Thread

And Ahsoka's quadruple decapitation of the Mandalorians. And lots of other things. I think Maul killing Satine was pretty brutal.

 

With the talk of possible live action shows on the board, I thought I'd throw this out there... Who would be your pick to do major (or minor) characters from TCW and/or the EU if they were to appear in a live action show or movie?

I've thrown together a list of characters off the top of my head, but it is by no means exhaustive, it's just those who come to my mind initially, so add others if you want, naturally:

Ahsoka Tano
Arden Lyn
Ars Dangor
Asajj Ventress
Bastila Shan
Bevel Lemelisk
Cad Bane
Cade Skywalker
Canderous Ordo/Mandalore the Preserver
Carnor Jax
Darth Bane
Darth Krayt
Darth Malak
Darth Malgus
Darth Plagueis
Dash Rendar
Demetrius Zaarin
Exar Kun
Freedon Nadd
Galen Marek/Starkiller
Gilad Pellaeon
Guri
Jacen Solo/Darth Caedus
Jaina Solo
Juno Eclipse
Kir Kanos
Kuat of Kuat
Kyle Katarn
Ludo Kressh
Lux Bonteri
Mandalore the Indomitable
Mandalore the Ultimate
Mara Jade
Naga Sadow
Natasi Daala
Nom Anor
Pre Vizsla
Revan
Satele Shan
Satine Kryze
Savage Opress
Saw Gerrera
Shae Vizla
Steela Gerrera
General Tandin
Tor Vizsla
Thrawn
Ulic Qel-Droma
Xizor
Ysanne Isard

That's about all I can think of now but like I said not exhaustive. It occurs to me that not everyone might be familiar with every character either, but that's ok too, just go with what you know.

So who would be your favored portrayists? Who would you have in mind for the parts?

 

I noticed recently that Kristen Bell has a striking resemblance to Ahsoka, in voice and face.

 

Barbara Goodson IS Mother Talzin. How many fans would sell their soul to see her perform in some sort of live action gig?

 

Oh, that's an easy one.

Spoiler

No doubt about it, this would be the most popular show in the history of Disney XD.

 

As I subscribe to the notion that Skywalker's aren't gingers(!), I'd cast any talented young actor, roughly with the look of Liam Hemsworth, in the role of Ben Skywalker.

 

I'm glad to hear ABC is considering this. I've been wanting a Star Wars live-action show for such a long time. Maybe we'll finally get to see that long awaited series set in the dark times.

 

One of the episodes was named... "Massacre". Brutally blunt and unambiguous. Everyone knows what a massacre is. Hell the news is full of the "Cairo Massacre" just today. A few months back it was the Batman massacre, or the Sandy Hook massacre. A couple years ago it was the massacre in Norway. Massacres are depressingly common in the world. Do kids watch the news? Kinda hard to avoid it totally if it's on the TV during the day and they're around. Any of them over a few years old probably know exactly what a "Massacre" is.

And said episode depicted, well... a massacre.

It also depicted zombies, voodoo torture and such like, FWIW.

 

Personally if I had unlimited resources and were able to create any show I wanted I would do this:

Rebels:
22 episodes in each season
22 minute episodes
Friday Prime-Time
Airs on Disney XD
TCW Animation Style
September through February
Takes place between 5 and 0 BBY
6 Seasons
Starts 2014
Based on the Rebellion

Underworld:
17 episodes
46 minute episodes
Sundays Prime-Time
Airs on ABC
Live-Action
August though November
Takes place between 15 and 8 BBY
7 Seasons
Starts 2015
Based around the Coruscant Underworld

Jedi Adventures:
16 episodes in each season
22 minute episodes
Saturday Mornings
Airs on Disney Channel
TCW Animation Style
April through July
Takes place between 32 and 22 BBY
5 Seasons
Starts 2016
Based on the adventures of a group of Jedi padawans

Aftermath:
13 episodes each season
46 minute episodes
Tuesdays Prime-Time
Airs on ABC
Live Action
May though July
Takes place between 4 and 7 ABY
4 Seasons
Starts 2018
Based on a group of Imperial military trying to deal with the power vacuum in the Empire

Purge:
22 episodes in each season
22 minute episodes
Friday Prime-Time
Airs on Disney XD
TCW Animation Style
September through February
Takes place between 18 and 16 BBY
5 Seasons
Starts 2020
Based on the Imperials during the early days of Empire

Live-Action Series Based on the ST:
14 episodes in each season
46 minute episodes
Friday Prime-Time
Airs on ABC
Live-Action
September through December
Takes place between ? and ? ABY
6 Seasons
Starts 2022
Base on minor characters of the ST a few years after Episode 9

And also coming to Disney XD in 2017:
The Star Wars Super Saturday Block:
6:00 PM: Star Wars: Droids
6:30 PM: Star Wars: The Clone Wars:
7:00 PM: Star Wars: Rebels
7:30 PM: Star Wars: Ewoks
8:00 PM: Star Wars: Jedi Adventures
8:30 PM: Star Wars: Clone Wars
8:35-8:45: Episodes I-VII (A cycle going from Week 1: Ep. I to Week 2: Ep.II and etc. until the cycle start again after the highest number episode the starting again)

There is my fanboy response to this thread. Have a nice day and/or night and may the force be with you.

 

A great and rather bold show would be one told from a fly on wall POV of a regular John Smith civilian of the Sith Empire (pre 1,000 BBY) as the Republic went on the offensive and slowly pushed the SE back.

The guy's a 9-5 factory worker on a minor agri/industrial world, with a wife and a couple of kids. Just one of the quadrillions of regular people who were born, lived and died under the rule of the Darths during the height of the SE.

But the Republic is coming... Nervousness runs through the community. The news media they have access to is heavily loaded with propaganda about the atrocities of the Republic, atrocities of the Jedi, and the valiant struggle of their Sith Lord leaders and protectors and the heroism of the Sith army and navy. We the audience see it as propaganda. But the people in story believe it to be the truth.

Eventually, our protagonist ends up enlisting in a local defense regiment, to fight against the Republic when they eventually reach the place. Not because of the merits of any light side vs dark side, Jedi vs Sith, Force malarkey. All of that is pretty meaningless to him, to most of the civilians. But because, well... "Fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives and your houses". The same reason men everywhere have taken up arms against invading forces since time immemorial, regardless of which of the two warring regimes was the more just.

It would end tragically and make the Republic and Jedi look absolutely horrible in the process, but illustrate the horror of war, and the fact that regardless of which side is "good" or "evil" there are innocents on both sides, and horrible things done by both sides in the course of fighting the war.

 

Now coming in 2024 on Lazy's fanboy schedule. Amazing! Bravo, good sir you blew anything I said in my post out of the water.

 

As others have pointed out the TCW may have been one of CN's bolder programs in terms of themes and violence, but, it has never gotten close to TV-MA. In my opinion the highest that the TCW and Star Wars franchise in general (excluding any EU related stuff whose content level may vary depending on the target audience) has ever reached in terms of content would be like a low end PG-13 (read: Harry Potter level PG-13 rather than The Dark Knight level PG-13) level.

Besides, even if I could picture a TV-MA Star Wars show, which, once again I can't, we won't see a TV-MA program on prime-time network television.

Oh.My.God... I would absolutely love to see that type of show. That idea sounds completely and utterly awesome.

 

Chloe Mortez for Allana Solo.

 

Tom Hardy as Darth Malak.
Have him forever typecast as a bald villain with a covered mouth.

 

16's a little old for Allana, innit?

 

I can't speak for LST, of course, but you may have noticed that there are a few folks here who are desperate to get Moretz into SW - any character, any way, shape or form, whatever it takes. Personally, I don't get it. From what I've seen, chops-wise, she's a mid-level talent, and there's nothing about her look that says anything other than standard Hollywood fare.

I almost forgot, Robin wishes he were her. That must be it.

 

She is Hitgirl from Kick-Ass 1&2.

 

This was her at 11:



I'm not one of those who's mad on for bringing her in, but just giving you an idea of where the Hit-girl crowd are coming from.

 

Horrible.

Though this time, I'm not commenting on Chloe's talents, per se, but the content of the scene. Nothing like watching a child slaughter a bunch of people, including a woman who was running for life, while using the word "gay" in a negative connotation. Yeah, great stuff.

As far as Moretz, herself, most of the scene was all flash, no substance. What little she was given to work with consisted of flat, cliché one-liners. I'm not saying that the work of an eleven year old kid translates to what she's able to pull off these days (though again, even her recent work does little to impress me), but I don't see how anything from a scene like this makes folks think she's a natural fit for Star Wars, of all things.

 

That scene is taken way out of context. The whole point is, the lead protagonist (Kick-Ass) is at first glad that she rescues him, but then terrified at the carnage that ensues. And the whole thing is, her dad is insane, and has raised her to be a vigilante. The "gay" thing and her lack of sensitivity to the incessant violence is a demonstration of her immaturity and bizarre parentage at the time. In the second film, she actually beats people up for being homophobic. However, oddly enough, the second film is otherwise awful and completely tasteless.

 

My comments were predicated on that scene being presented as an example of where Chloe/Hit-Girl's fans are "coming from," so I appreciate that you've taken the time to fill in the picture some for us (and my thanks goes out to Valkryus, too).

It's usually Chloe's work as Hit-Girl that folks cite when they make their case for she having a role in Episode VII, and even considering the added context you've provided, I stand by my assertion that there's nothing which shows me why some people are so adamant that Moretz is a perfect fit for Star Wars.