FistOfThe North
- Pre-production is expected to begin in January 2006.
- The television series is expected to be released in either 2007 or 2008.
- The series will focus on minor characters in the Star Wars films, ones who viewers have seen on screen before in the films themselves.
- The entire series will be set in the 19-year time period between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.
- The series will last 100 episodes
- Each episode will be 1 hour long.
- Daniel Logan, who played the Young Boba Fett, has been asked to reprise his role as Fett for the new series by Lucas.
- Lucas will get the show started with his work on the first season, and then "hand it off from there."
- The style of the series will be in a similar style to Lucas' Young Indiana Jones TV series.
- Lucas will be organizing all casting and getting together the complete crew to fill the various positions required for the show.
- Cameos by main characters are not totally out of the question.
- The show is still in its early planning stages, so many plot and/or story elements may change, as Lucas has shown to change his mind easily, such as expressing an interest in expanding the character Aayla Secura, then killing her in Episode III.
- Lucas has stated that, in producing the show, "we will do what would typically cost $20 million, for $1 million."
- Lucas has stated that if this series, along with the 3-D animated Clone Wars series is successful, more series may follow. According to an interview at his AFI lifetime achievement ceremony, future series may include the possibility of a Knights of the Old Republic-era series.
Work will commence this January. Lucas and his colleague Rick McCallum will produce the still untitled show.
- Jimmy Smits (Bail Organa), Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi).
- Temuera Morrison (Jango Fett/clonetroopers) have expressed their interest in occasional appearances.
- The series will be shot using Hi-Definition cameras, according to Rick
McCallum at a recent press conference for the "Revenge of the Sith" DVD.
- McCallum also confirms at the conference that many characters from the Expanded Universe will be seen in the series, who had previously only been seen in the novels, comics, video games, and other media.
- McCallum describes the series as: "It is going to be much darker, grittier. It's much more character-based."
- McCallum says on the writing and plot of the series: "We are just starting to interview writers and trying to really figure out which direction to go to. He envisions somewhere like 100 hours between
Episode III and Episode IV with a lot of characters that we haven't met that have been developed in some of the novels and other things. We are really excited about that. Finally, we could have the opportunity to answer everybody's questions once and for all by the time we finish the series."
- Ian McDiarmid stated at a recent press event for the "Revenge of the Sith" DVD that, if asked, he will return as Emperor Palpatine for the series.
- Frank Oz has also said that if asked, he will return as Yoda.
- Lucas has also stated that if the two tv serials are successful they may be followed by additional animated StarWars features. Whether this means more tv shows or an animated movie is not clear.It has also been stated by Lucas at Celebration III that one of them might take place during the Sith Wars.
- The television series is expected to be released in either 2007 or 2008.
- The series will focus on minor characters in the Star Wars films, ones who viewers have seen on screen before in the films themselves.
- The entire series will be set in the 19-year time period between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.
- The series will last 100 episodes
- Each episode will be 1 hour long.
- Daniel Logan, who played the Young Boba Fett, has been asked to reprise his role as Fett for the new series by Lucas.
- Lucas will get the show started with his work on the first season, and then "hand it off from there."
- The style of the series will be in a similar style to Lucas' Young Indiana Jones TV series.
- Lucas will be organizing all casting and getting together the complete crew to fill the various positions required for the show.
- Cameos by main characters are not totally out of the question.
- The show is still in its early planning stages, so many plot and/or story elements may change, as Lucas has shown to change his mind easily, such as expressing an interest in expanding the character Aayla Secura, then killing her in Episode III.
- Lucas has stated that, in producing the show, "we will do what would typically cost $20 million, for $1 million."
- Lucas has stated that if this series, along with the 3-D animated Clone Wars series is successful, more series may follow. According to an interview at his AFI lifetime achievement ceremony, future series may include the possibility of a Knights of the Old Republic-era series.
Work will commence this January. Lucas and his colleague Rick McCallum will produce the still untitled show.
- Jimmy Smits (Bail Organa), Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi).
- Temuera Morrison (Jango Fett/clonetroopers) have expressed their interest in occasional appearances.
- The series will be shot using Hi-Definition cameras, according to Rick
McCallum at a recent press conference for the "Revenge of the Sith" DVD.
- McCallum also confirms at the conference that many characters from the Expanded Universe will be seen in the series, who had previously only been seen in the novels, comics, video games, and other media.
- McCallum describes the series as: "It is going to be much darker, grittier. It's much more character-based."
- McCallum says on the writing and plot of the series: "We are just starting to interview writers and trying to really figure out which direction to go to. He envisions somewhere like 100 hours between
Episode III and Episode IV with a lot of characters that we haven't met that have been developed in some of the novels and other things. We are really excited about that. Finally, we could have the opportunity to answer everybody's questions once and for all by the time we finish the series."
- Ian McDiarmid stated at a recent press event for the "Revenge of the Sith" DVD that, if asked, he will return as Emperor Palpatine for the series.
- Frank Oz has also said that if asked, he will return as Yoda.
- Lucas has also stated that if the two tv serials are successful they may be followed by additional animated StarWars features. Whether this means more tv shows or an animated movie is not clear.It has also been stated by Lucas at Celebration III that one of them might take place during the Sith Wars.
