Originally posted by: zombie84
wasnt it always the plan that Lucas would outline the story arc? At least this way there will be less EU-style nonesense that the series could easily devolve into.

The plan, as we originally were told, was that Lucas would merely "supervise" the CG Clone Wars, and Henry Gilroy would actually create it. The great thing about that report was that Gilroy went on record as saying that he personally asked for copies of all Clone Wars-related EU, so as to keep continuity between all works. Now, I'm sure he'll still play a large role in the show, but with Lucas more involved, I'm unsure what to think of it.

Now the live-action series? The good thing is that there is very little EU at this point set during the time period of the live-action series (though there will be I'm sure by the time the show comes out). But hopefully, EU writers will be given specific facts about the show (ex. The specific year(s) it would be set in) so that they can sort of stay away from it as they did the Clone Wars for a long time. But, if any continuity issues do come up, I'm sure the people at Lucasfilm will come up with some good retcons as always. But as much as I'm afraid of any continuity issues, I am very pleased to see Lucas playing around in TV again. I agree with battlewars when I say that the Young Indy series was quite enjoyable and an interesting expansion on the Indy series. Being the geek that I am, I will watch the show religiously, geek out over it, buy all merchendise, etc. Why? Because I simply enjoy the experience of it all. And no matter the quality, I will savor the fact that we will get to journey back to the GFFA once again. And I'm sure that this will give future EU writers fertile ground for great storytelling in their novels, comics, and video games.

I shall be looking forward to it all.