Lucas is probably still mad at the networks for their handling and cancelling of young indy so he wants them to guarantee him control and no cancellation or the networks from dictating story changes.
star wars has been ruined by lucas and its reputation has been tarnished by the prequels and special editions and lucas overiding greed.
Back in the 80's or during the mid 90's star wars revival any network would have killed for a cartoon or live action show based on the original trilogies characters.
i don't blame networks for not buying a series set in the prequels era and crap cgi animation.
they should have done a live action series or cartoon series with luke, han, Leia. lucas shot himself in the foot by not doing the sequel movies anyway. he should have done episode 7 and forgot the prequels.
he also should have used traditional techniques and not fake cg.
those tfn gushers will love the cgi video game crap clone war show and live action. lucas has already ruined continuity with the prequels and 2004 special editions as well as force unleashed. he even ruined the eu by his jealousy of zahn and killing off a character he did not create, the writers wanted to kill off luke so he had them kill mara instead. kinda like he made them kill anakin solo because he did not want 2 anakins in star wars because of confusion.
not only has he killed the oot and what was good in the eu and the video games, but becuase of his ruining of star wars the value of the original trilogy collectibles is now lowered. if i sold my star wars marvel issue #1 before the prequels and special editions i could have gotten 60 bucks for it easy, now i be lucky to find someone willing to pay 20 dollars for it.
The networks have a right for first refusal since he sold them a pig in a poke with star wars holiday special and young indy. he even misleadingly used john williams music on the promo he made to sell young indy to the networks. he lied they thought they were getting an action adventure series not a bad lucas rewriting of history from a dude who gots d's in school.
i will boycott force unleashed and indiana jones IV until i get the oot in anamorphic remastered and a kotor III.
i got my crappy 2006 gout and lucas is not getting another dime from me. i also boycotted the eu novels and refuse to buy any after the fiasco of sacrifice.
the legacy comics and kotor comics are also crap in comparison to what dark horse has done in the past.
time for star wars to go away for a good long while the market is saturated and it is not good, kinda overly done like trek. all Lucas has to do is make a decent dvd or HD transfer of the oot and i will keep those films in my library and remember the good old days of fandom prior to the phantom menace or crappy 1997 and 2004 trilogies.
Lucas quit caring about star wars in 1983 after his divorce the only reason he made the prequels is for money because he knows he is a one trick poney. business man sells creative soul to the devil to get rich and then prostitutes and bastardizes original creation only for profit.