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More Lucas musings on the live action series http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-starwars17oct17,0,6734523.story?coll=la-home-center
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"They are having a hard time," Lucas said. "They're saying, 'This doesn't fit into our little square boxes..."
And he even added "'Well, yeah, but it's Star Wars. And Star Wars doesn't fit into that box.'" So he's still got the "It's Star Wars!" mentality. I'm also willing to bet that Cartoon Network is willing to put it on Adult Swim, but that he views Cartoon Network as a "kiddie channel". I think that's pretty clear from this "to go after 9 o'clock, and it can't be a kiddie channel." I wonder if he's ever watched Adult Swim, since it's anything but a "kiddie channel".
Now that you mention it, The Clone Wars would fit rather nicely into Adult Swim if only because it would shake up that programming lineup even more than it already is. You've got Futurama which is pretty much the closest in terms of animation, but still not entirely CGI by any means and even the stuff that is CGI is cell-shaded. Then you've got family guy which is more traditional animation. You've got some anime shows like Cowboy Bebop. Then you've got the really simplistically animated shows like Aqua Teen, Squidbillies and 12 Ounce Mouse (is that show even on any more?). Then there's stuff that actually involves live action elements like Tom Goes to the Mayor. I think the reason this doesn't seem like so natural of a fit (at least to Lucas anyway) is that Lucasfilm is producing this show all by itself, so it could end up anywhere as far as he's concerned.