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Vaderisnothayden
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Five live action shows
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28-Sep-2009, 3:02 PM

C3PX said:

McCallum is the guy who quite literally starts orgasming every time he talks about George Lucas or Star Wars. Just because this guy dreams of their being five Star Wars tv shows, thank goodness, doesn't mean it is going to happen. Nothing lasts forever, and I think Star Wars has (finally!) run its course, at least with adult/teenage audiences. I have a feeling the live action tv show will never happen, I think it is the sequel trilogy of the current generation of Star Wars fans, but ultimately will wind up being "an invention of the media" sort of thing. 

If it does get made, I can't imagine it aiming for an adult audience (though I wish it would, I'd love to have a live action Star Wars tv show that I enjoy, but there is just no part of me that thinks this could be anything but awful. I certainly wouldn't mind being wrong though). And unfortunately, if it were aimed at an adult audience, I am afraid it would be doomed to failure simply due to the fact that sci-fi shows don't seem to go over to well. If it managed to be more character focused like BSG and be more adult themed, it might fly, but that seems really, really, really unlikely. 

If the live action show does get made, my guess is that it will be more along the lines of a live action kids show with a high budget. Basically a cartoon with live actors.

Either way, I think Star Wars' number is up. From here on out it may endure as a children's cartoon series, but nothing more.

 

The live action show is supposed to be in the style of Battlestar Galactica and Firefly and has been compared to the Sopranos and Deadwood. How Lucas is going to make something like that I don't know. But it is adult-aimed. That doesn't mean it's going to be any good.