SilverWook said:

That was the time period the live action tv show is supposed to be set in. If it's not dead in the water now...

well cost has been the big factor in stalling the TV series, even McCallum recently conceded there was no money to be made from TV , let alone covering production costs, seems logical for Disney to step in pursuing the idea as theatrical movies.

According to Lucas they already have hundreds of hours already written(take with grain of salt) , and with 3 years to turn around a new movie you would hope that the story was already pretty much set in stone. It's a good chance that George even been pitched the film to Disney to seal the deal.