Template:CUSWFN/I/Star Wars: Back in the Flesh!

{| border=0 colspan=0 colspacing=0 class="toccolours" style="margin: 1em auto;text-align:left; font-size:90%; width:100%;" The Completeley Unofficial SWFanon Newsletter' The Unofficial Newsletter of SWFanon June 16th, 2007    "Star Wars: Back in the Flesh!" A review on the upcoming live-action Star Wars series.' Written by Xepeyon W e've always dreamed of it, and now it's here. Yes, the live-action Star Wars series! The project series, which has yet to be given an official name or title, was first announced on April 23, 2005 by ol' George at the Celebration III fan convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, following the completion of Star Wars Episode II: Revenge of the Sith, the last of his Star Wars films.
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According to official reports, the series will be set sometime during the 19-year timespan between the films Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, or in other word, the Galactic Civil War times. It's focus will be primarily on minor characters of the Star Wars galaxy, rather than the big-time stars like Darth Vader or Leia Organa. The minor characters are said to be partially from the films and the Expanded Universe. If you're nervous about not seeing the Star Wars films' main characters, there's no need to worry about that. George Lucas has stated that some of the main characters may make cameo appearances. According to George Lucas, Boba Fett may play a significantly large supporting role in the series, with Daniel Logan (he's the kid, mind you) reprising his role. Rick McCallum (Producer of the prequel Star Wars movies and of the Clone Wars 3-D series. I didn't know who this guy was, so this was just in case someone else didn't know either) has commented that "George envisions somewhere like 100 hours between Episode III and Episode IV", which hopefully means that the live-action series will run for several years. In USA Today, George Lucas, to my tears of joy, described the show as "bare-bones" and "action-heavy."

As told by the quote, George Lucas will write and produce the first season, and then "hand it off from there", which has me a bit worried. He is going to remain the executive producer and general overseer throughout the rest of the series, however. We've been told to expect the style of the series to be similar to George Lucas' Young Indiana Jones TV series. I wish I'd seen it....

For the most part, we're "In the Dark" as to what the series plot actually is. However, the production studios have revealed tidbits about the storyline:

&mdash;The Evasive Action: Prey webstrips reveal that an unknown number of Jedi escape Order 66 for any number of reasons, and are hunted for a time by Darth Vader. At some point, Vader is told to focus on helping Palpatine build the Empire, and less on remaining Jedi, leaving that to others.

&mdash;Yoda is in self-imposed exile on Dagobah, while Obi-Wan becomes a hermit on Tatooine after taking baby Luke to live with Owen and Beru Lars. The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission reveals that Obi-Wan resides there until contacted about some guy said to be Anakin's one time rival, Ferus Olin (Who?). He then goes on one final adventure off-planet before returning to Tatooine. We've been let on that he may have some further planetbound adventures, like fighting Krayt Dragons or something, but otherwise he mostly watches over Luke, from a distance.

&mdash;A.C. Crispin has stated that she proposed a book series dealing with Princess Leia Organa between Episode III and IV, but that "Lucasfilm didn't approve the idea of a Leia backstory because they want to keep that era of the SW continuity untouched for the television series they're considering." So there's a good chance that we're going to get to see Leia's princess life. Can't say I'm excited about that, though. As I've written earlier, there's a good chance Daniel Logan will make an important cameo as Boba Fett. George Lucas had earlier stated at Celebration III that cameos by main characters ware not totally out of the question.

Frank Oz as Yoda, Ian McDiarmid as Emperor Palpatine, Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader), Jimmy Smits as Bail Organa, Wayne Pygram as Wilhuff Tarkin, Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan (Ben) Kenobi, Temuera Morrison as clone troopers (duh) and Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca have expressed their interest in occasional appearances, making them potential cameo characters.

Lucas himself instructed the writers of the Star Wars: Republic comic book series not to kill off the Quinlan Vos character. George Lucas had originally written a scene for Revenge of the Sith involving Vos, but ultimately, he only got a mention in the film (Obi-Wan explains to Anakin: "Master Vos has moved his troops to Boz Pity". Whadda scene). Australian actor Matthew Newton was believed at one point to play Quinlan Vos. But seeing as he was recently criminally charged because he decided to attack his former girlfriend, I think safe to say his chances are shaken, if not, shattered.

As the show isn't even in production yet, there isn't even a definite cast as of yet. Because they want to keep some focus and attention on the Star Wars: Clone Wars 3-D series, the live-action series is likely going to air a good while after the animated series had already launched, the estimate was after the Star Wars: The Clone Wars first season had ended.

At Celebration III, George Lucas explained that if this series (along with the animated 3-D Clone Wars series) is successful, more television series may follow.Personally, I have a bad feeling about this. He explained that he has considered setting the time frames of these possible shows during time periods far away from his films. I saw this coming, but when asked by a fan if this may include the Knights of the Old Republic era, Lucas explained that is always a possibility, and that he may be interested in taking the franchise to those story areas one day. So that's a hope for you Kotor fans out there!

The series is expected to begin shooting in 2008, and a television debut for '09, though fans have been warned this is very much subject to change.