| We
received an email from the same source that
first revealed to us that LFL was interested
in Kevin and he/she was kind enough to give us an
early Christmas present. Here it goes:
Hey
Rob
I
guess the fans are very excited about Kevin's
involvement on the TV show. The reaction up here
has also been very good. There has been some questioning
lately trying to find out who your source was
:) but they just can't keep this under wraps.
There has been plenty of plans for future re-assignments
and plenty of moving around inside the "Ranch",
they have already started making room for the
offices that will handle the TV show. I am not
quite sure if the bulk of the work will be done
here or if they will be done over at the Presidio.
Smith is definitely the top choice and I have
been told that he has been staying very busy with
negotiations before he starts up with his Clerks
sequel. There was some up here that claim that
he was spotted up here a few weeks ago, I didn't
see him.
The
TV show will go full speed as soon as Sith is
released by that time Kevin should be done with
most of his work on Clerks 2. Your scooper that
sent you the info on Hamill is right, they are
hoping to get Mark to come back and be like the
mentor of the new Jedi Knights or something. I
am trying to pin point the time frame and if they
are expected to keep the EU continuity. I personally
doubt that EU storylines will be explored, they
might be mentioned but from what I understand
Kevin and George want fresh new storylines. I
was told about a possible twist to show, even
though it's to take place after Return of the
Jedi a few ILMers have been talking about showing
some flashback sequences via Holocron- type technology.
I was also told that the public should expect
an official announcement within a few months.
Part of not releasing any information on the show
is because News Corp. [20th Century Fox] is hoping
to be involved with the distribution of the show.
There has also been some rumblings coming from
the Sci-Fi Channel hoping to land the domestic
distribution but I doubt that will happen. One
other thing, Sith is turning up nicely.
Talk
to you next year.
Darth
Scooper
December
10, 2004
Back
in Febuary of 2003 we here at the IESB started reporting
about a possible Star Wars TV series. Nothing much
was known except that George promised
to keep Star Wars alive in other mediums besides
film.
A
few months ago we were
the first to report that Kevin Smith was being
considered for some kind of creative role in the
upcoming Star Wars TV series. We even caught up
with Kevin a couple of times and asked him about
his rumored involvement. You can actually click
here and here
to see the video interviews.
As
you can see in both of the interviews he does not
deny that he is involved. He actually teases us
quite a bit about the rumor. Even the News Askew
website acknowledges
that he might be involved in the TV series in some
capacity.
We
are not known for posting many rumors that are sent
in by scoopers but this one has quite a bit of validity.
This e-mail was sent to me early today and we went
as far as trying to contact Kevin Smith's publicist
but we have had no response as of yet. Take this
as a rumor but if it turns out to be true remember
that you heard it here first.
Guys,
You
were the ones who had the star wars TV scoop up
right?
OK,
Can I be the first to confirm that?
I've
been doing some [work] at Studio E Productions -
the Annex - and a pal's working on a film called
Through the Moebius Strip there concurrently.
It
features Mark 'Star Wars' Hamill.
Which
brings me to the news item.
Kevin
Smith and Mark Hamill are doing the pilot for a
new weekly Star Wars series. It'll feature Hamill
as Skywalker in a 'pop up now and then' role, but
mostly, it's new characters, set in the same world
as the films.Lots of talk about it here, but don't
expect anything until Episode III is out. Its a
go project, but I don't think there's much on it
yet.
Hope
this helps.
Original
e-mail edited to protect privacy.
Kevin
Smith and Jason Mewes at the Premiere of Blade Trinity
© IESB.net 2004
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One
of the reasons that I personally believe that there
is some truth to this rumor is because for the first
time ever since I have covered a media event that
Kevin has attended he refused to talk to the press
line during the Blade Trinity premiere. I was told
about a couple of weeks ago that Kevin was asked
not to discuss the Star Wars TV series by the powers
that be (cough cough George Lucas cough). As Kevin
was about to finish the photo line I started to
get his attention and started shooting some b-roll
video footage, I am pretty sure that he saw us since
we were at the very front of the TV press line right
next to WWE and a couple of other large outlets.
Next thing you know Kevin is rushing to get inside
the theater and refusing to talk to the press.
So
there you have it! Stay tuned to the IESB for the
latest on Star Wars.
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