Countdown to Episode III

Date: January 22, 2004

Source : IESB.NET & THEFORCE.NET

Author: Robert Sanchez

Like I posted earlier this month George is a financial god. I truly believe that George is working on another medium besides film. He mentioned during last years' ILM tribute that Star Wars will continue in another medium (click here to hear George for yourself). I have believed all along that medium would include video games, print and of course TV. I have always hoped that George would put Shadows of the Empire on TV as an animated TV show but I think that George will give us a storyline that we have not seen . I don't think that this Star Wars TV show will be a Skywalker story but instead a Tales of the Jedi/Golden Age of the Sith storyline. With George's love for backstories that would be the ultimate Prequel! Besides, he has already laid some of the back story during Episode 1. He already mentioned Darth Bane and the fall of the Sith. Either way, whatever story George and Mccallum decide to give us I just hope that George decides to hand over directorial duties to someone else. The Clone Wars animated series is a good example that Star Wars is a great franchise as long as someone else handles the storytelling. My choice would be for Lucas to use a proven director/writer/producer like Spielberg or maybe even the ultimate Star Wars fan Kevin Smith. I wonder if that has anything to do with Kevins big announcement that he has scheduled for this month. Oh well it's a pipe dream but I can always hope!!!

The Force.net has also posted the following,

We may be able to shed some more light on the info indicating that Episode VII, VII, IX might happen. It may not be for a post-trilogy at all. A year ago, we got our first report about the possibility of a TV show in the works after Episode III. We were not able to backup the info with other evidence, so it remained on the side and unreported... until recently.

We posted rumblings that Steven Spielberg might be involved in Star Wars post-Episode III and there must be something in the works, we got plenty of commentary. Then AICN posted the article about Pacific Digital and licensing agreements being extended, so many concluded that post-ROTJ films might be in the works. However, we also looked at our info from last year and believed we might finally have some proof of the initial report. We needed more.

We might finally have it. People we trust are telling us that there's a TV show on the design table. Instead of a Rogue Squadron series (which we first theorized some time ago), they may be looking at a post Episode 3 - pre Episode 4 about the rise of Darth Vader and why he is so feared in the OT.

We cannot confirm yet if the show is intended as live-action or animated (like Clone Wars). Since this is all in the early stages, it  could change further down in pre-production. More as we get it - just thought you'd like to know what we're hearing.