From the last issue of Star Wars Insider (Jan/Feb 2007)-


George Lucas gave a one on one interview with MTV where he discussed, among other things, the future of Lucasfilm, the newest Indiana Jones movie, and both the animated and live action Star Wars TV series.

The upcoming animated series will take place during the clone wars and will further chronicle the exploits and friendship of Jedi heroes Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker while depicting epic battles set against a crumbling republic. However, it will be a radical departure from Genndy Tartakovsky's animated clone wars micro series which came out between episodes II and III.



For starters, episodes will be much longer in length and deeper in narrative depth. According to Steve Sansweet, director of Fan Relations at Lucasfilm, during his Star Wars presentation at San Diego Comic Con, each episode will essentially be a short animated film. In addition the series will eschew the stylized look of the Tartakovsky series for a sleek, three-dimensional look.

"It's that same time period," Lucas said of the upcoming series. "But it's quite a bit more sophisticated, and it's not like anything you've ever seen on television before. [Tartakovsky] used his distinctive 2-D style to do [Clone Wars], but it was [three] minutes at a time, so it was a test subject... it worked and everything, but then we knew we were eventually going to do a 3-D animated series."

The animated series is scheduled to come out in 2008. "We've got a number of episodes finished now," Lucas added. "It looks really good. It's a lot of fun."

Next year Lucas sill begin work on a live action Star Wars TV series that will bridge the gap between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, during what Obi-Wan Kenobi called the "dark times" with the Empire exerting its dominance over the galaxy. George Lucas is closely supervising the show and will oversee an entire season of .scripts before going into production.


(random ep. II photo)

The series will shy away from the saga of the Skywalker family and instead focus on minor characters, such as Rebel and Imperial pilots. The series offers limitless potential for stories that explore the galaxy far, far away that cover long long periods of time, and that won't be burdened with continuity limits. "None of the Skywalker story, none of that stuff is in there," Lucas explained. "It's completely different. The animated series has got all of the characters in it. The one that comes after, the live-action one, is with people who were in Star Wars, but they're not the main characters."

During the interview Lucas looked back at the massive influence Star Wars has had on the popular culture of an entire generation. "It seems to have inspired a lot of people," he said. "But it's not just filmmakers. It's astronauts and people that go into business and people that do all kinds of things. Star Wars was really designed to make people think outside the box, to make people use their imagination and think anything is possible. And it does that."

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Great Post! Thanks!

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Thank you.

I'm just glad that new Star Wars stuff is right around the corner.

Lucasfilm is doing an incredibly great job keeping the lid on these projects-- in the interview, he mentions that several episodes of the new animated series are already done, and yet we have seen NOTHING on the net-- no pictures, no spoilers, no anything.

I have a feeling that he's waiting to unveil everything at the next Celebration.

I can't wait!

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It is so great to hear of new star wars stuff, i can't wait for either of these series to come out.

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So we get to wait until we near 2008 before we start seeing more traffic here? Hehe, that sort of sucks. Oh well.

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Here's a link to a video interview with Rob Coleman of Lucasfilm, in which he discusses the upcomming animated Star Wars series.

http://www.mintinbox.net/reportages/...ew_Rob_Coleman

After the link brings you to the MintInBox page, just scroll down towards the bottom. You'll see an Icon there to start the video.

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