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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Star Wars’ Live-Action TV Series Casting Underway
Published by Eric Ditzian on Monday, March 9, 2009 at 3:16 pm.A live-action TV series set in the “Star Wars” cosmos has been an elusive, tantalizing prospect for years. News of the potential production first surfaced in 2005 while George Lucas was promoting “Revenge of the Sith.” Work on the “Clones Wars” animated feature film and Cartoon Network series, though, took creative precedence. In late 2007, Lucas revealed that he and his team were about to begin writing scripts for the live-action show. Now MTV News has learned that casting for the series is currently underway.
During the junket for the Nicolas Cage thriller “Knowing,” star Rose Byrne let slip that Team Lucas is casting a wide net for actors to join the show. “A lot of my friends have been auditioning for it,” she said.
According to Lucas, the show will focus on minor characters from the saga and be set in the time period between “Revenge of the Sith” (Episode III) and the original “Star Wars” (Episode IV). The action will follow the Rebel Alliance as it slowly gains strength against the Empire. There will be Stormtroopers, but no Jedi or Darth Vader will appear on screen. As he did with the “Clone Wars” series, Lucas will write and shoot an entire year’s worth of episodes before looking for a cable channel on which to air the series.
Thus, with casting just now moving forward, it looks to be quite some time before fans will be able to catch some live-action “Star Wars” on the small screen.
Bryne couldn’t have been more pleased about her time working with Lucas on 2002’s “Attack of the Clones.” “My experience was wonderful,” she said. “George is a great guy. I was just there for a week, standing behind Natalie [Portman] looking very demure and supportive. 95% of the fan mail I get is from ‘Star Wars’ and I’ve never seen them.”
As much as she enjoyed the “Star Wars” experience, Byrne, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her work on FX’s “Damages,” will not be auditioning for the live-action series. “I’m on a show,” she said. “I don’t know if I look that good in space.”
Who would you like to see cast in a live-action “Star Wars” TV show? Which cable channel would be the best outlet for the series?
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/03/09/ex … -underway/
A live action Star Wars television series has been talked about since 2005 when George Lucas first mentioned the show and the Clone War animated series while doing promotion for Star Wars Episode III Revenge of The Sith.
Lucas and a group of writers started writing scripts for the 100 episode series way back in 2007, but now comes the first news that casting for the series is underway.
MTV spoke with Star Wars bit part actress Rose Byrne at the Knowing press junket and she said:
“A lot of my friends have been auditioning for it”
While it’s not an awful lot to go on it does look that Lucas will once again unleash the force once more.
As a huge Star Wars fan (I have no idea how many DVDs and VHS copies I own) I have to admit that I haven’t watched the last animated movie or it’s television counterpart. It’s animation - I just don’t get animation.
However, I may just get excited by a live action series - if it’s done right. Television is a new frontier for narrative story telling and I feel that if Lucas has developed the series correctly then it could be a good show.
I know that there an awful lot of Lucas haters out there who feel that he has milked the Star Wars cash cow for all it’s worth, but I believe that we have to give this series a chance - lets see some previews before we bash it.
Don’t expect to see any familiar faces in the show - it’s due to be set in the 20 years between Episode III and Episode IV but with no major character making an appearance.
If Lucas is only casting at the moment I’d say that the show is probably another two or three years away due to the technical effects and because I’d imagine that they’d want a few episodes in the can before they premiere on television.
Screen Rant will have more news on the live action Star Wars series when we get it.
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Re: ‘Star Wars’ Live-Action TV Series Casting Underway
This could be really good or really bad or just okay. Either way I'd be watching it when it firsts comes on. Glad to see that there won't be any Darth Vader but I wouldn't mind a Jedi character or plotline in some part of the show.
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I understand that Jedi were hunted and mostly eliminated right before this time period, but I wouldn't be surprised to find that more than two survived Revenge (Yoda and Obi-Wan being the 2 they show) - or that a young guy or girl would happen upon those teachings and try to train themselves. Regardless, I'm pretty excited.
The Clone Wars animated show is pretty cool actually, I've seen a couple and enjoyed them mostly. The movie looked dreadful but the show is not a bad way to waste away a half-hour.
