The Live Action Star Wars Series Gets a Working Title....

WDWmazprty

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Check it out:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=85791



The Live Action Star Wars Series Gets a Working Title
Source: IGN January 9, 2012


The bad news for fans eagerly anticipating the live action "Star Wars" series is that not much has changed since word broke last June that the massive production is currently on hold, awaiting costs to drop to a point that will make the FX-heavy undertaking financially feasible. Producer Rick McCallum is hoping that won't be too far off, however, and today told IGN that the show even has a working title: "Star Wars: Underworld."

"It's underneath what's going on," he reiterated about the series' focus, "It's the criminals and the gangs. The guys who are running Wall Street, basically. The guys who are running the United States."

Even if the series is a few more years away, McCallum says there's no risk in the scripts become dating and that the delay can only make the show stronger.

"They're timeless," he explains. "They take place between Episode III and Episode IV. That 20 year period when Luke is growing up. It's not about Luke, but it's about that period when the Empire is trying to take things [over]."

You can check out IGN's full video interview in the player below:




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MansionGoer13z

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Though I'm a pretty big Star Wars fan. I think I'll stick with Fringe and Grimm as my Sci-fi/Fantasy outlets for TV entertainment. This looks like the pilot episode would fail immediately.
 

Master Yoda

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Though I'm a pretty big Star Wars fan. I think I'll stick with Fringe and Grimm as my Sci-fi/Fantasy outlets for TV entertainment. This looks like the pilot episode would fail immediately.
I do not get where you think it would fail immediately. From everything I have hard the scrips that are in place for this series are very good. The hold up is simply budget and a delivery outlet. They understandably do not want to go with major networks and given the major networks track record with sci-fi, who can blame them. Releasing on a cable network would be ideal but they still need to get the cost per episode down to make it economically viable. I would much rather see them wait and get it right then push it out the door and not be able to make a quality product within the budget constraints.
 

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