Star Wars TV Rumor
Kevin Smith and Luke Skywalker?

December 20, 2004 - When Revenge of the Sith hits theaters in May, it will likely mean the end of Star Wars on the big screen. But fans are already anticipating the epic space fantasy's move to television which creator George Lucas has hinted at in recent months.


The latest rumor, per the IESB website, is that fan and filmmaker Kevin Smith is secretly developing the series. When asked about the possibility, he's been completely mum on the subject – very much out of character for Smith. Something could be up.

And that's not all... a scooper for IESB claims that Mark Hamill will appear as Luke Skywalker in a recurring role. The report states that Hamill is currently collaborating with Smith on the pilot for the weekly series and that he'd appear in a "pop up now and then" role. The series reportedly features mostly new characters.

As is their custom, don't expect Lucasfilm to even acknowledge the existence of the planned TV series until after Episode III. In the meantime, tell us what you think about the prospect of Star Wars on TV and we'll keep you posted on the latest.

You can't be serious.

Because selling out possibly the greatest SciFi story in history hasn't made Lucas rich enough already...

This is the very reason that starwars will never die...

I heard about that a few months ago, actually.

But when I think about it, nothing could really be worse than any of the following Star Wars ideas....

-the made for TV ewoks movies
-the star wars christmas special
-that cartoon about the droids
-the stupid flashy animeish cartoon network clone wars cartoons

Hey now, I liked the Clone Wars cartoons.

And I liked the Ewok movies when I was little.

I am ashamed to say I am pretty sure I liked the ewok movies when I was little as well.... I think at one point we even had them recorded to vhs.


*cough*


The clone wars cartoons.... to each their own I guess, but I cant stand them. Blech!

I think it's because of my extreme prejudice against this new flashy anime influenced animation style they are using. I was never a fan of the animation style that cartoon network uses in their newer cartoons...

also the first time I saw a cartoon it was with director commentary, because without the commentary I couldn't figure out what the hell was going on in the cartoon. The commentary sounded like the director (who was doing the commentary) had no clue what he was talking about. He was like "yeah... we thought it would be cool to have a flashy thing there, and ok.... now we just decided to have these.... ships.... do their thing up in space, over the planet annnnd.... yeah, theres a lot of laser blasts and flashy thingsyou know... its a battle and we wanted it to be flashy and cool looking"



meh. I am glad someone liked it tho. It'll keep SW around and give them the chance to make something better later....


:p

They should kill of main characters. I'd watch that.

I'm annoyed at this. This basically means they will take the EU and chuck it out the window, in order to make fresh new storylines.

Bastards. The EU is one of the best things to come out of SW.