'Star Wars' TV Show: George Lucas Claims 50 Hours Of Material On G4

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (or, a year ago, and here on Earth), George Lucas announced a live action "Star Wars" television show, to pick up the action in between the end of his second trilogy, "Revenge of the Sith" and the beginning of his first trilogy, "A New Hope."

As it stands now, the production is in anything but light speed mode.

Appearing on G4's "Attack of the Show," Lucas revealed that, while he's got two seasons worth of show written, the final product won't be ready for human eyes for quite some time. For all the light sabers and TIE fighters in his movies, the technology just isn't there to create it, on a budget, to 3D.

"It sits on the shelf. We have 50 hours and we're just waiting to figure out a different way of making movies, a different technology that we can use, that will make it economically feasible to shoot the show," he said. "Right now it looks like the 'Star Wars' features, but we have to figure out a way of making it for about a tenth the cost of features."

Already, there is an animated "Star Wars" series, "The Clone Wars," but this one will be a live action affair.

Lucas, appearing on the show with Disney Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald, also spoke about the conversion of his original films to 3D; he plans on re-releasing all of them to theaters with the enhanced screen experience.

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Comments

[Muttley88]

12:22 PM on 07/23/2011

Please, please let the hideously deformed monstrosity that Star Wars has become die already.

[dommy]

06:51 AM on 07/23/2011

take your penis out of my childhood already lucas

[John E Priegnitz]

03:51 PM on 07/22/2011

I hope Lucas has a dark apprentice who will betray him once and for all...

[MarsAmbassador]

02:34 PM on 07/22/2011

Lucas is done. His powers of innovation have long departed. 30 years ago he was creating THX and ILM to get done what needed to get done. But over the last 20 years he has been surpassed by James Cameron and Peter Jackson. Jackson's Gollum DESTROYED Lucas' Jar Jar Binks and WETA is a premium brand while ILM is just another contender. When was the last time you saw THX in the theater? Cameron personally helped design and patent the newer 3D cameras they're using, Lucas wasn't anywhere to be seen on that front. He's nowhere to be seen at these new frontiers of innovation. And now he's got 2 seasons of a TV show sitting on the shelf because he can't figure out how to get it made. Don't worry George, I'm sure someone else will figure it out for you.

[rikilii]

11:41 AM on 07/22/2011

Seriously? A tenth of the cost? Oh, I get it, he obviously doesn't have nearly enough money to pull this off, right?

[DCvote]

01:14 AM on 06/07/2011

no need for 3D.

[Pandoras Folly]

09:32 AM on 06/06/2011

interesting note The emipres strikes back, widely regarded as the best of the star wars movies was not written by lucas.

i want another clone wars micro series.

here is an idea i just had Guillermo del Toro does star wars. come on you now it would be great.

[pglover]

10:30 PM on 06/05/2011

After the second trilogy, Lucas should be less concerned with technology and more concerned with story and character.

[DH2]

10:07 PM on 06/05/2011

Your powers are weak, old man.

[Pandoras Folly]

09:30 AM on 06/06/2011

then I loled

[skybar]

09:15 AM on 06/05/2011

Please, no. GL should stick to doing CGI for other films.

[Dots]

08:36 AM on 06/05/2011

Some of us don't like 3D. Some of us have eyes that do not see 3D.

[murphysgirl]

09:32 PM on 06/04/2011

Lucas needs a new project other than ruining the legacy of Star Wars.

[fresh the movie]

09:30 PM on 06/04/2011

princess leia

[Greatest Darthfruit]

05:33 PM on 06/04/2011

No, it will suck big time! I hate George Lucas! I hate Jar-Jar-Binks!

[marignymitch]

02:28 PM on 06/04/2011

I'm still recovering from I, I, III. Please, no! Have mercy.