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October 2 2004
source: ( AP, hollywoodnorthreport.com)
Star Wars Television Series is coming to your screens after Episode III—Revenge of the Sith completes its run in theaters.
Jim Ward announced this at the recent Star Wars DVD rollout for the press, and George Lucas confirmed it himself in a recent AP interview:
AP: After Episode III, will you ever revisit Star Wars?
LUCAS: Ultimately, I'm going to probably move it into television and let other people take it. I'm sort of preserving the feature film part for what has happened and never go there again, but I can go off into various offshoots and things.
You know, I've got offshoot novels, I've got offshoot comics. So it's very easy to say, "Well, OK, that's that genre, and I'll find a really talented person to take it and create it. Just like the comic books and the novels are somebody else's way of doing it. I don't mind that. Some of it might turn out to be pretty good. If I get the right people involved, it could be interesting."
Questions abound regarding what the series will be about and when it will be set. The best speculation thus far puts the debut in the Fall of 2006, with the setting taking place sometime between the events of Episode III—Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV—A New Hope (the original Star Wars film).
By setting the series during this period, it allows the producers to introduce new characters, while opening the door to visits from familiar ones, like Darth Vader, a young Han Solo, Chewbacca and perhaps even Boba Fett.
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