February 5 2005

source: (IESB, moviehole)


LIVE-ACTION SERIES:

• "Never Say Never"
• "He hasn't heard anything officially about it"

SEQUEL-TRILOGY UPDATE:

• "That was when he [George Lucas] was planning on doing another trilogy after this one [the prequels]".
• "Back in the day he asked me if I'd do that and pass the saber onto the new young hope".




LIVE-ACTION SERIES

IESB caught up with the actor - forever known as Luke Skywalker - at the DVD Exclusive Awards, who hinted that, yes, there might well be a "Star Wars" TV series in the works (Guess it's safe to say then that I've spoke to some official troopers who've also confirmed it - but were hoping the news would stay under lock-and-key for a spell) and that there's always a possibility that an aged Luke Skywalker might make an appearance.

"Never Say Never", Hamill cheekily tells the site, stressing that "He hasn't heard anything officially about it", though. Hamill says a "Star Wars" TV series is a good idea because it would mean it'd probably concentrate more on story than special effects. He said it could be "like Tales of the Jedi Knight - which they do so well in the comics".


SEQUEL TRILOGY UPDATE

The site asked Hamill whether it might follow the rumoured storyline of Skywalker, now older, taking on the Kenobi-esque role of a mentor, and training a young chap. "That was when he [George Lucas] was planning on doing another trilogy after this one [the prequels]. Back in the day he asked me if I'd do that and pass the saber onto the new young hope".


NON-STAR WARS PROJECTS

Hamill also said he's keen to make a sequel to comic-con fave "Comic Book : The Movie", reprising his role as filmmaker Don Swann. "I think it would be interesting to see Don Swan pick the right screenwriter, the right director ... I said we could open with a trailer of the actual movie and the rest of it would be more like Robert Altman's The Player where you see this totally lost character that I play, this clueless guy, lost in Hollywood".

Next up though, he's doing a film version of "Black Pearl", which is partly financed. "I can't announce who is involved at this point", says Hamill, adding that it'll hopefully film sometime later this year.


March 22 2005

source: (Now Playing Magazine)


Steve Sansweet, Lucasfilm's Director of Content Management and Fan Relations, recently told Now Playing Magazine that:

"We are looking into all kinds of things for the future. We're looking for television clearly: Animation [and] we are looking into live action television. Certainly with LucasArts we are looking into interactive games; not only the kinds of things that are there now, but as technology progresses we're looking at what direction that can go".

What kind of live action television, be it an ongoing series or some kind of TV movies? Sansweet wouldn't say.

"We will keep Star Wars alive and well as long as there is an audience, which we think is an indefinite horizon," he told the mag.