Lucasfilm Spy Report 2007

Tagne · Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 16 Location: France

March 18 2007

source: entertainmentgeekly.com

Lucasfilm Spy Report.

Want to hear what visitors are being told at the Presidio?

LIVE-ACTION SERIES

• The Live-Action Series aimed at 16 year olds.

CLONE WARS TELEVISION

• Show intended to be aired weekly and it will be aimed at 12 year olds.

• A second animated show will be aimed at 6 year olds.

• Disconnect between Lucas and his minions: Lucas proclaimed that this CGI Clone Wars show has a definite dark tone, a sentiment the marketing droids did not share.

• Reaction to the show not positive: Vehicles and clone troopers were rendered somewhat realistically, but other characters have sort of a Supermarionation feel to them. The general sentiment was that you can get away with this when rendering alien characters but not humans. R2-D2 looks like claymation.

• First episode will focus on Anakin and Obi-Wan versus Count Dooku and Asajj Ventress. Anakin has a young Padawan: a red Twilek girl. The plot of the first episode revolved around the Jedi trying to rescue Jabba the Hutt's son from Separatist forces.

INDIANA JONES IV

• Will follow the tone and spirit of the first and third movies very closely.

• Indy will have a young Padawan. Lucasfilm is hoping that this character will be able to carry two or three more movies after this one.

• Story will take place in the 1950s and even though the Russians were not directly named as villains, the cold war was mentioned.

• Plot would revolve around finding a paranormal artifact.

VT-16 · Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 943 Location: Norway

Wow, using "padawan" and "marketing droid" jokes twice? People are slipping these days.

:whateva:

covers my reaction nicely. This whole "Indy apprentice franchise" thing seems very fishy to me.

ETAndElliot4Ever · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:12 am Post subject:

Anakin has a Padawan? How exactly would that work?

VT-16 · Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 943 Location: Norway

A brief stint training her alá Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan before she either a) dies or b) graduates.

If any of this isn't bs, that is. :P

Daglington · Joined: 29 Feb 2004 Posts: 273

Hrm, all seems pretty weird to me.

A new Indy movie series? Bad artwork on the Clone Wars cartoons? Jabbas son? I don't know, I think I'll wait until I hear some confirmation, all of this is unusual, and it's making me feel uneasy.

Biggs · Joined: 25 Apr 2004 Posts: 608

Lucas and Spielberg have bitched about the I4 script for so long and it's been in development for more than 10 years on and off. There's no way the two would about-shift and greenlight a whole lotta new movies based on this ones long-term past.

Bandersnatch · **OBGYN** Joined: 25 Aug 2004 Posts: 2870

You know, ever since I was 12 years old, I've wanted to know about Jabba the Hutt's son what

Mike_Droideka · Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 336 Location: Australia

Raveers · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject:

I too call bullshit on this. This sounds like it came from ....wait for it... .wait for it...... Superfuckingshadow.... *dodges all knives and bullets*.

I doubt Lucas will make more Indy films with OUT Ford. It wouldn't be Indy with out Ford. I am with Biggs that I think after Indy 4 the film franchise for the Indiana Jones is done. As Bigg said one final send off to the fans and such.

Cryostar · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject:

Can you dodge the space station I'm going to drop on you formentioning that? :P

Biggs · Joined: 25 Apr 2004 Posts: 608

Hahahah.

Raveers · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject:

Eh, I've all ready been to hell and back so you can try. :monocle:

Jed ii GT · Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 5 Location: Delaware

I would totally agree that this is total bullshit. I have a hard time believing that George Lucas, Rick McCallum would take as long as they have to put out junk. They opened 2 new studio complexes in Singapore and in San Fran to produce these new tv shows. I'm sure it will be something that we have never seen before, George always finds away to surprise us.

Cryostar · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:19 pm Post subject:

stan Marsh · Joined: 23 Dec 2004 Posts: 417

I didn't believe it at first, but when I clicked the link and saw it was reported by ROGER I knew it was legit Fuck Off

Inv8r_ZIM · Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 35

" I have a hard time believing that George Lucas, Rick McCallum would take as long as they have to put out junk."

<<CHEAP TPM SHOT>>Right, because we didn't see that happen in '99 at all.<<END CHEAP TPM SHOT>>

The Clone Wars storyline sounds like crap to me. With TFU involving Vader's Padawan I can't see something virtually identical being covered at the same time on CW, if only as a marketing problem it doesn't work. And didn't they already finish the Asaji Ventress story? Why would they turn back the clock and rehash the Tartakovsky series?

But I dunno, the Indy thing sounds plausible; Lucas is a very very shrewd businessman, and currently LFL is without a feature franchise as SW is going to the episodic format for the forseeable future. Plus this jives with some earlier rumors about Indy's bungling kid as part of the story - sort of a sendoff for Ford, and a comming into his own for the next Jones. Besides, who says it would have to A)Involve Speilberg (young Indy didn't, did it?)or B)Go to theaters? Maybe Lucas is entirely serious about TV and the home video market being the future.

And one last sendoff for the fans?! Are you shitting me? What exactly have any of you seen LFL do "for the fans"? Forget that, when have you seen LFL spend years and a hundred million "for the fans". I just don't know, planning many more trips to the well kinda feels like LFL to me.

Capt. Sith Park · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:20 am Post subject:

About the Indiana Jones stuff -

(more possible Facts, Speculation + What-Not thrown into the mix)

Quite recently, while Mr. Speilberg had his ppl researching various obscure art pieces (hinting towards Paintings - Now ... Could that have anything to do w/ Dr. Jones) it was discovered that one of his very treasured pieces had at one point in time been stolen, and never recovered - Steven claims that he made the purchase from a legit dealer ... Hmmmm, Busted!!!

stan Marsh · Joined: 23 Dec 2004 Posts: 417

I don't know if others are, but I am very much diggin on the KOTOR comic series. I really wish he would do a show that takes place in that era. I think the games and comic have done a great job creating an interesting storyline that could definitely make it's own series.

VT-16 · Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 943 Location: Norway

Funny, I remember a clip from CIII where Lucas takes questions from the audience and one of them is "Will you consider making a TV Series based on the KOTOR era?"
"Never." And then he laughs.

I don't think it's set in stone that he won't do it, I just thought that answer was so funny. Anyone got the clip?