"Remember the time when rumors that a live-action Star Wars television series was in pre-production would have ignited swirls of fan frenzy? How things have changed. Now SciFiWire’s report that writers are being assembled down under is just another line item in a crowded RSS feed. The show has long had a planned start date of late ‘09, so this report goes along with what we’ve already known. Assuming we do see a Star Wars series premiering next year, what will it actually be? Goerge Lucas, who will be relatively hands-off as an Executive Producer, has said several times that the show would run at least 100 episodes, and at one point there was word that could be upped to 400. He has described the show as “Deadwood meets The Sopranos in space” and repeatedly claimed that no major characters from the films would be integral parts of the storyline, but that some characters could show up as cameos. The Empire will be rising in the background, and we’ll hear about the Emporer, but not see him." - Dan Hsiao from Bookmarklet

I really hope this doesn't suck. - Brian Chang

I've at this point completely lost hope for Lucas, so I simply ASSUME it will suck. Nothing can save him now, he's on the dark side. - G. Sigh

I find your lack of faith disturbing. ;) - Dan Hsiao

I'm sorry, to say that Lucas has gone over to the dark side is an insult to the dark side. They wouldn't want anything to do with Jar-Jar. Just because they're evil doesn't mean that they don't have good taste. Seriously, look at how Vader dresses and tell me that he wouldn't have done a better job edit the prequels. - Keith Pelczarski from iPhone

All I was really getting at is that Lucas is basically dead to me. My "Joss Whedon is my Master now" shirt (see http://iwearcotton.com/2008...) exemplifies this. - G. Sigh

if lucas will be mostly "hands off" then who is managing the project? - Mike Chelen