MTV has recently reported that the casting for the live-action show is already underway. Lucas has stated that the show will take place in between "Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith" and "Episode IV: A New Hope." It will deal with the Rebel Alliance in its early stages as they rise to power against the Empire. Supposedly there will be Stormtroopers but no sign of any Jedi, including Darth Vader. Lucas plans on filming an entire season of episodes before shopping around for a channel to show it. Apparently Lucas has also described the show as "Deadwood meets the Sopranos in space."
I have to say that I can't wait for this. I love the Clone Wars show on Cartoon Network but this could be something. We haven't really seen the period between the third and fourth movie. The nice thing about this is hopefully we won't see a whiney teenage Luke complaining about wanting to hang out with his friends. I was afraid it'd turn out to be more like "Star Wars meets the Hills." I'm not crazy that we'll have to wait until after a full year's worth of shooting but that should mean we'll at least get a good start when it does begin to air.
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