When Star Wars first came to television with the Genndy Tartakovsky-animated Clone Wars, I was eight or nine, and I loved it. Sure, it didn't quite capture the magic of the film series for me, but it was a well-animated series with my favorite characters (Yoda! Kit Fisto!) and a lot of big things blowing up. Now we've got The Clone Wars, the three-dimensionally animated series that still features our favorite characters. It came a little after my love for Star Wars faded, so I haven't seen it. However, if the long-rumored live-action series ever came to the small screen, you can bet that I'd be right there every step of the way.
George Lucas told G4's Attack of the Show that he has fifty hours of scripts for the show already -- but it's still on hold. Sure, he's got more than two seasons of material written. But there's another hold-up.
Much like James Cameron had to build the technology to film Avatar, Lucas is looking for his own technology to film the shows: "a different type of technology we can use so it's economically feasible to shoot the shows." How long will that be? Probably a few years, but I don't think the series will be postponed indefinitely. Sure, Lucas is known for his patience when making movies (remember the long wait for episode I?), but with fifty scripts in the can, I'm sure he'll find some technology just to make sure it wasn't all such a waste. And, hopefully, that technology will help the show recapture some of the magic that's been lost in the animated shows.
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