Dark Horse Comics' "Star Wars: Underworld"
Star Wars producer Rick McCallum has a new interview with IGN about the long-in-development live-action Star Wars TV show. The working title for the show is Star Wars: Underworld and it focuses on the 20 year gap between Episode III and IV, and the various criminal elements – bounty hunters, gangs, and corrupt politicians – who vie for control of the galaxy during that time. 50 scripts are already in the can. The problem for the show has always been getting the cost down to a manageable level, say $5 million an episode, and finding the right venue for it: network television or cable TV.
Update: AICN has a rumor that the show will incorporate time travel. Thanks to @timmaughan and @mynki for the tip.
Because as we all know, George is short on cash to pay for the show. 🙂
Actually George Lucas is working on ways of changing TV forever right now. When they figure out how to bring TV costs down, the show will look just as good as the feature films if not even better with the updated effects. Lucas strives for quality, tho some may not like the routes he chooses with storylines, or product releases he aims to please and this show will be cool for Star Wars fans. If not it will simply be canceled but with popularity of the new Star Wars MMO, things are looking healthy for the Star Wars fans.
Time travel? What is this Star Wars of Star Trek?