Another George Lucas Star Wars live action TV show thread!

[Temis the Vorta]

"Deadwood minus the profanity" is exaclty what we want.

A space opera that's reminiscent of Deadwood (and with profanity if they please) would be great, but I don't see what that has to do with Star Wars. Deadwood-in-space would be best if it were independent of any existing franchise, without the burden of having to fit into an existing mythology, since it's not going to have the advantage of drawing upon the elements that made Star Wars popular to begin with.

This all reminds me of people who want a Star Trek series, but then go on to describe something that isn't Star Trek-kish in the least.

Lucas has already got a rich and robust mythology that could be turned into a great live-action TV series, and although I'm skeptical that anything good can survive on broadcast, I don't see why a Star Wars series couldn't be family friendly. The approach that The Clone Wars takes is just fine, but ratchet back the dependence on action and beef up the political and psychological complexity, as well as the story complexity, for the adult audience.

the gritty elements seen in the Cantina

The Star Wars cantina scene is Sesame Street compared with Deadwood. Do you mean just beefing up the colorful, outlawish elements? That's a long ways for the extremely adult themes of Deadwood. There's a lot of stuff you can do to make a series less sanitized and lifeless, long before you get into stuff like that vile plotline with the serial killer who was obsessed with a prostitute.

 

[VulcanJedi]

"Deadwood minus the profanity" is exaclty what we want.

A space opera that's reminiscent of Deadwood (and with profanity if they please) would be great, but I don't see what that has to do with Star Wars. Deadwood-in-space would be best if it were independent of any existing franchise, without the burden of having to fit into an existing mythology, since it's not going to have the advantage of drawing upon the elements that made Star Wars popular to begin with.

This all reminds me of people who want a Star Trek series, but then go on to describe something that isn't Star Trek-kish in the least.

Lucas has already got a rich and robust mythology that could be turned into a great live-action TV series, and although I'm skeptical that anything good can survive on broadcast, I don't see why a Star Wars series couldn't be family friendly. The approach that The Clone Wars takes is just fine, but ratchet back the dependence on action and beef up the political and psychological complexity, as well as the story complexity, for the adult audience.

the gritty elements seen in the Cantina

The Star Wars cantina scene is Sesame Street compared with Deadwood. Do you mean just beefing up the colorful, outlawish elements? That's a long ways for the extremely adult themes of Deadwood. There's a lot of stuff you can do to make a series less sanitized and lifeless, long before you get into stuff like that vile plotline with the serial killer who was obsessed with a prostitute.

It's all there as sub-text but made clear in the literature and from Lucas. And remember, Han shot first. It's a wretched hive of scum and villainy! Imagine the possibilities (or read the Tales From The Cantina book) Drug addiction, prostitution, cannabilism, slavery, merciless villains and bounty hunters---can you imagine the potential? Sounds like Deadwood to me. Lucas said it himself.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

Sounds like Deadwood to me.

He did indeed.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

George Lucas thinking he can do Deadwood fills me with untold dread.

Now, he might be able to hire people who could do Deadwood. If he leaves them alone.

 

[Whofan]

As mentioned before Matthew Graham is working on it. Kegg noted his work on Doctor Who (Although his WHO input-Fear Her and the Flesh two-parter are among the worse episodes) but I think he's also well known for creating Life On Mars (The UK version, that is).


Actually a Doctor Who style approach could work, Star Wars and WHO largely aim for family audiences, with some geared toward younger viewers (Jar-Jar, burping autons, the Slitheen etc.) but plenty of darker material for older fans.