As if the news earlier this week about Futurama, South Park, and The Simpsons wasn’t enough, the BBC has a report about the planned live-action Star Wars television series expected to begin filming in 2008.
The TV series spin-off of the Stars Wars film franchise will run to at least 100 episodes, according to producer Rick McCallum.
He told BBC Radio 1 the writing team would soon be meeting to start on the project, which would begin filming in 2008 and be ready the same year.
“Hopefully if we can make it work and everybody’s excited and watches it we will keep on going,” said McCallum.
The series will be set between episodes three and four of the film saga.
It would cover the 20 years in the life of Luke Skywalker growing up that remains a mystery to most film-goers.
And it looks like Indiana Jones 4 will begin filming soon:
Star Wars creator George Lucas has just completed writing the script for the next Indiana Jones film and will then begin work on Red Tails, about African-American pilots in World War II.
Following completion of that film, work will begin on the Star Wars TV series.
Cool.
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