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From Ain't It Cool News... ----------------------------------------- Okay, STAR WARS Fans... Want Some More News To Chew On?! How About Those TV Series Premise Details?! Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab... Okay... now that the dust has started to settle from the other day (and I say “started,” since it’s going to kick right back up next week when full details about the DVD changes start to trickle out... and they will), how about something else to keep you talking? We’ve heard repeatedly now about marketing meetings that Lucasfilm has been holding internationally, in which they’ve laid out their plans for the next five years or so. One of the cornerstones of that plan has been a TV show rumored to start in the fall of 2006. So what would a STAR WARS TV show be about? What premise could possibly fuel a weekly series that wouldn’t also tread on the toes of film continuity? Could the Vader purge support an entire series, and how big a downer would it be just watching him kill Jedi each week? Could it be a Jedi Academy or a Rogue Squadron show? Nope. Sounds like Lucasfilm knows exactly which character fans are still most intrigued by, even now, over 20 years after his first brief introduction. Yeah... you know who I’m talking about... check out what this spy had to say: Yep, been a long time since my last report. But I like to save up. So it's time to cash out. Yep, there is a Star Wars TV show on the way. Yep, it takes place between Episode 3 and 4. Yep, the character and story arcs are starting to come together. Hehe... fanboys are gonna love this! Playing one of the series' villans we love to hate is none other than... wait for it... Boba Fett! Expect young Boba (but not nearly as young as in Ep. 2) to feature in the series significantly. And you wondered why Lucas spent so much time focusing on that kid in Attack of the Clones and made sure that you knew that he knew that the Jedi/Republic was responsible for his Dad's death. Now you know.
Cooper the Hound Normally, I’d say a bad guy couldn’t really carry the weight of audience sympathy week to week as the star of a show, but Boba Fett is no ordinary bad guy, and this would certainly give Lucasfilm an entire galaxy of possibilities, story-wise. For now, let’s consider this one an unconfirmed rumor, but I’m already working on a few key sources to try and get something more substantial. I’ll make sure to let you know when we do... "Moriarty" out. -----------------------------------------
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 Why couldn't Lucas just stick with the original origin of Boba Fett? I liked him better when he wasn't a clone...
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Plus, he fucks Muppets, and that can't be right.
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GOD DAMNIT! They could make a TV series of the books. That would be a great premise. But no, Lucas has a hard-on for Boba fett. I heard rumors of this TV series for a while but now I really don't care.
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When they said a fan-favorite character I thought it was gonna be Han Solo... I don't care much for Boba. What kinda name is Boba? I'll tell you what kinda name it is: a silly one.
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Han Solo's story was published as a trilogy. It's a good read, and Lucas should stay the fuck away from it.
<sub>Will Eisner's last work - The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of ZionRDCW Profile"Well, as it happens, I wrote the damned SOP," Illescue half snarled, "and as of now, you can bar those jackals from any part of this facility until Hell's a hockey rink! Is that perfectly clear?!" - Dr. Franz Illescue - Honor Harrington: At All Costs"I don't know what I'm do, or how I do, I just do." - Alexander Ovechkin</sub>
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They really should do the series on the X-wing novels.
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Yeah, but I'd rather bitch about a Han Solo show than one with Boba Fett.
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They really should do the series on the X-wing novels.
Rogue and Wraith squadrons would rock! 
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They really should do the series on the X-wing novels.
It would be cool if they adapted those.
I would like to see them write a series post NJO, avoiding mainstream characters and politics. Something focussing on say, a jedi and his/her apprentice, traveling the galaxy, helping those in need. Kyp Duron would be a good master to follow. He has a detailed, and tortured background story. They could create his apprentice for the show. A new, original character, made for TV.
But no, we get Boba Fett and his new, fucked up origin. I, too, liked it better when his past was ambiguous. When all we knew was that he served the law, but he was betrayed, or something, and became a bounty hunter. When he was the first to be known for the Mandalorian armor, not the second. Before Episode II, Fett was a bad ass bounty hunter who upheld the law of the reigning, legal government. He was against the New republic because it was an ilegal government, plain and simple. Now, Lucas has turned him into a bad guy, plain and simple. Now, he hates the Republic and the Jedi because they killed his father. No. I'm sorry. Lucas actually weakened the character. Maybe if he would actually read the books people have written in the expanded universe, he would get a fucking clue on how to write a story.
<sub>Will Eisner's last work - The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of ZionRDCW Profile"Well, as it happens, I wrote the damned SOP," Illescue half snarled, "and as of now, you can bar those jackals from any part of this facility until Hell's a hockey rink! Is that perfectly clear?!" - Dr. Franz Illescue - Honor Harrington: At All Costs"I don't know what I'm do, or how I do, I just do." - Alexander Ovechkin</sub>
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They really should do the series on the X-wing novels.
Rogue and Wraith squadrons would rock!
I concur! Personally, Wedge was always the character I liked seeing fleshed out in the books. Much more so that Fett. Lucas should actually listen to the fans rather than his moron kids...
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That's the problem, Star Wars isn't a story the various authors came up with, it's HIS story, he can do what he likes best. When it comes to it, then the expanded universe is completely irrelevant in regards to the movies. They are what matters. It's sad, cuz many of the books are very good, but that's really the way it is 
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