Taking a little break from my writing for pay endeavors this afternoon, I realized that, Atlanta getting bitchslapped around by Mother Nature notwithstanding, it’s a pretty slow news Saturday.
Here’s the headline proof from CNN.com
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- Fans never seem to get their fill of "Star Wars," and George Lucas is happy to oblige.
Lucas offered a glimpse into the latest creation in his sci-fi universe at the theater-owners convention ShoWest on Thursday, showing a sequence from "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," a computer-animated movie due in theaters August 15. It will be followed by a TV series of the same name, to air on the Cartoon Network and TNT this fall.
The movie came about as an afterthought while Lucas was developing an animated TV show of the same name. That show debuts this fall, but Lucas figured it was ripe for big-screen treatment, too.
Set in the years between episodes II and III -- "Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith" -- of the big-screen "Star Wars" chronicle, the movie and series present fresh adventures of Jedi warrior Anakin Skywalker, his mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and other colleagues.
The movie introduces a female Jedi, Ahsoki, who is Anakin's young apprentice.
"It's like 'Band of Brothers' in space, with Jedi," Lucas, 63, said. "You can tell lots of stories. They come up all the time."
Lucas said he plans to produce at least 100 hours worth of TV episodes of "Clone Wars."
He also is moving forward with a live-action "Star Wars" TV show focusing largely on new characters removed from the Skywalker family. That show will be set in the decades between "Revenge of the Sith" and the period when the original film, 1977's "Star Wars," takes place.
So can fans ever get enough of "Star Wars"?
"I don't know," Lucas said. "I'm thankful every year that it keeps going."
Well, George, we’re thankful for you, buddy.
Thirty years later and still going strong.
That’s almost longer than Joan Rivers’ first facelift has lasted.
But, here’s the thing, Tatooine boy.
I’m at a point in my life where I, too, need to start being thankful for the fame and fortune that I have achieved with my creativity.
All I need now is some fame and fortune to be thankful for.
And that’s where you come in.
Cause I’ve got a sure fire, out of the box killer idea for a “spin off” of your little cash cow there that will not only make me wealthy and you wealthier, but will rope in all those folks born in the thirties and forties who just never could quite get into the whole “galaxy far, far away” thing.
So, here you go. And I’m putting it here in plain sight for you to read, fully trusting that my fellow man will not take advantage of seeing the idea in this public forum and rip me off.
Who says I don’t know anything about science fiction.
The idea, like all great ideas, is exquisite in its simplicity.
In the proud tradition of giving the viewing audience more and more of what they are always willing to put out big bucks for, a “hybrid”, if you will of one of the most popular television series of the sixties and your very popular Star Wars movies.
The characters…(I leave the casting to you, just make sure you spell my name correctly on the checks)
Jethro-pio
Elly Wan Kenobi
Gran Solo
Jane Hathawookie
And those adorable little furries, the Ewoks?
In this universe, they’re adorable little canines.
Weee Doggies.
And the main character?
Well, the character whose name is right there in big old marquee lights in every multiplex from here to there and back again.
Right there in the title of this stroke of cinematic genius.
“The Return Of The Jedi Clampett.”
Give it some serious thought, George and then when you’re ready to talk options and percentages…
I’ll be right here.
Ya’ll come back now.
Y’hear?
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