Sean Walsh <seanocity@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Mar 14, 11:36 pm, Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>wrote:
>> By Josh Grossberg
>>
>> Los Angeles (E! Online) - The Jedi Master hit Sin City to send the
>> latest Star Wars hype into hyperdrive.
>>
>> George Lucas made a surprise appearance Thursday at ShoWest, the
>> annual movie exhibitors' confab going on this week in Las Vegas, to
>> plug the upcoming computer-animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
>>
>> The 'toon, which unspools Aug. 15, chronicles the intergalactic
>> adventures of A****in Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and a host of familiar
>> and new additions to the Star Wars rogue's gallery, battling each
>> other in the Clones Wars, the epic events taking place in the period
>> between Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars:
>> Episode III--Revenge of the Sith.
>>
>> Clone Wars will also serve as the kickoff to a live-action TV series
>> of the same name, which is set to debut on TNT and the Cartoon Network
>> in the fall.
>>
>> "I think it can live up to the live-action movies," Lucas said before
>> screening a five-minute clip of the highly stylized animation for
>> theater owners at the Paris Hotel. (Of course, Phantom Menace didn't
>> exactly raise the bar.)
>>
>> Lucas added that all the major characters from the prequel trilogy
>> will be present and accounted for--from Yoda and the Emperor to Mace
>> Windu and Boba Fett (though they won't be voiced by the film actors).
>
>That kinda stinks, since Sam Jackson and Hayden Christensen said
>they'd be up for reprising the roles.
>
>However, the "all the major characters from the prequel trilogy will
>be present" bit is a slight change from past statements (Lucas said
>the only ones returning would be Boba, 3P0 and R2), so maybe this can
>yet change?
I think the article is confusing the live-action show with the
animated show. The animated show can have any characters they want
since it's just voice actors they have to pay. The live-action show
will be limited to new characters and minor characters (like the
droids).
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