Re: New "Star Wars" series described as "Sopranos" meets "Deadwood"

"David" <dimlan17@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> from imdb
>
> Lucas Working on Sci-Fi Gangster Series
>
> George Lucas is working on a new live-action Star Wars series for
> television that is being described as Deadwood meets The Sopranos in
> outer space, the New York Post reported today (Monday),
[snip]

Which is odd, considering that Lucas has always maintained that Star Wars
is 
primarily meant for kids. (And the kid in all of us).

> The newspaper did not explain the reasons for the
> broadcast and cable networks' reluctance, especially since the Star
> Wars movies represent the most successful film franchise in history.

Maybe because no network wants to go down in history as "the network that 
canceled Star Wars".
;-D