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

On Mar 18, 2:42=A0am, "Dougie Roberts" <dougierobe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "David" <dimla...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> news:c5gtt3pb060lk74thfa921lnrcgsgs3rib@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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

After the disaster of the prequel movies (artistically speaking) and
Lucas tendency to control everything even when he has no clue in what
he is doing, I can understand them.