Let's forget the cartoon altogether. To be honest, when I posted what I did, it was under the assumption that it was aimed at an adult demographic, kind of like a more tame Family Guy or something of that nature. I completely understand anyone wanting to watch with their kids or whatnot, so let's just put that behind us.
I think it was you that mentioned that SW needs something to rope in the kids to keep the franchise going, and that is something I've wondered about, too. Basically, if there are no more movies in Star Wars' future, I don't really understand how they expect it to survive 20 years from now the same way it does today. Not really going anywhere with this, just would be interested to know what LFL's game plan is in this regard.
In regards to your quote above, I have to say I totally disagree. In my best of all worlds scenario, 'Underworld' (I believe that's the provisional name at the moment) would have writing about on par with Game of Thrones (obviously they'd tone down the violence/nudity, but it's not integral to Star Wars or great writing, so I'd be fine with that), and if that happened, I'm sure it would be a hit and not just watched by Star Wars fans, but actually bring in a new audience. Really they should to be able to afford the best and I'd bet there are a ton of talented writers, directors and actors that would at least want to contribute an episode, cameo, etc., to it just because it's Star Wars.
I know Lucas said Star Wars was always aimed at kids but the thing is the kids have grown up now and there's nothing wrong with this demographic wanting a segment of Star Wars to grow up along with them. It must be a key demographic for LFL's revenue stream for all the disposible income we divert to them, so it makes sense to me they'd want to maintain and grow this group, along with having other arms focused on the kids, etc. Basically, it's a big galaxy, should be more than enough to please everyone and make a killing doing it at the same time.
Part of the problem with the 'it's for kids' argument is that it assumes kids are pretty stupid. When I think about the stuff that stuck with me, it was The Hobbit, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Prince and the Sparrow (think that's what it was called... cartoon about a gilded statue of a prince that can see all the suffering of the city's poor and a little sparrow that delivers slivers of gold and finally takes out the prince's jewel eyes -- blinding the prince -- and then dies because it didn't migrate to warmer climes in time... the statue then gets ripped down by the people because it's viewed as being ugly and no-one ever knows what the statue and bird did for the people... really affected me as a youngster and dealt with adult themes despite being aimed at kids), Watership Down, etc. I was a child when I was read, watched or read all of this stuff and it's stuck with me because it was quality writing and dealt with some powerful, universal subjects. Iron Giant is something I watched later with my nephews and nieces and again, it appealed easily to me as an adult without taking the low road. Being a kid doesn't mean that the only thing you can appreciate are totally inane and stupid jokes.
