Yeah, I know. If Lucas really cared, we would have seen this show years ago, when it was supposed to happen.
I meant to put quotes around the "figuring out the budget" part, because I really don't care what the problem/ lame excuse is, I'd like them to figure out a solution.
If the live action show ended up being as good as it sounded like it was gonna be, and they targeted it more at adult OT fans, I think the first 2 episodes could have been released in movie form, just like the CW. People would have paid to see that, I think.
Of course, the flip side is, it could have ended up as an insult to the OT, and could have been either super-boring, or have no plot and too many explosions. (well, there's no such thing is there? But it still could have had no plot..)
Oh well, I doubt it will ever really happen. At least not until after Lucas becomes one with the Force. I was just being hopeful.
The show has to support itself and coming in on budget means the advertising during the show or the network it's shown on, has to pay for it. That would mean the "cheap bastards" would actually be the sponsors or the network carrying the show, not Lucas.
Quoted for truth.
Or would return to it every so often, to see if anything about it has changed because you are a fan of Star Wars and would like to see if it has become more to your liking. Or just to see what's going on with it.
I don't really care if Lucas is cheap or not, I think the problem is he doesn't really care if the live actioin show happens. I think if he cared, he would have been pushing for it more, but the Clone Wars show is probably successful enough to keep him going for a while.
Who knows, maybe he has been pushing for it more than I know, it just seems to me like if it was a priority, it might have happened already.
I think you'd be wrong. It likely has everything to do with budgetary reasons and not Lucas passing it off. It seems like every time one of your Lucas-hating points is countered, you dredge up some other reason to hate on him. If it's not Clone Wars being aimed solely at children (which was wrong), it's he's a cheap bastard (which was wrong), to now, he just doesn't care enough to make it happen (which is wrong). Lighten up.
I kinda wish they just had a special episode with the OT cast. It'd be cool to see Luke in action in CGI like this against Stormtroopers or something. I know that's a pretty long shot from here though
I thought I had read six months or so ago that they were considering a new post OT series with Luke in the same style as Clone Wars, but I can't remember where I read it. Don't hold me to it.
