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Seemingly out of the blue we have some huge rumors coming out of Australia this week. The SCIFI Channel in Australia is reporting rumors that pre-production for the much discussed and nothing confirmed Star Wars live action series is on!
Rumours about the pre-production of Star Wars, the live action series, to be shot in Australia, have been confirmed by several inside sources.
The quality and style of writing that will be used will be of the highest quality, and local, and writers will be sourced from outside traditional Science Fiction shows. Several big names within the Australian industry (including writers from the Award-winning Love My Way and the Award-winning Secret Life of Us) have been approached by Star Wars uber-producer, Rick McCallum.
Love My Way and Secret Life of Us can be characterised by the focus on relationships and emotional landscapes (traditional ‘chick shows’, if you will). Bringing this element into the world of Star Wars sees a marked departure of the final three films and animated Clone Wars, where the primary audience was children.
This throws the new series into a whole new spotlight, and should excite fans of the Star Wars universe looking towards more adult fare.
More solidification of rumour into fact will come as soon as possible.
Sam Witwer at the Watchmen Premiere
In further Star Wars rumors, Sam Witwer spoke to a French Star Wars site and talked about working on the very successful FORCE UNLEASHED video game. It has been rumored that Sam will be taking his character to the series as Darth Vader’s secret apprentice. This would certainly explain why Sam declined the offer from Smallville producers to appear in more episodes in season 9.
Other casting rumors include Rose Byrne being signed- possibly to play her character Dorme who was one of Padme’s handmaidens and Jay Laga’aia who has been seen as Chase on Legend of the Seeker- again possibly to reprise his role from the movies. He was Padme’s bodyguard.
Erika who is our resident Star Wars expert really feels strongly that any live action series must include Bale Organa. I say bring on Jimmy Smits as the leader of the underground resistance!
Mind you- all of this is in the speculation phase. We hope to have firm news to report soon. George Lucas has indicated he would like to push his series into a new media concept. Possibly- no network involved- internet release initially of the series so that it is shown globally and then the assorted nets can duke it out for syndication rights. George Lucas is fully financing the series himself, and using Aussie writers outside the US guilds. Any of you unfamiliar with George’s distastes for the unions- look up George Lucas and the Director’s Guild and The Empire Strikes Back. People tend to forget that George is the biggest independent film producer in the world. I suspect that this time next year all of the news about Comic Con will be focused on a Galaxy Far, Far Away…..
For tons of Stars Wars HQ photos- head to our forums! Erika has amassed a most impressive collection to share.
[...] The Screaming Tiki con will be celebrating Superman. The comic-con will also honor Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the two Glenville teenagers who created Superman in the early 1930s. There will be a once-in-a-lifetime gathering of members of the extended Siegel and Shuster families, flying in from all over the country. Jerry Siegel’s widow and daughter, Joanne Siegel and Laura Siegel Larson, will make a rare comic book convention appearance. The featured guests from other franchises include Commander Adama himself- Edward James Olmos will be the headliner guest. Other featured guests include Ray Park who was Darth Maul and Toad in the X-Men movies, as well as Daniel Logan who played the young Boba Fett in the Star Wars pre-quels. This is important because the rumor mill says that he and Sam Witwer are both being cast as the lead bad guys in the upcoming Star Wars live action series. You can read the latest rumors on this on our parent site MULTIPLEVERSES HERE. [...]