Rumor Confirmed: Star Wars Live Action TV Series

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sat Jul 4, 2009 8:42 AM EDT

Article Source: Fanboy.com

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Over the last few hours I've been following rumors of a Star Wars live action television series which will be shot in Australia — well I've just confirmed from a source who has a friend that works at ILM that this rumor is in fact true! My understanding from what I've been able to gather is that the series will be high quality and tap into local talent from Australia from well know film people to science fiction writers.

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Michael Sautter

Rumor confirmed? I never even heard of this rumor before now.

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3 votes

#1 - Sat Jul 4, 2009 9:11 AM EDT

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Liam-744482

Really? They have been talking about a live action series since 2005.

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3 votes

#1.1 - Sat Jul 4, 2009 10:45 AM EDT

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wude121

Very good seed Michael

True much rather see it done by Aussies, in fact many of my favorite movies and directors come from there.

http://www.listology.com/list/notable-australian-movies

This is the first time I've seen this list and it's a little dated but made me remember a movie Breaker Morant. Awesome.

I will be looking foward to this.

Also I am a big fan of David Twohy, and there is a rumor about sequel to Riddick.

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3 votes

#1.2 - Sat Jul 4, 2009 11:32 AM EDT

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wude121

I might add they gave us Farscape also....:)

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3 votes

#1.3 - Sat Jul 4, 2009 11:39 AM EDT

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Pacific Northwest Blogger

I have Star Wars burn out syndrome. If this was in the early 1980's it might be fun to watch but today, not so interested. What's new, what's to discover from the Star Wars universe that will keep our attention that hasn't been done in the clone wars animation?

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4 votes

#2 - Sat Jul 4, 2009 11:50 AM EDT

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jfrank

I have a bad feeling about this.

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4 votes

#3 - Sat Jul 4, 2009 5:41 PM EDT

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abacass

Damnit some one needs to stop Lucas before he ruins Star Wars even more.

At this rate he will have to start buying other movies that were beloved memories from peoples childhood so he can ruin them.

"And now Digitally reimagined Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, with new Special effects by Lucas that removes all unhealthy sugary products and replaces them with vitamin supliments"

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2 votes

#4 - Sat Jul 4, 2009 11:28 PM EDT

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M. Remmers

My understanding from what I've been able to gather is that the series will be high quality...

That would be a nice change of pace.

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2 votes

#5 - Sun Jul 5, 2009 12:37 AM EDT

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Jonn Holland

Awesome! Can't wait to see what it's like. Thanks for getting the confirmation.

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2 votes

#6 - Sun Jul 5, 2009 3:38 AM EDT

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