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On April First ….   This news from Movie Cultist Since its announcement in 2005, the upcoming live-action Star Wars TV series has been lacking in details — a tease here, a casting rumor there, but no solid information. Until now.

Rick McCallum, who’s producing the show with George Lucas (as he did on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles), participated in a PGA-sponsored panel discussion held yesterday in San Francisco on African-American Voices in Film. (McCallum was invited because he’s currently working with Lucas on Red Tails, a movie about the World War II Tuskagee Airmen.) A friend of ours attended, and afterward he went up to introduce himself to McCallum and ask him about the rumored Red Tails reshoots.

Apparently McCallum gave him the whole, “it’s a process, but it’s shaping up well” non-answer. So our friend asked whether the Star Wars series was still coming along, and I guess this is why it never hurts to ask, because McCallum gave him a heck of an answer:

McCallum: “Great, George just gave us a new title.”

Friend: “What is it?”

McCallum (laughs): “Looks like it’s going to be Star Wars: Outer Rim.”

So. Star Wars: Outer Rim? “The Outer Rim” is the name of the territory in the Star Wars galaxy that contains Tatooine, Hoth, Dagobah, and a number of other familiar places. According to Wikipedia, the area “became a breeding ground for criminals” due to its “isolation from other worlds” — which fits with what we already heard about the project, namely that it might be about a family of bounty hunters and would not directly deal with the Jedi or the workings of the Empire.

The series will definitely take place between Episodes III and IV, though, and the Death Star was originally constructed to reign in the Outer Rim planets…so I have a feeling the gradual encroachment of the Empire will be part of the series. That’s just my conjecture, though.

McCallum has previously said that the series would go on for one hundred episodes, but later explained that the plan was to have it spin-off several series and keep things going for years. Let’s just hope they get on with it soon!

Bib Fortuna, Boba Fett, General Papanoida, a Mandalorian and two Rebels with last names Naberre and Durron

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by Aaron Asadi

2120roj_key_d2-1220rgbRumours are whizzing around that the highly-anticipated Star Wars TV show now has its first writers attached. Currently, the favourite to be announced as one the TV series’ scribes is Australian TV producer and writer, John Edwards. If appointed, Edwards, who has been responsible for a clutch of successful domestic shows, including Out Of The Blue and Fireflies, will likely find himself under intense scrutiny from the most dedicated fanbase in the world.

Earlier this week, SciFiWire reported that “the show is assembling high-quality writers from the Aussie TV industry, including writers from Love My Way and Secret Life of Us, who have been approached by Lucas’ longtime producer Rick McCallum.” The news, rather predictably, set sci-fi forums ablaze, with some corners unconvinced by the calibre and suitability of the talent. Only time will tell if they are proved correct.

The Star Wars TV show will take place between the events of Episode III and Episode IV. In January last year producer Rick McCallum confirmed that Boba Fett “will be an instrumental part of the series”.

Stay tuned to scifinow.co.uk for more updates and in the meantime why not check out our article on the five storylines we’d like to see the new show cover?

Bib Fortuna, Boba Fett, General Papanoida, a Mandalorian and two Rebels with last names Naberre and Durro

Sacramento Sci-Fi Examiner

Lucas wants to film the live action series covering the “dark times” period of Star Wars lore between Episode 3 and Episode 4, in Prague, the capitol of the Czech Republic. He hopes to get a tax break from the government there. The series is intended to elaborate on the rebellion against the Empire whose head is Palpatine, a Sith Lord, (the Jedi’s greatest enemy, an anti-Jedi), but supposedly will not feature either the emperor or Darth Vader. However, there is always the possibility the series will focus on Vader’s hunt for the remaining Jedi that survived the purge in Revenge of the Sith. In any case, the primary characters will not be Jedi but ordinary beings from the Star Wars universe whose roles are usually overshadowed by the pivotal Jedi characters in all of the six movies.

There will be appearances by Obi Wan Kenobi and at least one other Jedi -Quinlan Vos, who never made an appearance in any of the prequels, but is a well known character in Star Wars universe graphic novels. It is unknown if Ewan McGregor will be the one to don the beard and cloak again to reprise his role of Obi Wan from the Prequel movies, but it seems unlikely since he has not been contacted to play the part. Boba Fett will also be a recurring character and Daniel Logan who played the young Boba Fett in Attack of the Clones is being considered to play the adult Boba.

Lucas plans on writing the first season and will then hand it off to a worthy successor, at this time it is unclear who that will be. Not only will there be one Star Wars television show for fans to relish, but eventually there will be several with plots that connect all of them together and tell the story of the dark times mentioned by Obi Wan in the first Star Wars movie ever made, A New Hope.

Rumors abound about whether or not they have started casting calls since George Lucas said he wouldn’t start casting until the script had been written, and it is unclear whether principal filming will take place in Prague or Sydney. However, the series will debut in 2010, a year earlier than planned, so it is likely the script is done and the casting is underway.

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Sci FIre Wire Reports

Our Australian sister site SCI FI TV reports a rumor that preproduction is gearing up for George Lucas’ proposed live-action Star Wars series, which is to be shot Down Under.

The site, citing anonymous sources, adds that the show is assembling high-quality writers from the Aussie TV industry, including writers from Love My Way and Secret Life of Us, who have been approached by Lucas’ longtime producer Rick McCallum.

The as-yet-untitled series is supposedly set to debut in 2010, though there has been no word of a distributor yet. The series will reportedly be set between the eras of Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope and will not feature any major characters from the film series.

Michael Pinto writes

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. The series is suppose to be aimed at adults (unlike the previous cartoon series) and focus on relationships and emotional landscapes — which means that it might be in more of the “chick flick” tradition.

I’d trust Lucas to not let this series get too silly — but frankly it comes down to the team they put on it. Although my hopes are are what we’ll see will fall more in the tradition of this: