May 3rd, 2006
In an interview with ScI FI Wire at the Saturn Awards this week Rick McCallum dropped some hints about the format of the much anticipated live-action Star Wars TV series.
“We’re interviewing writers. We’re seeing a lot of people. But I’d say it’s not going to be happening for another at least 18 months,” he said.
Reiterating that the show will be set in the time period between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope he added, “That missing 20-year period when Luke is growing up… Think bounty hunter. That’s all I can tell you. There’s nobody else that you’ll know.”
Rick McCallum was attending to accept awards for Revenge of the Sith. The 32nd annual Saturn awards, presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror films honors television, home entertainment and video games. Revenge of the Sith won in the categories of Best Science Fiction Film and Best Music for the score by John Williams. Video game Star Wars Battlefront II also scooped a gong.
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I prefer Obama to McCain. Now, McCain’s better than average for a Republican. And though his ads are intellectually offensive, he’s just bowing to his campaign masters and would calm down and be more sane once in office and not campaigning. But I have a few concerns with McCain on foreign policy. He’s not a full-fledged Neocon. That’s good. He opposed Reagan on Lebanon. Good. He was critical of Bush’s initial strategy in Iraq. That’s good. But there’s a problem. He thinks the Vietnam war was winnable and that the US shouldn’t have withdrawn. He’s also eager to spread democracy with force. This just isn’t a good set of beliefs for inheriting Iraq.