No Star Wars TV Movies

Wednesday, May 23, 2007 -

A Lucasfilm representative denied rumors started by Fox News' Roger Friedman that George Lucas was planning two TV movies set in the Star Wars universe, but the two planned television series (one CG coming soon, one live-action several years off) are still happening. Of course, denials don't mean it's true.

Sansweet added: "And then George and [Star Wars producer] Rick McCallum were just now starting work on a live-action series. A drama. That will probably be coming out in 2009 or 2010. He is actively at work on both of those. But the CG-animated series is more adult. It has a lot of humor in it. It is very cinematic. We will be talking about that for the first time at the Celebration," he added, referring to the upcoming Star Wars Celebration IV convention taking place in Los Angeles May 24-29.

With the features coming today, I'm going to lean heavily on these link posts. Sorry, there is only so much time in the day.

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