StarWarsTheCloneWars-related stories
Posted Oct 28th 2009 8:02PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Animation, Reality-Free
If you're a fan of
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and you want to know what happened between Season One and the now-running Season Two, you're going to need a video game system.
The story in the new game,
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - "Republic Heroes" bridges the gap between the show's first two runs, as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and their loyal Clone Trooper comrades take on a new Separatist enemy packing a freshly polished doomsday weapon.
Available for PS3, Nintendo Wii or Xbox 360, "Republic Heroes" lets you play as a Jedi Knight or as a Clone Trooper -- depending on where you are in the game and what choices you make as a player.
Continue reading New Clone Wars game ties into Star Wars series canon
Posted Sep 30th 2009 3:01PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Reality-Free
While I'll admit that the photo at right is not the most detailed, and Ansel Adams is unlikely to claim it as one of his own due to its lighting and composition, it should prove an important image for
Star Wars fans.
The sign artfully painted on the glass door in this tasteful, Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired hallway within the
Skywalker Ranch compound in Marin County, Calif. reads "LucasFilm Television." You'll have to trust me on that. This is as close as I could get with a camera.
You might wonder what the big deal is about that sign -- considering that LucasFilm has a show on the air already with Cartoon Network's
Star Wars: The Clone Wars. But, those 22 episodes originate across the building in LucasFilm Animation -- a separate division.
Continue reading Misplaced steps reveal doorway to Star Wars live action series
Posted Sep 30th 2009 2:00PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Animation, Reality-Free
Lucasfilm's
Star Wars: The Clone Wars might just be the
beat best action and adventure show on television.
Admittedly, there isn't a ton of competition as action shows are few and far between on TV these days. They're expensive to produce in live action, so reality TV, detective shows and "chick-flick" dramas drive network schedules. Since the
Star Wars universe exists only in the imaginations of George Lucas and his team encamped north of the Golden Gate bridge,
The Clone Wars has more room to play affordably.
The second season of
The Clone Wars launches this Friday on Cartoon Network. To build some force behind the premiere, LucasFilm Animation hosted a press event at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County. Munching on Wookie-Cookies (as all of the catering was
Star-themed) and rubbing elbows with costumed Clone Troopers and bounty hunters, show creators and cast members mingled with reporters in an enthusiastic, nerd-friendly atmosphere.
Continue reading Set Visit: Clone Wars returns with better visuals, darker stories
Posted Aug 19th 2009 2:02PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Programming, Reality-Free
The long-rumored
Star Wars live action series is reportedly coming together quickly and will begin shooting before 2009 ends.
You can pick any one of many collected
reports, but they all say the show is well past the planning stages and is only waiting on completed scripts before George Lucas begins casting the essential roles.
While news of
Star Wars on TV might have generated a bored groan from viewers after the prequel movies came and went, the critical and ratings success of Cartoon Network's
The Clone Wars shows that a galaxy far, far away can work on TV if the writers, directors and cast remember that this is all supposed to be fun -- not high drama of a deeply spiritual nature.
Continue reading Live action Star Wars begins shooting this year
Posted Jul 25th 2009 7:02AM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Animation, Reality-Free, Comic-Con
Today is
Star Wars Saturday at
Comic-Con International, and
TV Squad has some special exclusives lined up for the event.
The Clone Wars is the big title for Lucasfilm's TV slate currently, but will George Lucas use this big event as the perfect launching pad to announce a live-action
Star Wars series?
Of course, not everything is from a galaxy far, far away today, as other top shows hold their first panels and press events. I'll be running from interview to press conference to panel as fast as my sore feet will carry me.
You can keep tabs on where TV Squad's Comic-Con presence is in and out of the Convention Center by following our Twitter stream,
@tvsquad.
Posted Jul 7th 2009 12:03PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Celebrities, Reality-Free, Comic-Con
George Lucas will come as close to San Diego's Comic-Con as he could ever dare when he appears via video conference as part of the event's
Star Wars presentation.
It's not top secret news that George Lucas is planning
a live-action Star Wars television series that would fill in the gaps between big screen entries
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV: A New Hope. With talk of the show preparing to roll camera in Australia, the status of the TV production will be first and foremost on most fans' minds.
Speculation has it that Lucas might even shine his Death Star super laser of wisdom down on his followers by answering
fan-submitted questions during the convention appearance.
Continue reading Rumor has Lucas discussing Star Wars TV series at Comic-Con
Posted Jun 25th 2009 5:00PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Animation, Children, Reality-Free, Comic-Con
Lionel Lum's awesome
Bumblebee costume was one of the many cool things I saw at last year's San Diego Comic-Con. The giant show floor was packed with sweaty costumed fans, big geek friendly displays, and a few not-so incognito celebs. Folks at home got a small taste of all the corporate sponsored nerdery thanks to G4's daily coverage. This year, G4 will
air the first televised panel in the convention's history.
Attack of the Show hosts Olivia Munn and Kevin Pereira will host "The Star Wars Spectacular." The taped panel will feature special guests, a table read and new footage from Cartoon Network's
Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The panel will take place July 24 and air July 25 at 2 p.m. on G4. After the panel broadcast, G4 will air three live hours (on the East Coast) of Comic-Con coverage with celeb interviews and more.
Continue reading G4 to air Star Wars Comic-Con panel
Posted Dec 5th 2008 4:26PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Casting, Reality-Free
In an interview with
StarWars.com (yeah, I go there) former
Buffy the Vampire Slayer baddie James Marsters talks about his new character, Captain Argyus, who he voices on tonight's ep of
Star Wars: The Clone Wars. But, here's the interesting news: Marsters says George Lucas once considered him for the role of Anakin Skywalker for the
Star Wars prequel films.
"When George Lucas was casting
The Phantom Menace he, for one day maybe, considered me for the role of Anakin Skywalker and possibly found that I was too old," Marsters told StarWars.com.
Too old? That's an understatement. Anakin Skywalker was a wamp rat-fearing tween in
The Phantom Menace. Marsters was 37 when that film came out! Maybe Lucas was eying him to play an older Anakin in the prequels that followed
Menace? Either that, or Lucas is far more out of touch than most people think he is. (That's a scary thought). Anyway, Marsters would've also been too old to play the 20-something Anakin we saw in the later prequels. Dude's in his late forties already.
Continue reading James Marsters joins Star Wars - but not as Anakin Skywalker
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