Irony and BG

[kingfish]

It is amazing. Star Wars The Original Trilogy is enjoyed by millions to this date. If one looks at it they could say it is cheesy. However George Lucas decided to take a gamble. He updated the trilogy with new effects for todays standards and reintroduced it to a whole new generation to enjoy. Star Wars found a new following, a whole new fanbase. In the mean time BG was allowed to sit in the corner and lament. The show is a sleeping giant that was allowed to linger. Universal who passed on Star Wars went with BG to put it out of it's misery like a sick horse. HOWEVER and I say HOWEVER THERE IS A FANBASE that still loves the show, me being one of them. We wanted to see the story we loved and actors that made it special once again with new effects for this time. What did we get? Nothing, nada, promises in the dark. Our last hope is a movie produced by Glen Larson. I have no illusions that NBC will do anything with BG in our favor. look what they did to season 2 of Buck Rogers, fracked it up.

[Gemini1999]

Paul -

While I can agree with your sentiments, I don't see how far this can go as a discussion. It seems like a "this isn't the way it's supposed to be" kind of thing. Like you said, our best hope would be for Glen Larson to get with it and get a movie into production, but until then, we've got what we've got. Which means that the only BSG in production is the SciFi series.

I'm sorry, I don't mean to be a fly in the ointment, but I just don't see where we can go with this.

Best,
Bryan

[kingfish]

Considering the fact that Lucas might be bringing Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to the small screen this post states loads about the BG franchise.

[kingfish]

http://iesb.net/movies2/movie121004.php


December 10, 2004
Source: Anonymous
Author: Robert Sanchez


Back in Febuary of 2003 we here at the IESB started reporting about a possible Star Wars TV series. Nothing much was known except that George promised to keep Star Wars alive in other mediums besides film.

A few months ago we were the first to report that Kevin Smith was being considered for some kind of creative role in the upcoming Star Wars TV series. We even caught up with Kevin a couple of times and asked him about his rumored involvement. You can actually click here and here to see the video interviews.

As you can see in both of the interviews he does not deny that he is involved. He actually teases us quite a bit about the rumor. Even the News Askew website acknowledges that he might be involved in the TV series in some capacity.

We are not known for posting many rumors that are sent in by scoopers but this one has quite a bit of validity. This e-mail was sent to me early today and we went as far as trying to contact Kevin Smith's publicist but we have had no response as of yet. Take this as a rumor but if it turns out to be true remember that you heard it here first.

Guys,

You were the ones who had the star wars TV scoop up right?

OK, Can I be the first to confirm that?

I've been doing some [work] at Studio E Productions - the Annex - and a pal's working on a film called Through the Moebius Strip there concurrently.

It features Mark 'Star Wars' Hamill.

Which brings me to the news item.

Kevin Smith and Mark Hamill are doing the pilot for a new weekly Star Wars series. It'll feature Hamill as Skywalker in a 'pop up now and then' role, but mostly, it's new characters, set in the same world as the films.Lots of talk about it here, but don't expect anything until Episode III is out. Its a go project, but I don't think there's much on it yet.

Hope this helps.

http://iesb.net/movies2/Kevin_Smith_and_Jason_Mewes_blade.jpg

Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes at the Premiere of Blade Trinity © IESB.net 2004

Click here for full Blade Trinity Photo Gallery

One of the reasons that I personally believe that there is some truth to this rumor is because for the first time ever since I have covered a media event that Kevin has attended he refused to talk to the press line during the Blade Trinity premiere. I was told about a couple of weeks ago that Kevin was asked not to discuss the Star Wars TV series by the powers that be (cough cough George Lucas cough). As Kevin was about to finish the photo line I started to get his attention and started shooting some b-roll video footage, I am pretty sure that he saw us since we were at the very front of the TV press line right next to WWE and a couple of other large outlets. Next thing you know Kevin is rushing to get inside the theater and refusing to talk to the press.

So there you have it! Stay tuned to the IESB for the latest on Star Wars.

[cobrastrikelead]

Anymore, these days I'd be happy with a continuation movie, TV movie, TV series, CGI movie, Animated Series, heck, I might even give a musical a chance.