George Lucas Talks Star Wars TV

In a two-part interview with TV Guide, Star Wars creator George Lucas talked about a documentary about San Francisco filmmakers, making the next Indiana Jones without Sean Connery. And in part 2 of the interview, the future of Star Wars on telvision.

Lucas is currently working on two series, 100 episodes each. The first is the animated Clone Wars, which like the previous animated series of the same name, takes place between Episodes II and III of the saga. The second is a live-action series that takes place in an era not yet explored outside of books, comics and games -- between Episodes III and IV. Here's Lucas:

Clone Wars has got all the characters in it — Yoda and Anakin and Obi Wan and the Emperor and all that — so it's basically the movie. The live-action [series] is not the movie. It's the Star Wars universe, but it's characters from the saga who were [previously] minor, and it follows their stories. It's set between [movie episodes] III and IV, when the Empire has taken over. It's like Episode IV in that the Emperor and Darth Vader are heard about — people talk about them — but you never see them because it doesn't take place where they actually are. There are storm troopers and all that, but there are no Jedis.

Neither series has an air date, or a channel to show them yet, for that matter. But Lucas isn't concerned. it's Star Wars. They will find a home.