Star Wars Celebration III, which took place April 21-24 in Indianapolis, marked George Lucas’ first appearance at a fan convention in 18 years. Featured at the Star Wars Fan Club convention were several minutes of Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith that wetted both appetites and pants. The director and producer, Rick McCallum, of the popular sci-fi franchise also participated in a Q&A, which revealed a few Star Wars related projects in the helm.
There have been talks of Star Wars 3D in the works but due to scheduling problems as well as lack of available technology (nothing but the best for Big G), it’s likely this project will be put on hold. Other aspirations include two television series - a 3D animated show and a live action series featuring supporting characters from the movies [crosses fingers for Sny Snootles].
Production on the live action show is set to start shooting in about a year with the scripts written prior to any shooting (what a concept!)
But the question on everybody’s lips besides a possible Howard the Duck prequel is the much-anticipated fourth installment of Indiana Jones. Apparently Lucas received a script for the film last week and Steven Spielberg is once again set to direct the action/adventure.
With the final film to be released and all these Star Wars related television shows ready to spin off, one would wonder (well, I wonder) if George Lucas has any intention of standing clear of all things Star Wars after all this. A slap stick comedy perhaps? A period piece a la Jane Austin? One thing’s for sure, nothing can equate the magnitude of his epic adventure that has taken 28 years to tell but will be relived for generations to come.
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