SO DON'T WATCH IT!

Seriously, after 15 years of this "George Lucas sucks I hate him he raped my childhood he ruined Star Wars" bitching, you'd think people would just go find something they DO enjoy and stop taking every opportunity to tell everyone else about how much they hate George Lucas. 

I just don't get why people invest so much energy and time into hating a guy who created something cool. Even if you disagree with the way the story went, it's pretty psycho to go from "we love Star Wars" to "We hate George Lucas". Hate? Really? He didn't poison a well, or say anything bigoted, or commit any crimes against humanity.

If you don't like his writing, then just move on. Find another story. Just please, for the love of Gozer, stop the continual bitching about George Lucas.  It was old a decade ago. 

You're reading way too much into it. 

This actually sounds like a damn good idea. The bounty hunters and criminal underbelly of the Star Wars universe were some of the best parts and ones I enjoyed and read the most of.

Meanwhile, I don't trust Lucas to adapt even the best of the extended universe stuff, never mind put his own spin on the vague concept that's already been done well in various books and comics that he ignores anyway.

Plus I kinda laugh at the article and Lucasfilm folk talking about Wall Street. I hope they handle the political satire better than the war on terror commentary in the prequels.  Hell, I agree with the message and commentary, but it was done terribly.

This new tv show should be an adaptation of  a Star Wars Fan Fic.  Either the one with Luke boning Leia while Han shits his shorts, or the one with Anakin being anally rape.

Quality primetime viewing in my opinion. 

But, if it's going to be called Underworld, it might as well have Kate Beckinsale killing Ewoks and Gungans in the sewers of Tatooine. 

It'll probably be one hour scenes of Star Wars Fanbois servicing Lucas' tiny Lightsaber dressed as Jar Jar or Jabba.

Why Didn't they Use Star Wars:The Dark Times?! That would make more goddamn sense!!

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...ok, ok, ok,:::reading:::

"Surely the show won't be set on one world".

Yes, of course. Since George Lucas has demonstrated time and again that he is a wise story teller.

$20 says that the series won't have so much as a spaceship in it. They're waiting for a point when the technology gets cheap enough for the series to be made in a cost effective manner? He means they're waiting for more people to be afford and sign up for the 3D TV channel it'll be broadcast on.

The whole thing's gonna have a 3 camera sitcom setup, a studio audience, overly bright lighting, and laughs galore. In 3D.

Can't believe this has not been said. The whole tv series. Wait for it.wait for itIT'S A TRAP!!!!!!

Lucas will be the death of us all.

I have to say, I would totally watch a Star Wars TV show where the entire cast is Wookies on a Wookie planet.

" just waiting for a point where technology advanced enough to make making the show cost effective" This is why the show will suck.The best Star Wars movie was made over 30 years ago! Technology doesn't need to advanced to tell a good sci-fi story and relying on it will only result in catastrophe.

umm could it possibly be the Criminal Underworld as in Hutts, smugglers, and bounty hunters, and not under the planets surface?

Apparently, it's going to be about "The people who run America. Wall Street" in Star Wars-land.

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Underworld isn't a literal term. Capone's mob was a criminal "underworld". They sure as hell didn't do everything in sewers, they had bloody shoot-outs with the FBI in city streets. It's a nickname, not a location. It's fracking Star Wars, there WILL be space battles.... in place of plot development, interesting characters and captivating dialogue. But there WILL be space battles.

Right after Celebration 3 when Lucas announced the live action TV series, he said the show would be about background characters like Rebel soldiers and Tie Fighter pilots. My immediate image for the show was for it to be like Band of Brothers but set in the Star Wars universe. Now I can accept nothing else from this series and will surely be disappointed.

I think this is great news. Despite sharing its name with dumb vampire movies, "underworld" implies that the show will focus on the setting's criminal element. Star Wars' smugglers and bounty hunters have always been more interesting and relatable than the goody two-shoes Jedi and cartoonishly evil Sith.

I also don't think it's unlikely that the show will be set on one planet - probably Coruscant or Nar Shadaa. This isn't necessarily a bad thing - everyone loves space battles and changes of scenery, but not everything has to be epic. They could tell a decent story without the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance, just give us some likable characters and we'll have reason to care if they succeed. Besides, the "alien locales" in Star Wars are mostly just planets covered by a single Earth biome - there's a desert planet, a forest planet, a tundra planet, a swamp planet...

Star Wars: Scum and Villainy. Why is that so fucking hard?

the really question is will Sise Fromm be in this?

Maybe Nathan Fillion will star.

"Star Wars: Rise of the Empire"

There's still time to change your mind, Georgie!

Is it about Black Sun?

Actually Star Wars: Underworld was a comic series around 2000--  which was before the first movie in the first place.So this nerd rant is really pointless (although unlike some of these people I understand the comments--  but its gotta be a 1000x better than anything featuring Jedis, Luke or Anakin--

 Bounty Hunters all series long  is all I ask.. ..

In fact Im surprised that Lucas didnt copyright that phrase (like Droid) as well and then sue everyone who thought about using it ever again..

No ones mentioned the comic from a few years back called Star Wars: Underworld. That was a pretty cool comic, centering around hutts, smugglers, bounty hunters, theives and back stabbing. I would totally be down for a show like that. But anything Lucas has direct involvement in turns to retarded shit.

Like everything Lucas has done in the last 15 years (Original Trilogy rerelease, prequels, Crystal Skull), this is a great idea with lots of potential that is likely to be ruined because he's no longer good at actually making things out of his initial good ideas.

I'm pretty sure you're the only one who read "Underworld" as referring in any way to an actual planet, Rob.

They probably just couldn't fit "Star Wars: Here's all the Smugglers and Bounty Hunters You Were Whining About Missing During the Prequels" onto a toy package.

Huh, what an interesting concept. *goes off to play Empire at War: Forces of Corruption... and then watch some Farscape*

This also makes me think of all the review of the Star Wars Holiday Special that say the part that focused on the Cantina was the best part.

Also: "Rasha Naba Doe-ah Gola Wookiee Nipple Pinchy!"

Followed by Star Wars: Underworld: Evolution.

of all the things it could be called, there is worse.

star wars: revenge of the attack of the phantom hope?star wars: the unknown jar jar sagastar wars: the quest for more money, in 3Dstar wars: it's raining Tamponsstar wars: men in fetal positionsstar wars: a kick to the crotch