Star Wars Cartoon

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Do you think George Lucas should do an Expanded Universe Cartoon?

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He's a dork. Star wars rules, but no.

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You saw what happened with the "Holiday Special".

On an entirely different note, please put your seats in their upright and locked positions.  This thread has first-class tickets to the TV Board.

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Bea Arthurs rules!!!!

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Who?

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So, I have now relized I have 2 hangups here.
1) I post things in the wrong place
2) Nobody gets my references.

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As long as they don't bring back "The Ewoks."

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If there was to be an animated series, George Lucas should give permission for it to be done, but Timothy Zahn should actually oversee them. But I think it would dilute the franchise too much, so I wouldn't like to see it happen.

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Originally posted by dschomburg:
So, I have now relized I have 2 hangups here.
1) I post things in the wrong place
2) Nobody gets my references.

Don't worry, dude, I get the Bea Arthur reference. Wish I didn't, but there we are.

After Droids and Ewoks, I'd just as soon not see the words "George" and "Lucas" and "cartoon" together. Has anyone on the face of the planet ever seen his Twice Upon A Time?

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No, I'm sure he would mess it up. He should be happy with the millions he's already got instead of messing it up for greed.

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I woudln't mind seeing a Expanded Universe cartoon but I'm fairly sure they would mess it up. 

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No because the don`t know to make cartoons, Lucas would not directed or even overview it and thje other great SW authors (like Thimoty Zahn , Michael Stackpole .. etc) would not do it too because Lucas would not allow them, he sure would put an idiot how director

(don`t speeak of the "mass killer-ilovesuperweapons-ilovekillalotofcharacters" Kevin J Anderson)

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The Star Wars Holiday Special... the horror the horror...

I honestly have no desire to see an expanded universe series, stopped being interested in those books for a long time, I moved on to other series some good (Disk World, Bridge of Birds series) and some not so good (Wheel of Time)

I could see it working but there would have to be so many factors that never usually happen in tv spin offs.

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Originally posted by Ben:
If there was to be an animated series, George Lucas should give permission for it to be done, but Timothy Zahn should actually oversee them. But I think it would dilute the franchise too much, so I wouldn't like to see it happen.

[Zoidy]Listen to this mad robot![/Zoidy]

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From what I heard in respect to the Holiday Special-George had very little to do with it. It was a TV thing, and once it aired(errored) he pulled it never to be seen again. cept for underground copies. Ewoks of course was aimed at young kids. And Droids was a slightly older crowd. I hated the way the droids moved though.
What was Twice Upon a Time? Once a year my friends and I bust out the Holiday special just to marvel at it's crappiness.

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Originally posted by MuscaDomestica:
The Star Wars Holiday Special... the horror the horror...

Fighting the Frizzies, at 11!

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Originally posted by MuscaDomestica:
not so good (Wheel of Time)

I think it's time for you to die.

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Originally posted by BrainSluggo:
  Has anyone on the face of the planet ever seen his Twice Upon A Time?

I did a lookup on MSN.com and found a few sites. It seems like a lot of people liked it. Lucas was the Exec producer, which as I understand it mean he didn't do anything cept to front cash.
But of course I still haven't seen it, so I reserve judgment.

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Originally posted by Nixorbo:
 I think it's time for you to die.

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I had two friends in high school who were obsessed with those books. One of them would go around calling himself Ishmael. I could never justify putting the effort into reading a book the size of a house brick then having to read another 8 of them when you'd finished.

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Originally posted by dschomburg:
I did a lookup on MSN.com and found a few sites. It seems like a lot of people liked it. Lucas was the Exec producer, which as I understand it mean he didn't do anything cept to front cash.
But of course I still haven't seen it, so I reserve judgment.

Just for the future: whenever you need movie info--as complete as humanly possible--or just wanna kill a coupla hours playing "Seven Degree of Kevin Bacon"--always try The Internet Movie Database. It's bitchin'!

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Originally posted by dschomburg:
From what I heard in respect to the Holiday Special-George had very little to do with it.

Yeah. I can't remember the exact quote, but I remember reading that he wanted to track down every copy of the holiday special and smash them with a hammer.

I'm not sure what involvment he had with Droids and Ewoks(he produced them, but didn't write any of the episodes), but it doesn't really matter, that was in the early 80's when every saturday morning cartoon was required to suck balls.

I've never heard of Twice Upon A Time, but I do remember he produced the original Land Before Time movie. That was pretty crappy, I'll admit, but at least he had nothing to do with the even crappier direct to video sequels.

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If so many people don't want this thing happening why is "Yes" biggest answer here?  Pesonally, I'd rather have bamboo shoots shoved under my fingernails then see a Star Wars cartoon further bastardize the original movies.

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FishyJoe - I agree, most (if not all) of the early 80's toons blew monkey balls.
I think land b4 time was Speilberg (my kids watch it like 50 x's a day) and I refuse to buy the sequels.
B.F.- I think they could be done, and done right.But it would be a matter of finding someone who loves and respects Star Wars to do it.
Hell, do the whole thing in CG for all I care just make it true to form.Have you ever checked out www.theforce.net  and some of their fanfilms?

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Originally posted by Ben:
 I had two friends in high school who were obsessed with those books. One of them would go around calling himself Ishmael.

Do me a favor and beat this "person" over the head with one of the hardcover editions.

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I haven't seen him for years. I think he joined the army.

 

If so many people don't want this thing happening why is "Yes" biggest answer here?

Actually, the 'No' vote is winning, it's just that they're split into two camps over details. This method was used to great effect by the f*%kwit monarchist Australian Prime Minister during the 1999 referendum to decide whether or not Australia would become a republic. Despite over 70% of the population (higher if you don't count country hicks) being opposed to staying as a constitutional monarchy, the referendum was defeated because the model on offer was deliberately obscure, forcing people who didn't specifically agree with it to vote for the status quo.

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Originally posted by Ben:
 This method was used to great effect by the f*%kwit monarchist Australian Prime Minister during the 1999 referendum to decide whether or not Australia would become a republic.

umm....I wasn't trying anything sneeky :looks over shoulder and back to screen: I just thought that "NO CUZ THEY'D MESS IT UP" would mean, "yes I'd like to see it but I know no one could pull it off" sortof thing.

Has anyone read the rising storm?

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Yeah, I know. But I'll take any opportunity to presented to call the Prime Minister a fuckwit.

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I just checked the IMDB, and Lucas AND Spielberg were executive producers for Land Before Time.

Answering the original topic question, I think a cartoon could be cool, as long as it doesn't deal with the main characters. I wouldn't mind seeing a Droids revival. I always thought that show had potential. Or maybe an anthology series or something involving the jedi council. There's plenty of worthwhile spinoff potential. Not many people can get Star Wars right, so any attempt would probably suck, but still I'd like to see something.

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damn it Joe, don't spoil my view of him.

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I think it would be better if they did all do it in CGI - probably easier and they could get away with more - I guess.
But it would only work for me if they set it around the original Star Wars period - hell no, it doesn't have to have anything to do with the main characters it's just that it's my massive preferal of the original trilogy and its ships/weapons. 

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word^
That's one thing I don't like about the new movies. The ships and things are too sleak and not made out of PVC pipe and Radio Shack stuff.

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Hell no on the CGI. So far, all CGI shows have sucked. The animation just isn't advanced enough yet...it's always so slow and stilted and weird looking. I say go with traditional animation.

P.S. I like the new ships(well, except for the queen's ship. So unimaginative), but the original trilogy ships are so much more rugged and sexy.