"Each Episode Was Bigger Than The Films": New Details Revealed On George Lucas' Canceled Star Wars TV Show

New details have emerged regarding George Lucas ' canceledStar Warsshow he was working on in the late 2000s , just before he sell Lucasfilm to Disney . TitledStar Wars : Underworld , the series envisioned for internet television would have carry place during the Dark Times afterRevenge of the Sith , show the growing seeds of Rebellion during the reign of the Galactic Empire . While details have been scarce , we ’ve lately determine new insights about Lucas ' full vision and why the show never materialized beyond scripts and some construct footage .

In a new episode of theYoung Indy Chroniclerspodcast , producer Rick McCallum shares some exciting item aboutStar warfare : Underworldand what Lucas had planned for the live - actionStar Warsshow , which was going to be aimed towards a more adult consultation , not unlikeAndor :

" I think we had over sixty handwriting , third - bill of exchange scripts … again , the most terrific author in the world on it . We created precisely the same experience for everybody on the Ranch … it was a phenomenal group of talent . These were dark . These were not … they were sexy , they were violent , they were just absolutely wonderful , wondrous … complicated , challenging … it would have blow up the wholeStar Warsuniverse . And Disney definitely never would have offer to buy it from George . [ express mirth ] It ’s one of the big dashing hopes of our lives . But the problem was , each episode was big than the film . The scummy I could get it down to , with the technology that existed then , was about $ 40 million an episode . "

Love, Death + Robots Volume 4’s Biggest Swings Explained By Filmmakers: “It Is Really Just To Remind People That We Can Do Whatever The F*** We Want”

Remarkably , it sounds as though the sheer monetary value of producing the show was far too gamy , overstep the cost of the original six moving-picture show had Lucas been capable to get 100 episode made . For reference , a undivided installment ofThe Mandaloriancosts on average about $ 15 million , while McCallum confirmed that the crushed he could ever get per episode forUnderworldwas 40 . McCallum also revealed a few more exciting insights , such as the show ’s intend connexion to otherStar Warsprojects that were also canceled , John Williams ' expected involvement with the score , and the one ship’s company that intimately got the show greenlit .

Rick McCallum Reveals Major Details About George Lucas' Underworld Show

60 Completed Scrips, Cost, And Connections To 1313

Beyond the reveal that 60 script had been written out of the 100 planned , Rick McCallum also confirmed thatStar Wars : Underworldwould have tied into the plannedStar Warsvideo secret plan titled1313 . evolve by LucasArts,1313was a darker game similarly set in the lower stage of Coruscantwhich would have star Boba Fett in his early years as a bountifulness Orion . However , the secret plan was canceled in brief afterUnderworld .

Despite the corking disbursement , McCallum revealed that Lucas did have a meeting lined up with the current CEO of HBO . At the time , HBO was the only company capable of give rise the show at the scale required with the engineering available . However , said CEO got catch up in a scandal the day before the merging and was let go .

" It ’s currently unknown if the 60 completed script ofUnderworldwere given to Disney instantly alongside the spec scripts Lucas had write for a sequel trilogy … "

Things then progressed to the head that the show was cancel just before Lucas finally sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012.Elements of bothUnderworldand 1313 have made their way into the canon and have seemingly invigorate episode ofThe Clone Warsand Disney ’s other alive - action shows . However , it ’s currently unknown if the 60 completed scripts ofUnderworldwere yield to Disney instantaneously alongside the spec scripts Lucas had publish for a sequel trilogy .

Our Take On The Star Wars Show That Never Was

Lucasfilm Needs To Revive Underworld

Disney and Lucasfilm’sAndoris sure as shooting the proof in the pud thatStar Warscontent pitch towards an grownup audience can be a major success . However , the upcoming second season will also be its last with its events chair right up to the start of 2016’sRogue One : A Star WarsStory . With that in intellect , perhaps the meter has fall to last reviveStar Wars : Underworld , especially if Disney and Lucasfilm do indeed have those 60 scripts just sit there unused and archived .

Considering ILM ’s advancements in technology and visual effects like with " The Volume " , one could imagine the show could be produce far cheaper than it could have in the later 2000s . as well , a newStar Warsshow from the mind of George Lucas himself would be a major selling point . It could also be a great apology to revive1313as well , give Lucasfilm another exciting transmedia go-ahead to promote , see as how The High Republic go-ahead is tight to reaching its closing .

Source : Young Indy Chroniclers

Richard Kind Poker Face Season 2 Interview header