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Star Wars Live Action Series Gets Serious

News Thursday, July 2 by Captain



Rumours about the pre-production of Star Wars, the live action series, to be shot in Australia, have been confirmed by several inside sources.

The quality and style of writing that will be used will be of the highest quality, and local, and writers will be sourced from outside traditional Science Fiction shows. Several big names within the Australian industry (including writers from the Award-winning Love My Way and the Award-winning Secret Life of Us) have been approached by Star Wars uber-producer, Rick McCallum.

Love My Way and Secret Life of Us can be characterised by the focus on relationships and emotional landscapes (traditional 'chick shows', if you will). Bringing this element into the world of Star Wars sees a marked departure of the final three films and animated Clone Wars, where the primary audience was children.

This throws the new series into a whole new spotlight, and should excite fans of the Star Wars universe looking towards more adult fare.

More solidification of rumour into fact will come as soon as possible.

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The Single Greatest Star Wars Micro Moment EVER!

There was that one time when I saw The Empire Strikes back, and Han is just about to be lowered into the Carbon Chamber, and Leia says 'I love you' and he says 'I know'. Well that is exactly what some people will think is the best moment ever (especially if they exchanged those phrases as wedding vows), but for true Sci Fi fans, there's a deeper level of awesome that stems from Star Wars micro-moments. Like Yoda getting all evil and saying 'You will be, you willll beee" in ESB. Or C-3PO's double take when Han won't let him speak on Hoth. or even "I'm nice people".

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