Rumor: New Live-Action Star Wars Shows Headed for Netflix.
A while ago, Cinelinx reported that the first Star Wars live-action television series is in development. Now, they’ve come back to state that the plan has expanded to become a part of the Netflix platform… and potentially three shows are going to be made in the near-future!
From Cinelinx:
Last we heard anything regarding a live-action Star Wars show, was back in March when reports were coming out that Disney was ramping up discussion on a live-action TV show set in the Star Wars universe. We exclusively revealed this was the case, but that Disney were currently in the process of trying to get the schedule down, as they hope to shoot the series between films in order to utilize the same sets.
As far as I know this is still the plan. As we’ve seen over the recent weeks, Disney/Lucasfilm have firmed up their schedules quite a bit, going so far as to reveal a release date for their second Star Wars Anthology movie, which will once again get back to the May release window. Basically, with schedules more firmly in place, they’re looking more and more into their TV options.
Let’s move on to the new information I’ve heard, from a couple of individual sources now. Disney is looking to continue their partnership with Netflix for their Star Wars shows… Because of the extreme success of Daredevil, Netflix is working with Disney on the cheap and more than happy to continue their relationship. For Lucasfilm this makes a lot of sense, as they want to keep the cinematic feel of the movies going with the TV shows.
While initial rumors surrounding Star Wars on TV pegged ABC or another Disney owned channel as being the likeliest spot for a series (like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore… in terms of revenue, Netflix is set to overtake network TV very shortly. It’s the way the world is moving and Disney is great at keeping with current trends… In terms of which three shows they’re considering, I have no idea, nor a time frame for when they want to start/introduce them. My guess would be a release in 2017, but that’s a guess and nothing more.
It should be worth noting that all this comes after some official talk of Marvel expanding their horizons on Netflix to make a new show every six months – in addition to the second season of Daredevil, new shows about Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage, and the forthcoming Defenders miniseries that will tie everyone together. It appears as though Disney has big plans for the distributor in the future, so maybe that’s a sign that we’ll be seeing the movies appear for streaming on the service eventually.
Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.
Holy cow!
Yes!!! finally. i really hope its set between episode 6-7. it can be about the way the galaxy is rebuilding itself after the empire and war. it would be really cool to see how the empire tries to stay oppressive and fighting back the resistance and becomes the first order.
Wouldn’t the absence of Luke, Han etc be unsatisfyingly conspicuous if a series is set then though? There’d be a risk of, in addition to TV production values, the programme looking cheap with a lot of unwittingly formulaic replacement characters, as with the ‘written in a weekend’ novels and games. I like the idea of a TV series but I’ve got no idea what would work, but some suspicions as to what would probably not.
On second thoughts, a show with C3PO and R2D2 re-using the scripts from all the Laurel & Hardy films would work well, especially Blotto and Helpmates.
And the one with the jigsaw, with Boba Fett as the taxi driver.
Finally!
Shows, three shows!!!
First: The Quinlan Vos Adventures
Second: The Ventress Adventures
Third: The Ahsoka Adventures
Lobot Adventures!
BB8 Wars
Porkins Revenge!
You are forgetting Jar-Jar Strikes Back ofcourse!
Yoda Stories!!!
Ewok Fantasies
Stormtrooper Dreams
Boba Fett Looks Back
Return of the Lobot Comments
Would not watch those.
I would definitely watch “Porkin’s Revenge,” just saying.
We’ll put up with it…
Bespin Ice Cream Maker Guy: His Life, Loves and Adventures.
Am I catching a whiff of an Emmy sweep? Hmmmm…
Coruscant Ice Cream Maker GAY: His Wife, His Lies, and His Underworld Adventures.
That would be a more topical Emmy hit.
I called it in the cantina and you all laughed at me! YOU ALL LAUGHED! Who is laughing now mwahahaha…
Sorry, but for real this is so exciting! KOTOR???
KOTOR would be sick!! I want to see a live action TV show about a smuggler or scavenger (basically a show with Jedi not appearing too often).
KOTOR is too big for TV, they’d be saving that for the cinema.
A KOTOR movie or movie trilogy would be amazing, but I think a show version could be a little bit more forgiving and really expand on those side quests and characters in a way the movie(s) can’t. I think it really just comes down to budget and special effects.
Why confine KOTOR to 2-6 hours? Would make a great series, more scope to play with
I think KOTOR’s best chance to be made is on Netflix in a series or miniseries. It would surprise the hell out of me if they put the amount of resources needed for a film trilogy into KOTOR.
That said, it might be better suited for a TV series. Just my 2¢.
Also, my money says KOTOR is animated if it ever gets made.
What’s KOTOR?
Knights Of The Old Republic – a role-playing video game from 2003.
It would be interesting to see what effects they can pull off on a TV budget.
Well considering how great Game Of Thrones looks, I’m sure they can handle Star Wars. (I know that’s HBO, but Netflix has budgets almost as much as HBO) Reworking/retrofitting the movie sets should save plenty of room as well for the CG work.
If they do a short 6 – 9 episode season the effects would be great. The problem is you can’t produce movie level effects for a 18-26 episode season. There’s just not enough time or budget to pull it off.
Three shows seems like a lot, hope they don’t get watered down. Overkill? All that being said, totally excited.
The idea of SW TV show is not attractive for me.
To realise the same production value as the movie would be very difficult. SW can’t be done cheaply.
Should be consistent with the value of movies.
Agents of SHIELDs has nothing in common with Marvel movies from that point of view, IMHO.
The answer? 35mm
It can be done ‘cheap’. Take 1 or 2 planets, no CGI, and tell a small story (around 1 person, like Kile Kararn or … Young Han Solo) and aim for Game of Thrones quality.
Kyle Katarn
Pumped for this only worry is oversaturation..like deep space 9 and voyager. Just one season/show a year or half year and alternate so to give time for quality production. So basically a year and a half between. No need to rush!oh yah and make it hour episodes too. Don’t need Star Wars Christmas Specials also would prefer no kotor stick with common knowledge…tired of going backwards..move forward in time or a time that is familiar
i want a bantha series 🙂
Nice call.
If they are utilizing the same sets, it sounds like they could be in the same timeline as the sequel trilogy.
Maybe a show that covers the adventures of Luke training Finn and Rey leaving the big stories and plot turns for 8 and 9.
Of course it will be in the same timeline. But perhaps it will be in the same time FRAME…
Yep. They should make a live TV series on me and my adventures as a stormtrooper, smuggler, jedi etc. Eee-yoo Shmeee-yooo. Im part of Star Wars whether JJ likes it or not
HELL YEAH…..
I wonder if they’ve already casted for these shows. Wonder if one of the shows will be SW:underworld which lucas wanted to do back in like 2008. Would make sense to tie in with the anthology films.
Underworld was the first project that’s been discussed. It makes sense, considering it actually had preliminary work done on it.
If we don’t get a series about smugglers called “House of Karrde” I’m going to be very disappointed.
ADULT EWOK ADVENTURES PLEASE!
Are you suggesting teddy bear porn?
My own TV series is long overdue
Tasu Leech & The Kanjiklub Gang!
Hope to finally see stories involving the dawn of the Jedi and subsequently, the Sith. What exactly happened on Moraband? What were these “many wars” Yoda referred to in that episode of TCW?
I honestly could see it being a Game of Thrones style show in a science fantasy setting with the gore and sex toned down to acceptable levels. Can you imagine all the backstabbing and sexually charged shenanigans happening on the Sith side of things? I’m sure they don’t call it the dark side for nothing.
It could be the darker and more adult Star Wars many fans have been clamoring for.
I’d be fine with adult and mature themes such as heavy amounts of violence, but I would prefer for them not to add sex scenes to anything Star Wars. Nothing that can even briefly be seen, if anything. Can’t see any way that would fit, and I don’t want Star Wars to partially turn into another victim of “sex sells”. But it’s not HBO, so hopefully.
I can see where you’re coming from. But one can also argue that heavy violence wouldn’t be in the spirit of Star Wars either.
Just like violence as art, sex can be portrayed in a (non-pornographic) tasteful manner. It doesn’t always have to be gimmicky or gratuitous. And if high amounts of violence can be shown, why bar sex from the equation completely? A man’s limb being severed is absolutely fine, but implied coitus isn’t? I never understood this.
Anyway, it would be a different era in the Star Wars mythos, so it would have a different feel to it. The Sith seem to be driven by their selfish passions and it would be interesting to see where their fleshly desires (everyone has them) figured into that. We already know where the Jedi stand on those matters. It would make for more colorful and interesting story threads I think. It’s also something we have never seen from Star Wars.
I don’t like the idea of the Sith’s extreme passions suggesting that lust is evil, and I don’t want to see any more boring, stuffy, sexless Jedi.
Let’s remove the extremes and let everyone have guilt-free access to sex.
I dunno about violence not being Star Wars-ey… there’s that whole “Wars” thing right there in the title and all. ;^)
I wonder if Abrams and Bad Robot will be involved?
Hopefully, we WON’T get the likes of terrible writers like Orci, Kurtzman and Lindelof!
Finally, we’ll get to see Jar Jar’s Playhouse!
Oh yes! A Jar Jar sitcom would be awesome; Patterned after Seinfeld but with a Gungan flare.
“shesa hasa da man hands.”
“itsa da shrinkage metinks”
“sticksa forkses in mesa, mine done”
The creators of South Park should be given a non-canon live show with all the alien rejects so they can make chicken salad.
I have much more faith in a non broadcast network! Netflix has so much more freedom! I hope this is true!
I’m pretty sure somebody already asked, but do we have an idea if all of these shows are going to come out all at once, or staggered like Marvel Netflix? Know it’s an obvious question, but somebody’s gotta ask…
I would guess that these shows would be pretty staggered.
KOTOR is the first thing that I absolutely need if this happens! It may actually work better as a series than as an anthology film anyway so let’s get on that! 🙂
Why not do KOTOR as a trilogy released between IX and X? We could use a break from that series.
I would like to see KOTOR as well but getting our hopes up for that will lead to disappointment imo.
I don’t think Disney has much interest in retelling KOTOR, Kyle Katarn’s story, or any other Lucasarts story.
Use a break from that series….episode VI was about 35 years ago and VII isn’t even out yet.
That’s just idiotic, the stupidest thing I’ve hear in a long time. they seem to forget that half the world still hasn’t got a proper netflix service. We live on planet earth NOT
planet usa!!!
from ir.netflix.com:
“Netflix is the world’s leading Internet television network with over 62 million members in over 50 countries..”
If a Star Wars series is released like Daredevil was, it would be available to all of Netflix, not just the USA.
What they fail to mention in that blurb is that outside the US, content is often different and lacking. I would not be surprised if many markets don’t get access to it. I know many people who spend extra to fudge thier home networks to appear from the US just so they can watch what they want to.
You do realize that a release on Netflix does not preclude a release by other means in other countries, right? It’s the opposite of Ricky Gervais’ approach with Derek: Release via BBC, then Netflix, then home video. Everybody take a chill pill.
One thing is for sure, Disney isn’t playing around or wasting any time trying to get that 4.06 Billion recouped.
heeeeHOHOHOhoaharhARrarhararrrr
– me right now
Could we finally be getting Star Wars Underworld or something like it? Just, please, though, I don’t know their standing with live-action TV shows very well, but I urge them to keep it Star Wars-y. Make it the way the new films are being made, don’t try to make it look like other popular TV shows just to cash in on that, and also add zero sex scenes. None of that in Star Wars, please. Thanks. If it ends up being real, that is, but hey, probably.
just please don’t put it on netflix! netflix is not available evrywhere! Also I want a home video release after the show’s aired so do not put it on netflix!
So anyone want the adventures of Darth Maul?
Adventures of Darth Maul anyone?
3 Shows? They start to milking the Cow!
Need more Naboobian grass! MOOOO!
Maybe the Anthology Movies get Spin Off shows …
Stupid. Disney will destroy star wars. Too much is a too much.
I won’t settle until I see a live action love story between a Gonk Droid and a confused Mouse Droid.
Yes, please…
Daredevil was a breath of fresh air that really took advantage of the Netflix platform, and has become my favorite Marvel property. I watch Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter cause I’m a huge Marvel fan, but these shows don’t hold a candle to Daredevil. There is so much that can be done with a Netflix Star Wars show. Here’s what I want to see…
1. Knights of the Old Republic
(This should be a more mature SW property set in the time of the Sith War or the Mandalorian War detailing the lives of the Jedi and Sith alike in this era. I could see a series like this drawing heavy inspiration from the Game of Thrones series.)
2. 1313
(A series that takes place in the underworld of Coruscant that centers on a cast of bounty hunters, maybe even Boba Fett’s gang from CW and Dark Disciple. This could have a very gritty feel much like Marvel’s Daredevil.)
3. Rogue Squadron or Elite Squadron
(I just need one of these to happen…a show about an elite X-Wing or Tie squadron or both…I’d watch that religiously.)
Yeah but most of the world doesn’t have netflix. So if they’ll release it esclusively on netflix, I’m gonna seriously kill someone.
“Yeah but most of the world doesn’t have netflix…”
I have a feeling this will not be true for much longer. Netflix has caught fire here in the last couple of years and I wouldn’t be surprised if it is as common as the internet in the near future. Also, some Netflix originals such as House of Cards have been released on DVD which is probably what will happen in the future with all of their shows.
where do you live exactly?
Agents of JEDI?
My $7.99 a month is about to stretch a whole lot farther. Really hope that this is true.
I absolutely love this idea. A live action Stsr Wars show would be a great addition to the canon! I think if done correctly, this could really fill a few gaps in the story, or add new bits to show us just how intricate this galaxy really is.
Here’s some ideas I came up with:
-A house of cards style drama involving either the last days of the republic and how Palpatine was able to rise to power, or about the Moffs of the empire.
-A show following the time skipped between VII and VIII(Of course this will happen between the release of the episodes
-And also a show involving the really, really old history. Like, the origin of Jedi and Sith. I’ve read all of the novles(of course they mean nothing now) but I’d love to see how Disney shows us how they interpret that time period.
Thoughts?
BSG style Rogue Squadron show, please.
So say we all?
KoToR is not too big a scope for Netflix, look at GoT on HBO, pay cable/streaming can do the quality and scope whereas network tv cannot.
To save on costs, I’m leaning toward the series set in the post RoTJ era, to utilize the production assets from the new films.
Secret Lives of the Sand People, coming to Netflix in single file next Fall!
They don’t mind sand getting everywhere.
I gotta say I’m not kean on the idea of a TV series of Star Wars. Starwars is not Star Trek, which in my view is shite. Star Wars works well as a movie. X Files is bang on excellent as a TV Series but the movies weren’t that great. Now I think Disney may end up completly ruining Star Wars buy milking the cow dry and abit toooo much I think. Don’t spoil a already good formula.
The True Nature of the Force will be completly wrecked if they go Star Trek style and water Star Wars down into a shit TV Series. They work as Movies and Movies alone. This Cannon crap is going abit out of control. If the New Movie is crap then everything will fall like a deck of cards anyways. The original Star Wars movies were some of the best movies of all time and now they wanna water them down into a TV series. Star Wars is not gunner feel that Great no more. There over doing it. For me anyways I think there going abit too mad with it.
If they’ll go with a tv show like daredevil, that is in the same universe, but disconnected from the storyline of the movies, it could work well, but if they’ll go with something like agente of shield it Will be probably a problem
Seasons Among The Moisture Vaporators
Still hoping for a tv show about the Jedi purge post ROTS. The successful tv trend of killing off major characters on a semi regular basis would be taken to new heights, with the audience knowing the remaining Jedi are all doomed, but never knowing when any of them will die.
I’m hopeful about the TV show, but I’ll wait to celebrate until I hear what it’s actually about. I haven’t LOVED Rebels because of the very Disney heavy vibe, and we have yet to see how even the first new film pans out.
That being said, if done right, this could be amazing!
Almost more excited about this than the movies TBH. Good TV just has so much potential to really develop characters and plotlines.
Thinking back over the last decade or so nearly all my most enjoyable entertainment experiences were with TV and not movies (with a few big exceptions)
Ugnaught Red Shoe Diaries
Hutt gangster series with a “Godfather in Space (as a giant slug)” vibe. 😀
Don’t have Netflix ,and I am not going to bother getting that unless I see what kind of series it will be.