Star Wars "live action" sempre avança na TV!

Parece que desta é que é. Depois de tantos anos (que me recorde, logo desde 2005) a aventar-se a hipótese de George Lucas criar uma série televisiva baseada no universo Star Wars com actores de carne-e-osso, notícias fesquinhas parecem apontar para a sua concretização cada vez mais próxima. A notícia, cito-a directamente do io9.com (atenção aos eventuais spoilers relativos a outras séries televisivas conhecidas).

Star Wars: Underworld

Producer and longtime George Lucas collaborator Rick McCallum dropped some key hints about the long-planned live-action Star Wars TV show - the one that supposedly has 50 scripts already written and is just waiting for the costs of visual effects to drop before moving forward. McCallum revealed the show's working title is Star Wars: Underworld, it is indeed set betweenRevenge of the Sith and A New Hope, that "it's about that period when the Empire is trying to take things [over]", and that the show's primary focus will be on the criminal underbelly of theStar Wars universe. McCallum elaborates:

"It's underneath what's going on. It's the criminals and the gangs. The guys who are running Wall Street, basically. The guys who are running the United States."

You can also check out the original video interview with McCallum at the link(s). [IGN via Coming Soon]