Much love to the reader who sent in a link to this interview with George Lucas where he discusses his 100-episode Star Wars TV series. So far nobody has agreed to carry it. George says he's not worried because after all he's George Lucas and after all this is Star Wars and somehow or other this will get shown. But as our reader points out, why should Lucas bother with the frigtards at the networks at all? Why not just put the episodes on iTunes and distribute them that way? Makes loads of sense to me. George thinks it's a decent idea too. We'll see.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
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Go on … put it on iTunes. The intersection of Star Wars fans and iPod owners is very likely high. Teens, 20, 30-somethings all into technology. Should be a splendid experiment.
I know I will be in line for it, even if I had to buy Startime or HBO. But if your going to do on Itunes, make it HD!
YAY though! I though the project had been abandoned till now!
You know it would work, George.
Pardon me...
You know it would work, Mr. Lucas, sir.
Why wait for "their" next season to start? Start your own season.
Get that show into the hands of your fans, and the network's attitude will change from "How do we fit this into our schedule?" to "Please, Mr Lucas, just give us a chance... we'll make it fit into our schedule!"
There are always new, Fall shows that get axed... you will give the Networks incentive to ensure it is quick & clean - so the people involved can move-on with their careers, instead of being stuck in that purgatory known as "on hiatus".
And, if The Wozall tries to sweet-talk you into forming some zany distribution company, remind them that you have footed the entire bill for Production - out of your own funds - so the only money which will be at-risk, in their little scheme, will be theirs.
Jesus! Enough with the Star Wars. Hasn't this well been tapped out already? The iTunes store is the perfect outlet.
FSJ,
It does make sense to put them on iTunes, except who would want to pay almost $200 for the whole 100 episodes?
On regular TV, it's really saturday morning fare, but the way that Lucas describes it, it isn't, which means that it's prime cancellation candidate for the regular networks. Perhaps it'd do on SF channel, to appeal to the small nerdy group that are still star warz fans.
But even these fans might not go for the kind of cheesy animation you see in the typical japanese production. You know, the ones where only the mouth moves. I seriously doubt that 100 episodes can be made, with a reasonable budget, to be as good as a disney cartoon, and I'd bet dollars to donut holes that Pixar has nothing to fear.
Vegan Cegan
(with great dubiosity)
Hopefully Lucasflilm doesn't have to go through FOX anymore...?
BTW, I still have no friggin clue WTF Episode 1 was about.
Is Clone Wars (cartoon) on iTunes yet?
FSJ and RSJ, you should have a special "Star Wars" day on Apple Campuses worldwide and a Star Was Jedi Edition and Star Wars SIth Edition iPhone. That should seal the deal. Forget about that U2 bollocks, Bono's too busy in Africaa.
It is! Widescreen too. Not bad.
And wouldn't that put a hornet's nest up NBC's backside?
Do it!
I just hope someone else wrote the dialog :)
Broadcast Network TV is was a brief technological anomaly in the mid to late 20th Century. Caused when only a few large corporations had the means to distribute video images.
This inequity was solved in the early part of the the 21st century with the advent of wide scale data networks. At which point content providers and consumers were free to form an un-restricted marketplace for video.
Ironically, the large 20th century corporations which exploited the anomaly called themselves "networks"
Broadcast Television was caused by a technological anomaly in the mid to late 20th Century, when only a handful of large corporations had the means to distribute video.
Fortunately this inequity was solved early in the 21st Century with the advent of wide-scale data networking. This allowed content creators and consumers to create the vibrant, free market that we enjoy to this day.
Ironically, those corporations which became briefly rich while exploiting the anomaly called themselves Networks!
What's this I hear about this - Star Woz?
I can't for the life of me figure out how Kucas can get 100 episodes out of one date between Griffin and Woz. Must'ave been backed by TMZ. Why can't they just let these poor people alone? It's none of our business If Woz wants to dip his...
What?
...
You say it's Star Wars?
Oh.
nevermind.
STAR WARS? Geez, how 20th century. Star Wars used to be cool, but so did disco, pet rocks, and Woz. Please, FSJ, leave the 20th century in the past.
"Star Wars" became the iPhone of movies/TV: people line up to buy it and end up wondering why they did. (The iPhone keyboard is Jar-Jar.)
Lucas should be on Apple's board (but definitely not on Pixar's). He could license a combination iPod/dildo shaped like a lightsaber and pre-loaded with "Star Wars" movies in their full 282x144 splendor.
Give something back. George/Steve, prove the value of your product. Name only goes so far, we have lived, breathed and purchased this franchise 100x over.
Make the first season free and without DRM. Then look at the numbers and see what makes sense.
or why doesn't he just broadcast it on joost?
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