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McCallum Drops Star Wars TV Hints
It's "everything the fans always wanted the prequels to be."

Star Wars producer and Lucas's right-hand man, Rick McCallum, was visiting the Ericsson Empire Awards the other night and gave Empire Online an update on the status of the upcoming live-action television series Lucas is working on.

McCallum confirmed the broadcast timeframe we've been hearing about, suggesting a start date in the fall of 2007. In the meantime, writers are busily preparing the scripts that the show will need when it goes into production.

McCallum stressed the darker nature of the series compared to the movies. "It's fantastic; we've got some incredible writers. It's going to be much darker, much more character-based, and I think it's going to be everything the fans always wanted the prequels to be. They'll be one-hour episodes. It takes place between Episodes III and IV." He also confirmed that the series will feature all-new characters, and that it would likely start off with several bounty hunters. If an hour of new Star Wars with rebels, Imperials, and bounty hunters doesn't whet the excitement and anticipation of Star Wars fans, what will?