Over the last couple of years, online streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon have been rapidly gaining ground on traditional TV networks and cable/satellite outlets as sources of original content. Also, these services sometimes strike deals with traditional studios for new exclusive content, such as the one Netflix struck with Disney to stream previously-unaired episodes of the Clone Wars series.
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According to Cinelinx, there’s talk “of potentially three different [Star Wars] live-action shows for Netflix, in much the same way Marvel has deals in place for Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, etc”.
We’ll let you know if the report picks up steam.
With just under five months until Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits theaters this December, the animated TV series Star Wars Rebels returning for Season 2 this fall, and a slew of Star Wars books arriving in September, fans will be spending a lot of time in a galaxy far, far away in the latter half of this year.
Again, it’s near-impossible to determine any legitimacy to Disney’s purported Star Wars TV plans, though we can at least acknowledge that a Netflix launch might prove more forward-thinking than an ABC series.
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In fact reports are that filming of the TV series is being scheduled to fit between work on the various movies so that they can share the same sets. Sure, he gave us the prequels, and at one stage he was very keen on doing a TV series based on the property – scripts were even completed, apparently – but compared to what Disney are now doing with the “Star Wars” brand, Lucas came off rather uninterested in doing much beyond the core Skywalker saga. It was a way that the producers of Star Wars could hopefully draw publicity to a movie they were scared would bomb on opening day.
