Live-Action STAR WARS Television Series

I know, I know. This has been rumoured and "in production" for a couple of years now, so I have no real concrete information. But man, when this thing comes together, it's gonna be sweet!
I, like all other STAR WARS geeks over the age of 30 (who undoubtedly are the original, most critical fans of the saga) will be watching this closely. By all accounts (at least to me) it seems to be coming together as a Star Trek: Next Generation vibe. That would be fine, except it won't be. The producers, George Lucas included, say that it probably won't be anything that anyone is expecting and that the stories will revolve around minor and even un-introduced characters; say from the plethora of SW novels that have been released since 1991. That's a lot of new material and characters.

I mentioned Star Trek, in the hopes that it will have the stories and character development of ST:TNG and not that of Deep Space Nine, which was just terribly boring. That's terribly with a capital "T."

There were rumors about Ewan McGregor being interested in reprising his role of Obi Wan Kenobi. Don't expect Mark Hamil to make an appearance (unless as another character) as Luke Skywalker was of course just a small child between episodes III & IV. Maybe as the series progresses, we might just see Luke as a young boy or a teenager, but since the stories will be revolving around new and minor characters, don't bet on it.

I've been waiting for this since I first heard about it in 2005. I can't afford to be disappointed.

This isn't official or anything, but here is a "trailer" (fake)for the new project:



And just for fun, I first saw this fan film on starwars.com a few years back and I was able to burn it to a disc, but for some reason, I can't get it to work now. It simply won't play on my CD-ROM drive. Anyway, this is a really cool story based on a little back-story on Darth Maul entitled, "Contract of Evil," that was made by independent film-makers (as the quality attests to) and it is a very good, action-packed, untold vignette of the predecessor to Darth Vader.