George Lucas is planning a Star Wars TV show for 2009. If he was smart he would just hand the universe over to someone like Joss Whedon (creator of Firefly) or Ronald D Moore (creator of the new Battlestar Galactica). If he writes it or directs it, it will be awfull...

Lucas: Star Wars TV Show Will Be ‘More Adult’ at GeekMonthly.com

At yesterday’s Rose Parade, George Lucas talked a bit about plans for the upcoming live-action Star Wars TV show planned for 2009. SFGate is reporting that Lucas draws a distinction between the Star Wars TV show and other recent sci-fi shows like Battlestar Galactica and Firefly.

Oh, great! So he's purposely trying to not be anything like good sci-fi.

From the article:

“Ours will be very different,” he said. “It’s very Star Wars, but it doesn’t involve the Skywalkers.” The characters come from the same universe, Lucas added, but the stories are, “a little bit more adult.” Hopefully, he added, “it will be something most people have never seen on television before.”

Reports indicate that Lucas plans on committing to 100 episodes for the series, which will take place between Episodes III and IV of the Star Wars saga. There is still no word on if it will be broadcast or just distributed over the Internet. In addition to the live-action Star Wars, there is also a follow-up to the animated ‘Star Wars: Clone Wars’ planned for 2008.