I’ve been really wanting to chime in on the Star Wars television series, but I haven’t really had the chance since there’s only so many nuggets being delivered at a time, and I’m usually too late. Truth be told, I only know so much about this series, and probably even less than the usual Star Wars fan. I may not be the biggest Star Wars fan in the world, but I do want something completely balls to the wall Star Wars. I’m not going to spend a thousand words on how much I was upset with the prequals. There’s a thousand writers out there blogging about that, so I’ll spare you from that.

What I do know about the series is that it is supposedly set between Rvenge of the Sith and Star Wars (I refuse to call it A New Hope) and that it will supposedly be kind of like the Young Indiana Jones tv show. The first part interests me, the second part worries me. The way it sounds is that they are making “The Tales of Star Wars” and each episode will be set in a different world with a different protagonist, and if thats the case, I’m not all that excited about that.

I want to see a continuing story, not necessarily one that continues the ones told in the films, but one that is at the forefront of the series. Why not the growth of the rebellion? It’s birth ended up on the cutting room floor, and it is something I’m interested in seeing.. And I’m sure many others would be too.

Seeing characters like Boba Fett again are cool and all, but it’s characters like Darth Vader and the Emporer that I truly want to see come back from time to time, and if they did chose to focus on the rebellion from time to time, it could be quite plausible for us to hear James Earl Jones deep voice again, and I really hope we do. Seeing the younger version of Boba Fett was quite awkward in the films (I think), but with the tv series, they will have more time to drop in cameos from familiar characters. Seeing a young Han Solo wouldn’t feel as thrown in as it would have if they did it in Revenge of the Sith, as long as they don’t dilliy dally too much. C’mon George! Give us more Vader! Give us the real Vader doing what he does best.

It would also be quite possible that they would reflect on some Jedi that survived the Order 66. In fact, I believe it’s more than posisble. I believe that is a direction they will go in.

It’s Star Wars, so balls to the wall action is comething we probably wouldn’t have to ask for, but I don’t want that interrupted with Senate meetings and the politics of war. Here and there is OK, but I don’t want pointless meladrama to drag out what could be an amazing episode.  I swear, showrunners must really think that just because they have a show means that the show can used to develop a character more. Yes, that maybe true, but you can still develop a character without completely stopping the show, like the prequals did, where they halted the build up so Padme could say “Hold me like you did in Naboo.” That scene felt so awkward. We know they love each other. We know it leads to Anikin’s doom, but does the romance have to be overplayed and boring? No! This isn’t “As the Galaxy Turns,” it’s Star Wars, one of the biggest franchises to ever grace an audience, so please don’t stop the show for romantic cliche’s and if you do, please, please make it seem real.

I also think it would be cool if every episode opened like the movies did. It starts with the Lucasfilm logo, and then the “Long, long time ago” text and then BOOM! The name of the series against the stars and then the opening crawl with the episode number and title rolling up to the tune of the great John Williams. That would be so cool!

If I had to guess which channel the series will air on, I would say Spike. They are now showing the all of the films, which is my primary reason for the guess. I think SciFi Channel would be cool, too. It already has the built in audience and on a channel, in which the audience already expects all things science fiction, that would be so perfect, yet I doubt will air on SciFi. At one point, I would have said FOX, but a part of me really doubts it too. So, I still say Spike.

I’m not saying this stuff will make a better series, but it is what I want so see. So, I want to know what you want to see. If there’s something you wish for this epic series, feel free to speak up in the comments section.

Also, would it be too much to ask for Spielberg to direct an episode?