# Star Wars live action show announced

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-live-action-show-announced/810256>\
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**Created:** [March 8, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-live-action-show-announced/810256 "2018-03-08T19:41:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-live-action-show-announced/810256/1 "2018-03-08T19:41:21Z")

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> **[Jon Favreau will write and produce a live-action Star Wars series](https://www.avclub.com/jon-favreau-will-write-and-produce-a-live-action-star-w-1823611441)**
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> Disney announced this morning that Jon Favreau will write and executive produce a new live-action Star Wars series for the happiest conglomerate in the world’s soon-to-launch streaming service—just one of the several Star Wars TV series that were...

It should be a Firefly-type, so that the meta/inspiration discussions can be entirely circular in nature (Whedon was inspired by the Millenium Falcon to create Firefly).

But seriously, it should be a show about a small crew of shady characters (entirely new characters) on a spit-and-wire spaceship.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-live-action-show-announced/810256/2 "2018-03-08T19:48:48Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> But seriously, it should be a show about a small crew of shady characters (entirely new characters) on a spit-and-wire spaceship.

This sounds like the setup for 80% of Star Wars RPG campaigns. 😃

(But, seriously, I like Favreau, so I’m cautiously optimistic.)

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-live-action-show-announced/810256/3 "2018-03-08T19:55:45Z")

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I think that they are working on [137 Star Wars series](http://comicbook.com/starwars/2018/02/06/star-wars-tv-series-multiple-in-development/) at the moment. It is getting to be like that cartoon where Donald Duck forced Huey, Dewey, and Louie to smoke a full box of cigars.

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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-live-action-show-announced/810256/4 "2018-03-08T19:58:11Z")

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> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> This sounds like the setup for 80% of Star Wars RPG campaigns. 😃

For good reason! Nigh-endless storytelling and character-development opportunities!

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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-live-action-show-announced/810256/5 "2018-03-08T21:52:33Z")

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and next Oprah will be involved. Everybody gets a movie to direct!!