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The ultimate object of fan geekdom will make a pilgrimage to TV's biggest fan geek show on May 12 when "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" director George Lucas drops in on "The O.C." a week before the movie opens.

According to StarWars.com, Lucas will guest star as himself on the episode, in which Summer (Rachel Bilson) makes Zach (Michael Cassidy) and Seth (Adam Brody) decide which one of them gets to take her to Harbor High's prom. But when Lucas expresses interest in Seth's graphic novel, he is forced to choose between taking Summer to the prom and dinner with Lucas.

...nothing good shall come from that mix except watching a spastic Erkel banging Mariah Carey while Wookies do a Gregorian Chant.

yeah, bad place, me, I know.

Can anyone think of a character introduced in the prequelmovies that needs a TV show? You know, a character that is still alive at the end of Ep 3 AND worth telling about? Not I. Now maybe if it followed Capt. Solo's time in the Imperial Academy or some such, maybe. Otherwise, no.

a spastic Erkel banging Mariah Carey while Wookies do a Gregorian Chant.

Lucas should think about the post-Episode 6 Star Wars EU setting (NJO).  Some interesting ideas have been established there by a few decent novelists.  To be realistic though, anything good would have to follow a long, long list of qualifications. 

There really is little hope for anything good to come out of Star Wars from Lucas anymore, although the franchise still has potential.. (KOTOR I & II were nice)

Can anyone think of a character introduced in the prequelmovies that needs a TV show? You know, a character that is still alive at the end of Ep 3 AND worth telling about?  (http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/news/apr05/99.html)

As for the actual show, some part will focus on at least Boba Fett, I'm sure.  Folks have been all erection over after him since the Christmas Special for whatever reason.

Boba was cool, til I saw his dad go out like a punk.

Boba was cool, til I saw his dad go out like a punk.

Like father, like son.

If they did a series with nothing but a guy in a Darth Vader suit slaughtering a different jedi every week, I'd watch it at least sometimes. That's all I wanted from the prequel movies, and it looks as if I might not get it.

Also, I am a sad, sad man.

I don't know much else about Star Wars though, and definitely not about Christmas specials.

[Can anyone think of a character introduced in the prequelmovies that needs a TV show? You know, a character that is still alive at the end of Ep 3 AND worth telling about?

Get more years older, life n00bler.

Christmas Special was on TV in '78 or '79 and featured a bizarre mix of Plastic transvestites, 15 minutes of Chewbacca's family talking to each other without any sort of translations, what's-her-name from Maude and Golden Girls, and the premier of Fett in a short cartoon. All in all it was an unwatchable train wreck unless you were hopped up on goofballs. Shortly after the special aired is when they did the original mail-order-with-proof-of-purchase-seals Fett action figure offer. The cool one with the backpack missle that actual shot out. Shot out and pparently managed to blind and choke enough children that they stopped the offer until the redid the figure. Yes, that is why I'm so much better than most of you: When I was a child our toys killed those of us who were too weak.

It could be a show about Yoda hiding away from the Empire on Dagobah. With nothing to do except sit there and eat gruel, it will be like Waiting for Godot without the dialogue.

All in all it was an unwatchable train wreck unless you were hopped up on goofballs. Shortly after the special aired is when they did the original mail-order-with-proof-of-purchase-seals Fett action figure offer. The cool one with the backpack missle that actual shot out. Shot out and pparently managed to blind and choke enough children that they stopped the offer until the redid the figure.

Urban Legend: A rocket-firing Boba Fett action figure was made and several were shipped to early buyers.

This one's been the bane of many an action figure collector. When the first Boba Fett action figure was planned in 1978, following that year's "Star Wars Holiday Special" on television which introduced the bounty hunter in an animated segment and in anticipation of the character's role in the upcoming film, The Empire Strikes Back, toymaker Kenner Products had plans to incorporate a special rocket-firing backpack.

The Boba Fett figure wasn't available in stores initially. It was first unveiled as a 1979 mail-in promotion in which collectors could send in cut-out proofs-of-purchase and then receive the rocket-firing figure a while later. While the toy was still in the final stages of planning, however, a similar missile-firing feature in Battlestar Galactica toys from Mattel raised some child safety issues and caused a product recall. Kenner quickly realized it had to modify the coolest and most promoted feature of its new action figure. It experimented with a few variations to see if it could figure out a child-proof "locking" mechanism for the small firing missile, but quickly gave up and retooled the figure. It removed the firing mechanism and permanently glued the missile into the backpack.

Kenner quickly modified all advertising and promotional material so that the offer no longer made mention of the rocket-firing feature. Also, the Fetts that were mailed came with a small note explaining the following:

"Originally, our Star Wars Boba Fett action figure was designed to have a spring-launched rocket. The launcher has been removed from the product for safety reasons. If you are dissatisfied with the product, please return it to us and we will replace it with any Star Wars mini-action figure of your choice."
While some people "remember" getting a missile-firing Fett in the mail, none of the rocket-firing Boba Fett figures were released. Their memories are playing tricks on them. A small amount of production-test figures, called "first-shots", were made for Kenner's inspection, but these were usually rough, unfinished, unpainted action figures, although these and some painted variations have made their way to collectors' hands.

Yes, that is why I'm so much better than most of you: When I was a child our toys killed those of us who were too weak.

Out of curiosity, since there seems to be a few folks here who have read some of the EU stuff (I haven't). Was Fett's story ever filled in in any of the books, or was it primarily the comic series? And were any of them worth reading? I'm not looking for quality literature here, just entertaining reading.

LAWN DARTS, BITCHES!

I've also heard of "carrot tag", which apparently involves loading black powder rifles with a small amount of powder and a chunk of carrot.  Slightly more extreme than paintball (which is a helluva lot of fun, except for getting hit in the throat--damn, that stings!)

I had the missile-firing Galactica toys; unfortunately they met their demise at the hands of some lighter fluid and firecrackers one bored summer afternoon (which makes worrying about the potential danger of the 'missiles' rather moot, hm?)

Then there was a favorite 'tech upgrade' to snowball wars, someone would inevitably get a bucket of water and make some iceballs.

"Revenge of the Sith" is, quite simply, fucking awesome.

Lawn darts while dangerous were damn fun.

Be honest, lawn darts weren't the "darts" the livestock were afraid of.