May the Force amuse you

Variety and other sources including MTV are reporting that LucasFilm Ltd. is planning to disturb the Force with a sitcom based in the Star Wars universe.

Here is an excerpt from the MTV take on the news:

Yesterday, Lucasfilm issued a press release revealing plans for an unusual new "Star Wars" TV series. Building on the success of high-profile parodies from the "Family Guy" and "Robot Chicken" crews, the Lucas camp is planning a sitcom series based on the famous galaxy far, far away. "Chicken" creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich will be "creatively involved"; the show will also feature the writing talents of Brendan Hay ("Frank TV") and direction from Todd Grimes ("Back at the Barnyard").

With the recent news that SyFy will develop a sitcom, I suppose this is the next step in the evolution of science fiction TV. In a few more years we'll probably have science fiction cooking shows, fantasy home design shows, and Girls-and-Geeks game shows (oh, wait, we've already slogged through Beauty and the Geek).

Oh well. Science fiction TV was fun while it lasted. Now I guess we'll all have something to chortle about other than how clueless the Mundanes can be.

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