So, the news came out yesterday that Disney is still looking at the live-action Star Wars television series. Here’s my quick take on it. They’re going for grim and gritty. They want to explore the “seedy underside” of that galaxy. They want “Deadwood” in the Star Wars Universe. Listen. The most adult/grown-up channel Disney owns is ABC. They don’t own a Spike, or an FX, or even an AMC. ABC. Grim and gritty is going to be sanitized a lot for ABC. Ron Moore’s attachment brings some good news, but even “Battlestar Galactica” and “Caprica” had some real clunker plotlines. Take the bad
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