If youโre tired of Star Wars being a mainstay of pop culture in the 21st century, Iโve got bad news for you. Disney has just greenlit a live-action TV series set in the same galaxy far, far away, and it could cost up to $100 million USD for the first season alone. The first season will reportedly be ten episodes long, meaning each episode has a rough budget of $10 million USD. Not bad. Not bad, indeed. Maybe they can even afford a decent script this time roundโฆ
โStar Wars is a big world, and Disneyโs new streaming service affords a wonderful opportunity to tell stories that stretch out over multiple chapters,โ says Jon Favreau, the director responsible for bringing the Marvel Cinematic Universe to life with the early Iron Man films. This along with his live-action Jungle Book and Lion King remakes have obviously earned him a lot of credit with Disney, as Favreau is now also responsible for the Star Wars series in questio.
โThereโs a big, big opportunity for storytellers inside and outside of Disney to help us,โ adds Ricky Strauss, Disneyโs new streaming platformโs commander-in-chief.
โI love great stories. Iโm very intellectually curious.โ
Suffice it to say, competing streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon, and Apple have been put on notice. Thereโs nothing like a hundred million dollar Star Wars series to say, โConsider this a warning.โ
Hereโs to hoping it doesnโt suck.
Related: Amazonโs โLord of the Ringsโ series will cost $500 million, the most expensive ever.
