Will the WGA strike affect SW T.V.???

Here's the deal...so long as the Writers Guild of America remain on strike, every t.v. show requiring WGA writers and every movie now being scripted by WGA writers is on hold. So, where does this leave both SW t.v. shows?

TFN tried to address that issue but Lucasfilm gave them a non-answer ;).

We know that 21 episodes of the Clone Wars have been completed and that's an entire season's worth of programming. It's a little early for the strike to affect season two of CW.

We know that some writers have been hired recently to start working this month on scripts for the live action show. Whether or not this has been delayed depends on whether these writers are WGA members.

It's possible Lucasfilm was planning to use both union and non-union writers on its shows. If Lucasfilm had say, some comics writers and novelists on its writing staff, it could go ahead and have them write scripts first, bringing in the union members later on after the strike ends. If they're all non-union, things will continue on schedule. If they're all union, then production is on hold until the strike ends and/or Lucasfilm runs out and finds some scabs.

(Note to Lucasfilm: I'm non-union and I work cheap!)

Remember the show will be filmed in Australia and probably doesn't have to follow union rules on who's hired as a writer.

Book nEUs

On the starwars.com forum, Sue Rostoni has been answering fan questions about the EU. It looks like they're negotiating a new contract with Del Rey and there are ideas for a series post-Legacy of the Force and Old Republic era stuff.

To be honest, the way things are going, I may not be interested in reading anything that takes place post-LOTF. I'm tired of the Galaxy of Gloom and Doom and I'm tired of the stories spinning wheels in its own mud. The other day I was thinking about how after all of these years and all of these books, Luke never reminisces about Uncle Owen or Aunt Beru or even Obi-Wan, while Leia never remembers the people who raised her. Chewie's not even mentioned anymore. They're just devices, shells of who they were in the movies. I've given up any hope of the EU introducing Luke and Leia to their mother's family or really doing anything more with the PT era. Things are not going to change.