Boba Fett Expected to Headline in "Underworld"

MTV News reporter Alex Zalben is confirming today in a blog post that “Underworld” is the new live-action, but yet-to-be-financed Star Wars show. The post questions if Boba Fett may be the star of the show.

Now, sure, you’ve been burned by the prequels. And Lucasfilm doesn’t have the best track record in the world for live action TV (see: Christmas special). But the idea of a big budget Star Wars TV show on every week, with the same production values as the movies – which is what producers have promised is what, budgetarily, is holding up the show in the first place – makes our midichlorian count go through the roof.

Other details that have come out over time? The show will be set between Episode III and IV, as a group of mob bosses consolidate their power, paralleling the rise of the Empire at the same time. There’s also been plenty of rumors that bounty hunters will be involved, which of course, leads us to one name: Boba Fett.

Seriously, is there any question whether this is a Boba Fett series? Sure, he could be part of a sprawling cast, but given the Star Wars Universe’s unerring focus on one character at a time, there’s almost no way the Mandalorian won’t be front and center in the series. He’s a fan favorite, and even with an important role as, you know, every clone trooper ever, he still holds an enigmatic place in Star Wars lore.

Granted, we like him that way, so there’s a certain sense that maybe we DON’T want SW:U to be a Boba Fett spectacular. But it’s either that, or a soap opera featuring a bunch of Hutts, and that would be gross.

That all said? We may still not get to see this for a good long while, even though producer Rick McCallum swears there are fifty “excellent” scripts already written on a shelf somewhere. That’s because each script will cost about five million to produce, and where in the world would Lucasfilm get two hundred and fifity million dollars? They’d have to go all out re-releasing all six Star Wars movies in 3-D over the next six years in order to…

According to the IMDb record, which is now called “Star Wars: Underworld,” Daniel Logan is listed as a rumor-only for being attached. Perhaps you could ask him on Twitter?

For more about the comic series “Underworld,” which featured Boba Fett and may have the storyline of the live-action series, check out our image gallery, collectible database records, or the discussion on our message board.