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I do somewhat agree with whomever questioned if the live-action series is ever going to happen. Part of that is because I really feel like Lucas has finally found (in the new Clone Wars cartoon) the media he really wants to tell his stories in. The prequels got ever more and more computer generated, and the Clone Wars series just takes that to the next level. So it's no surprise to me that at the very least, he plans to do more like this series.

And had corax not already mentioned it, I would have definately suggested it is highly likely to be a Bounty Hunter/Underworld-based series, likely set between episodes 3 and 4 (the Dark Times). Lucas has often shown interest in the Bounty Hunters and Smugglers, the Crime Lords and such - and I don't think this conflicts with his current plans for the live action series either.

I'll also go so far as to open a few additional possibilities that might confirm this direction for the series - Boba Fett would likely be a main character - and that may also make sense of other things lingering in the background of the EU. Karen Traviss has a Boba Fett book planned - but was rather cagey about 'when' in the timeline the book would be set. Let's say it IS set around FotJ - but it has a flashback to connect it to the new animated series set in the Dark Times. The fact that she might be aware of that series, and might be called upon to help novelize it (especially considering her devotion to Fett, and her work on the Clone Wars) would certainly make sense. I give that to you to add fuel to the fire. Perhaps it's nothing, but perhaps there's a connection.

For what it's worth, while I'm not trying to diss other ideas (and in fact would love to see some of them as animated series) I think the chances of almost anything else mentioned is almost nothing. New Jedi Order - highly highly unlikely (1% chance). KotoR era - a little more likely than NJO (2% chance). Distant future - a little more likely than the previous two (3% chance). Set during the timeframe of the movie series - highly likely (95% chance). When you reduce it down to that time period, you need to start considering two things - what still needs to be filled in, or what characters/race could support a series. For instance, Lucas has previously focused in on the Ewoks (both in a live action movie series and a cartoon), the Droids, and the Clone Wars. It seems to me the most unexplored area is the Dark Times, and there's lots of places he could focus the series during that era (Bounty Hunters, early Rebellion, the hunt for the remaining Jedi to name just a few).

But either way, I'll gladly follow another animated series. I love the new Clone Wars, so I'll eagerly anticipate more information on this new series.