George Lucas’ Axed ‘Star Wars’ Series Cost ‘$40 Million an Episode’ and ‘Would’ve Blown Up’ the Franchise: ‘Disney Would’ve Never’ Bought Lucasfilm If It Got Made

George Lucas‘ “Star Wars” producer Rick McCallum recently appeared on an episode of the “Young Indy Chronicles” podcast and teased what would’ve been “Star Wars: Underworld,” an ambitious television series that was one of the last “Star Wars” projects Lucas was working on before he sold the franchise to Disney in 2012 for $4.05 billion. The series was set between the events of “Revenge of the Sith” and “A New Hope” and would’ve acted as a bridge between the original “Star Wars” trilogy and the prequel trilogy, the later of which McCallum produced.

“I think we had over 60 scripts… like third draft scripts,” McCallum said, noting they brought

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