Star Wars: 10 Things That Didn’t Go The Way George Lucas Wanted

Long before Disney+ were unleashing fresh new live-action Star Wars tales by the quarter on their streaming service, George Lucas set out to tell his own small screen space-aged story set between the events of Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.

Yet, with this still being the mid-to-late noughties, the idea of throwing tens of millions of dollars at a project designed purely for televised consumption wasn't as widely accepted as it is today. So, despite putting together some rather intriguing test footage that would later leak online in 2020 and dreaming up a potential 100 hours of content for the show, Star Wars: Underworld ultimately didn't make it onto our screens due to budget concerns.

Simply put, forking out $2-4 million per episode was a pretty steep investment back then, and Lucas and co. felt that it was probably best to put the entire project on hold until technology caught up and allowed them to produce the show on a smaller budget.

In the end, though, upon being purchased by Disney, Lucasfilm opted to steer clear of Lucas' Underworld branding when firing up their streaming service and telling their own post-Prequel TV tales seen in the likes of this year's Obi-Wan Kenobi.