New details have emerged about the canceled Star Wars: Underworld series from George Lucas

Thanks to producer Rick McCallum, previously undisclosed details have emerged about the canceled Star Wars: Underworld series, which was the brainchild of franchise creator George Lucas.

• The scripts for 60 episodes were almost completed, and the idea was to film 100 episodes.
• Budget - $40 million per episode, i.e. total investment - $4 billion
• The soundtrack was supposed to be composed by John Williams.
• The project was closed precisely because of the high cost.

“The episodes were dark, sensual, violent... they were literally great. Magnificent, complex... challenging. I mean, it would have blown up the entire Star Wars universe... And Disney would definitely never have offered to buy it. And this is one of the biggest disappointments in our lives,” he said in an interview with The Young Indy Chronicles podcast.

An interesting detail is that Star Wars: Underworld somehow echoes Star Wars 1313. The game, which was developed by LucasArts, was supposed to explore similar themes. In it, Boba Fett traveled through the criminal depths of Level 1313 on Coruscant. Unfortunately, Star Wars 1313 has also been cancelled.