Following the news that George Lucas is hiring writers for the new, live action Star Wars TV series, spin-off thing, several British writers have pitched format ideas. Chief among these is 'Only Fools and Horses' creator John Sullivan:
The Brown, Brown Sand of Tatooine features the second-hand droid dealer Uncle Owen, Aunt Beru and their petulant teenage nephew, Luke, who move to a brand new moisture farm in the country to escape the oppressive Imperial Forces.
Tachyon TV is proud to present an exclusive extract from the pilot script:
OWEN: For gawd's sake, Beru, for the final time, no you cannot phone your mother. If the Empire traces the signal they might discover we're hiding the last hope for freedom in the Galaxy.
LUKE: I don't wanna be anyone's hope. I hate it here. You can't skateboard on sand!
Later episodes will feature cameos from C3P0, R2D2 and Uncle Ben Kenobi, who is forever going on about how he used to be a Jedi Knight ('During the Clone Wars'), as they drive around in their three-wheeled landspeeder trying to sell Russian-made Lightsabres with no instructions.
Reported by Richard Ward
