The bearded one himself, George Lucas, was in Vegas over the week to premiere a 5-minute clip from the upcoming “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”, which according to Lucas, is set between the events of the second and third movie (i.e. the prequels, not the original ones). As for the animation style he’s using, he describes is as “stylized”, and “Gerry Anderson style”. Empire also got him to talk more about the upcoming live-action Star Wars series that he’s planning. Read on.

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Lucas described the film, which takes place between episodes two and three of the series, as “a stylised cartoon, it’s not photo real…it’s in a Gerry Anderson style, Thunderbirds. The characters have painted surfaces - they look like they’ve been painted.” He also told us that it will feature all the major characters from the films. “It’s got everyone,” he said. “Yoda, The Emperor… everybody that’s in the features is in the animated series. It’s just as if we took the feature and just continued it in an animation style.”

We also asked him about the current state of play on the long-planned live-action show, set to expand the Star Wars universe further. He was evasive on details, but he would say: “The live action show doesn’t have any of the characters from the movies. It takes place at the same time, between episodes three and four, but it doesn’t have anything to do with the Skywalkers. You kind of hear about the Emperor, and it takes place in that world, but it’s like you have the TV show 24 and the TV show The Wire; they’re in the same place but they’re two completely different things.” When we tried to push him on characters, he’d only say: “Well, we’re still writing it, so I can’t give anything away.”

I don’t know why he insists on doing the cartoon. Skip it and go to the live-action series, George. That’s what everyone wants.