Underworld has become the hottest “show that never was” to be rediscovered by social media platforms and franchise pundits. Thanks to new insights from one of Star Wars‘ most influential creators (producer Rick McCallum,

A former Lucasfilm producer says George Lucas' abandoned live-action Star Wars show would've cost $40 million an episode and "blown up" the franchise.

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.

Although he is a member of the alien species known as Besalisks, Dexter was named after a nickname given to Lucas’ son, Jett, who the family had affectionately referred to as “Jettster.” Jett Lucas would himself have a cameo in Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge of the Sith as a Jedi padawan who bravely fights members of the 501st Clone Battalion when Bail Organa ( Jimmy Smits) shows up at the Jedi Temple to discover what really happened.

On the "Young Indy Chronicles" podcast, the producer best associated with the prequel films called the aborted series "dark," "sexy," and "violent."

You may have always loved Dex, but do you know who he's named after? None other than George Lucas's son, Jett. The nickname "Jettster" really turned out to be a great name for an

"The problem was that each episode was bigger than the films, so the lowest I could get it down to with the tech that existed then was $40 million an episode." Star Wars: Underwor