27th April 2005, 9:33 PM
Um, would it really get ratings that high? Star Trek, which has an even bigger fanbase than Star Wars, isn't really doing all that well. There are just a LOT more people who want to see American Idol than "some silly sci-fi show". That show is likely to get prime time, then slip out to some desolate wasteland timeslot. It'll surely do well by cable show standards of course, but if you want BILLIONS of viewers, it's sitcoms and reality shows you need to make.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)