Rose Byrne as Dormé in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones

It’s no secret that George Lucas has been planning a live-action television series based upon Star Wars for some time.  But it does come as surprising news to unofficially hear that casting is already under way.

According to a report on MTV, Australian actress Rose Byrne was attending a promotional event for her new movie, Knowing (in which she plays Diana Wayland opposite Nicolas Cage), where she let slip that a lot of her friends had already auditioned for roles with Team Lucas.

From MTV:

Bryne couldn’t have been more pleased about her time working with Lucas on 2002’s “Attack of the Clones.” “My experience was wonderful,” she said. “George is a great guy. I was just there for a week, standing behind Natalie [Portman] looking very demure and supportive. 95% of the fan mail I get is from ‘Star Wars’ and I’ve never seen them.”

As much as she enjoyed the “Star Wars” experience, Byrne, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her work on FX’s “Damages,” will not be auditioning for the live-action series. “I’m on a show,” she said. “I don’t know if I look that good in space.”

Byrne appeared as Dormé in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones but will apparently not be auditioning for the live action television series.

Star Wars: The Television Series (by the way, that’s not it’s name, only what I’m calling it until such time as it’s official name is announced), will chronicle the events of the Rebel Alliance as they take place between the events of Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. It’s been said no major characters from the movies will appear in the series – no Jedi’s, no Darth Vader, but apparently there will be Storm Troopers.

No release schedule (or anything else for that matter) has been announced.

If you haven’t seen Chad Vader in action before, here’s his latest offering to put a smile on your face:

The last 1 of 2,500 Darth Vader Metal Statues

There’s only 2,500 of these 5 inch pure metal Darth Vader statues in the world, and 2,499 of them are already sold and gone.

So there’s just one left.

I”m betting there’s a serious Star Wars fan out there that will light sabre a city full of Wookies to get their hands on this rare collectible before the last one is gone.

Go get it here.

Darth Vader Oversized Vinyl Doll
Darth Vader is now available in an incredible double-size extremely limited edition standing over 16-inches tall. A true must-have for any Star Wars collector!

C3PO Life Size Replica Star Wars Collectible (click to enlarge)

Sideshow Collectible’s C-3PO Life-Size Replica is one of the most authentic life-size reproductions ever made available to private collectors.

Limited to only 250 pieces, C-3PO is crafted from fiberglass and various quality materials.

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Star Wars Interactive R2D2 Astromech Droid

I love looking at the coolest collectibles around, but I only spare my time to post about the really cool stuff – and the Star Wars R2D2 Interactive Astromech Droid certainly qualifies as super cool.

He’s a little smaller than the real (fictional) R2D2, but unlike the real R2D2 he actually obeys your every command (well, mostly).

Want to know how? Then watch the video (after the jump) of R2D2 in action.

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Star Wars fans don’t miss out!

If you’re a fan of Star Wars and you’re into collectibles, you’ll want to get your order in on this one early because if it’s anything like the previous Sandtrooper design, its going to be sold out long before it ships.

Forming a part of the Military series of Star Wars collectibles, the Sandtrooper sports a 12inch and fully articulated armored body statue.  It comes with the finest detail in armor design together with shoulder pouches, belt pouches, an MG-15 Rifle, and 12-inch Figure Display Base with the Star Wars logo.

It’s not a bad price at US $109.99, but it won’t ship until the 3rd Quarter of 2009, so if you want one, order it now or say goodbye to the opportunity.  If anything I’ve learned, it’s that these babies don’t stay on the market for long.

Go here to check out more images of the Sandtrooper.

Or, maybe a Sandtrooper’s not your style, and you’d rather dress up your collection with a Stormtrooper Commander?  There’s only 1500 of those in the Stormtrooper Limited Edition series, and they’re shipping a little earlier than the Sandtroopers.

Go check out the image gallery for the Stormtrooper Commander here.

If you’ve got the bucks and you’re a Star Wars fan then you’ll want to read this.

This is the ultimate limited edition Star Wars collectible with only only 1,138 copies available.  It consists of a beautiful wood-inlaid box adorned with Darth Vader and Yoda high-relief sculptures.  Inside is a portfolio of shot-by-shot Star Wars selections each hand-picked by George Lucas.  The portfolio spans six 22″ leather bound books (one for each Star Wars movie) containing more than 230 frames from each Star Wars film.

If you’re a Star Wars fan and you have some money to waste, you’ll want to pre-order.  This Star Wars limited edition collectible isn’t available until 28th February 2009, and once 1,138 of them are sold, that’s it.  But of course, you’ll need around £3,499.99 (around $5074 US dollars).  Check it out at Forbidden Planet.

Four Star Wars fans travel to Skywalker Ranch to steal an early copy of “Episode I: The Phantom Menace”. Hilarious.

A seriously talented fan of Star Wars has produced what can only be described as one of the coolest things ever made: a working version of the Landspeeder as used by Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars movie. According to creator/owner Daniel Deutsch, the Landspeeder is a fibreglass replica build on an aluminium chassis with an electrical drive system that can make it up to 25 mph. Though its not fast, the speeder can travel several miles on one charge – that’s several miles of cool..no very cool travel. Visit www.reallandspeeder.com to see images and movies of Deutch’s creation.

All we’re waiting for now is for this to get further development to increase its speed and distance and then sign us up.