The long-rumored Star Wars live action TV show (see “No Skywalkers in Star Wars TV Show”) has begun casting, according to MTV Movies Blog.  Rose Byrne, doing publicity for Knowing, “let slip” that she has friends who are auditioning for the series.  

The show will be set between Episode III and Episode IV, and focus on minor characters.  Lucas plans to shoot a full year’s worth of episodes before selling the series to a network.