Following in the footsteps of the terrible idea known as Spider Man the Musical from Julie Taymor, an event that absolutely no one is waiting for, George Lucas’ boundless greed is set to turn Star Wars into a Musical. Now to be fair Broadway is already overrun with Hollywood crap. Disney has turned Broadway into a new revenue source with adaptations of cartoons, Shrek is camping out there too, and Hollywood stars have been infesting the London stage, and to a lesser extent Broadway. All of that however makes some kind of sense, Star Wars the Musical does not.

George Lucas has signed off on Star Wars: A Musical Journey, a two-hour live musical event featuring a Stormtrooper kick line and singing Wookiees John Williams’ Oscar-winning score. The production will blast off April 10 in the U.K. and then embark on a European tour, complete with an exhibition of rare Star Wars collectibles, including never-before-seen models, props, costumes and production artwork. No word when it will visit America. Now if we could only get a musical version of the Star Wars Holiday Special…

Adapting cartoons for Broadway made sense since it could bring in the kiddies. A Star Wars musical spectacular in the UK doesn’t. France maybe, or Germany where they might view as some sort of surrealistic comment on the tragic nature of man. But George Lucas thinks that people will actually go and see singing Stormtroopers and Wookies, for some reason other than to laugh at them. It’s like an SNL skit or Simpsons opening actually coming to life.

I’m sure that George Lucas will wind up making money out of this. I’m also sure that it will be one of those nail in the coffin deals for the franchise. If the prequels and the Clone Wars wasn’t bad enough, or The Force Unleashed, Lucas is now just going whole hog to trash whatever’s left of Star Wars for a quick buck. I don’t know what the man is thinking. He’s only 64, which means he could have a possible life expectancy of decades more. Has he thought about what he’s going to do 5 years from now, when he won’t even be able to move a Star Wars cereal if it was made out of pure uncut cocaine? Oh right, that’s when Indiana Jones and the City of Merchandising Toys debuts.