London, Mar 12 : Filmmaker George Lucas is busy casting actors for a live action TV series based on his hit motion picture series `Star Wars'.

Lucas had announced plans to make a TV Star Wars spin-off way back in 2005.

Hollywood actress Rose Byrne, who starred in 2002''s Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, as Dorme, revealed that bosses were already considering actors for the sci-fi series.

"A lot of my friends have been auditioning for it," the Daily Express quoted Byrne as telling MTV.

Lucas is expected to write and shoot an entire year''s worth of episodes before looking to TV networks to host the show, which is projected to air by 2011. (ANI)