Star Wars RTS coming?

In a recent interview, Jim Ward, preseident of LucasArts, said the following:

"...we will have new live-action and animated TV shows over the next few years, and I think there's a bright future there for games based on these new properties as well as original 'Star Wars' games like a new real-time strategy PC game that Petroglyph is developing for next year. This game will take the (real-time strategy) genre in a new direction and will balance gameplay between the hard-core gamers who buy these games and the broader audience that's familiar with the 'Star Wars' brand."

So, it seems there's a new RTS on the way. Will it be like the old Star Wars Battlegrounds, which was essentially Age of Empires with Star Wars buidings, locations, and troops in the place of medieval items? It'll probably be similar, but with material from all six movies. Although, Jim Ward did say "This game will take the (real-time strategy) genre in a new direction," which suggests that they're doing something radical this time.

Perhaps it'll have a taste of the old "Rebellion" game where you fought for each individual planet in the galaxy, which was itself resurrected somewhat for the mode in Battlefront, "Galactic Conquest."

Only time will tell. In the meantime, I can watch the Episode III trailer another trillion times!!!