![]() Green isn't too sad about Detours never seeing the light of day though, as the experience of having worked alongside George Lucas for several years while making the series more than made up for Detours being canceled before it even made it to television. And the way it's been explained to me is that there hasn't been enough interest high enough up to go through what it would take to put it out, and that there isn't an interest in releasing this content on Disney+ from Lucasfilm." "But we finished them almost 10 years ago, and so there would have to be a bit of reconfiguring of the existing stuff to make it something that Disney+ would release as a Lucasfilm offering. "Well, there are 39 episodes that were finished for broadcast," Green said to EW. But according to Green, it's a little bit more complicated than simply uploading all the episodes online and letting people know about them. With Disney+ having launched, Detours seemed like a perfect fit for the new streaming service. So what happened to Star Wars Detours? Disney.Ī few months after Star Wars Detours was announced, Disney announced that it had purchased the entire Star Wars franchise from creator George Lucas for over $4 billion at the time, which resulted in numerous Star Wars projects being shelved so that all efforts could be focused on a new trilogy of films and animated series. ![]() Dozens of mini-episodes had been completed, scripts for another 62 shorts had been completed, and all that was needed was a date for the show to be broadcast. Announced at Star Wars Celebration in 2012, Star Wars Detours was a project that saw Robot Chicken's Seth Green and Matt Senreich team up with LucasFilm Animation to poke fun at the film series. We’ll keep you updated when and if Disney+ officially announces a release date for Star Wars: Detours.A long time ago-2012 to be exact-in a galaxy not so far away, Star Wars was on the verge of having a long laugh at itself. If Star Wars: Detours debuts on Disney+ on May 4th, it will join previously announced animated series, The Bad Batch which will also premiere on the streamer on Star Wars Day. You can watch the trailer for Star Wars: Detours below: The series is produced by Lucasfilm Animation in collaboration with Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich. Other well known actors lend their voices for different characters: Seth Green voices Obi-Wan Kenobi, with Catherine Taber as Princess Leia, Andy Richter as Zuckuss, “Weird Al” Yankovic as 4-LOM, Abraham Benrubi as Darth Vader, and Seth MacFarlane as Palpatine. Each episode is approximately 6 minutes long and features several Star Wars alums reprising their roles including Anthony Daniels, Ahmed Best, and Billy Dee Williams. The site also reports that in addition to the original 39 episodes produced, several additional un-produced episodes have been recently completed, and there are potentially 52 episodes that could debut on the streamer.ĭetours is set between the events of Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope and offers a comedic take on what happened between the prequel trilogy. ![]() Detours was the last creation under the watch of George Lucas before Lucasfilm was sold to Disney in 2012 and sadly never saw the light of day.Īccording to The Vulcan Reporter, the long-lost series could hit the streaming service as soon as May 4th (Star Wars Day). Star Wars: Detours, a CGI-animated comedy series that was never released, is reportedly set to hit Disney+ next month.
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