Star wars detours series#

Star wars detours series#

On March 11, 2013, Lucasfilm announced that it had postponed the series in order to concentrate on Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens. That said, the franchise could once again be a great way to revitalize a Star Wars franchise that is currently in limbo after the horrid sequel trilogy. Star Wars Detours is a canceled animated television series that features a comedic look at the Star Wars universe. Star Wars Detours was almost the Star Trek: Lower Decks before we got Star Trek: Lower Decks. The optimistic side of me wants to see this series come to life still, but LEGO Star Wars did a bunch of CG parodies of Star Wars also written by Michael Price, so I’m not sure how much left there is to cultivate for the world of contemporary comedy.

Goodman, Michael Price, and Jane Espenson. Brendan Hay served as head writer. First announced at Celebration VI in 2012, the production of the series was then postponed in 2013 before being cancelled, with. Writers for the series included Dan Milano, Tom Root, Zeb Wells, Doug Goldstein, Breckin Meyer, Kevin Shinick, David A. From the braintrust of Seth MacFarlane and the writers of Robot Chicken was born Star Wars Detours, a Star Wars animated gag series in the vein of the LEGO Star Wars animations and the Star Wars skits in Robot Chicken. Voice actors that were involved in the show included Dee Bradley Baker, Abraham Benrubi, Ahmed Best as Jar Jar Binks, Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, Felicia Day, Donald Faison, Nat Faxon, Seth Green as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jennifer Hale, Zachary Levi, Joel McHale, Breckin Meyer, Dan Milano, Andy Richter as Zuckuss, Cree Summer, Catherine Taber as Princess Leia, Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian, “Weird Al” Yankovic as 4-LOM, Grey DeLisle, and Seth MacFarlane as Palpatine. That September, Green said 39 episodes had been completed, with 62 additional scripts finished. In March 2013, Lucasfilm postponed Detours, reconsidering whether a comedy series would be a sensible way to introduce the franchise to new fans, when a sequel trilogy was also being produced.

The series was announced at Star Wars Celebration VI in mid-2012 and was intended to be set between the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV – A New Hope. A lack of spoken dialogue has brought us some fascinating movies like 2014's 'The Tribe,' a film with no subtitles in which the character's only speak in Ukrainian sign language, which was a major critical success.Reddit user u/AnbuWeegeehas leaked a six-minute episode of the long-cancelled Star Wars Detours. The episode, entitled “Dog Day Afternoon”, features Zuckuss and 4-LOM attempting to rob Dexter’s Diner. While this may seem like a problem (and certainly was in the holiday special), it's also an opportunity for something really exciting and somewhat avant garde to be done with a 'Star Wars' movie. Which is important, given that the film would likely require pure visual storytelling given that we as viewers cannot understand the Wookiee language. oppressors' storyline that's such a staple of 'Star Wars.' And based on the battle that we get to see on Kashyyyk in 'Revenge of the Sith,' it could have looked great too.

No one knows exactly what the story would have been (except maybe George Lucas), but the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk has a significant history of occupations and uprisings that would lend itself perfectly to a Wookiee-focused story that delves into their culture while also offering great action scenes, and the classic 'freedom fighters vs.