It’s a window into an alternate future for a franchise dedicated to pleasing a narrower fanbase with in-joke specific material, produced when Star Wars discourse wasn’t at the center of culture (and thus not quite as exhausting). Outside of the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special, Detours is the holy grail of unreleased Star Wars content. Green stated earlier this year that “there isn't an interest in releasing this content on Disney+ from Lucasfilm." Despite recent rumors that it would be released on Disney+, the series has remained locked in the vault ever since. It featured a voice cast of frequent Robot Chicken collaborators such as Seth McFarlane, Zachary Levi, and Donald Faison, as well as Star Wars veterans including Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Ahmed Best, and Dee Bradley Baker.ģ9 episodes of Detours were produced with 62 additional scripts written, but the series was officially put on hold in early 2013, as Lucasfilm chose to focus on marketing The Force Awakens and other upcoming projects, deciding a comedic approach wasn’t the best way to introduce new viewers to the franchise. Detours was targeted at a much younger crowd than the raunchy Robot Chicken specials, and was set to explore the daily lives of iconic characters. George Lucas had been impressed by the duo’s Star Wars-related sketches and approved the creation of three Star Wars dedicated Robot Chicken specials, even lending his voice to one of the more popular sketches. Star Wars Detours was an animated CGI comedy series set between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope from Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich. The idea of not one, but two concurrent shows set within the galaxy far, far away was inherently exciting, but a far cry away from the massive wave of Star Wars content coming within the next few years. ![]() ![]() At the time, the saga’s future rested on the animated series The Clone Wars, as the prospects of a proposed live-action series seemed far away and the 3D re-release of The Phantom Menace had bombed in theaters. When the animated comedy series Star Wars Detours was announced at Star Wars Celebration in 2012, it came a mere months before the future of the franchise shifted course forever through the Disney acquisition.
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