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Seth Green’s Star Wars: Detours Will Finally See the Light of Day
Seth Green’s long-shelved animated sitcom Star Wars: Detours will be shown publicly for the first time as part of an exhibit at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles. The screenings give audiences access to a project cancelled after Disney acquired Lucasfilm, and mark a rare revival of material that had remained unseen despite being substantially completed.
Green announced that a curated selection of episodes will play in the museum’s theatre programme, describing the original concept as “Simpsons in the Star Wars universe”. The series was announced in 2012, with 39 episodes reportedly completed by late 2013 before it was shelved; the Lucas Museum is due to open on 22 September and will feature two theatres showing rotating film selections.
In short
- Star Wars: Detours will be publicly exhibited at the Lucas Museum.
- The animated sitcom was shelved after Disney bought Lucasfilm.
- Thirty-nine episodes had reportedly been completed.
Explained simply
Star Wars: Detours is an animated comedy series that would have blended humour with the Star Wars universe, described as akin to The Simpsons set in that fictional galaxy. Created by Seth Green, the series had 39 episodes substantially completed by 2013, but was never broadcast to audiences.
Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012 prompted the show's cancellation. The company chose not to release Detours as it pursued other Star Wars projects, leaving the nearly finished series shelved for over a decade.
For Star Wars enthusiasts and those interested in television production, Detours represents a notable example of a substantially completed series that never reached audiences. The project illustrates how corporate decisions can affect the fate of creative works, particularly when ownership or strategic priorities shift.
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