It seems that Lucasfilm has decided to produce yet another Star Wars TV series (there was the Ewok animated series, the Droids animated series, the Clone Wars micro-series, the Clone Wars CGI series, and an upcoming live action monstrously expensive series). This time, though, they seem to have noticed that the Cartoon Networks’ Robot Chicken Star Wars specials have been just about the most popular Star Wars properties in years, and have decided to basically run with that premise… a Star Wars parody series. Star Wars Detours will be done all CGI, unlike Robot Chickens stop-motion animation. According the the Wikipedia page, the series does not yet have a release date or a network, which seems odd, but there it is.
And not only have they copied the Robot Chicken parody style, they’ve also appropriated a number of the same voice actors. Seth Macfarlane as Emperor Palpatine is particularly awesome.
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And in case you don’t get the reference in the blog post title, edumacate yourself:
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