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Untitled Star Wars animated TV series

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Untitled Star Wars animated TV series

Format	Animated
Creator(s)	George Lucas
Director(s)	Todd Grimes^[1]
First aired	2013^[2]

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1 Development
2 Writing
3 Behind the scenes
4 Sources
5 Notes and references
- 5.1 In other languages

DevelopmentEdit

As of June 2009, a yet untitled Star Wars animated TV series, which was revealed by George Lucas to be in the works. On April 5, 2010 it was officially revealed on StarWars.com that the series is in production by Lucasfilm Animation and that it would be a comedy. During the Brand Licensing convention in London in October 2011, Howard Roffman, the head of Lucas Licensing, announced that the animated series was due to be released "within the next two years."^[3] In the Launch Pad section of Star Wars Insider 132, released in March 2012, producer Rick McCallum discussed the show, saying "That's coming along great."

WritingEdit

At Celebration V, it was announced that writers from various shows including The Simpsons, Family Guy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, SpongeBob Squarepants, and Brendan Hay of The Daily Show have been hired for the project.^[1] Seth Green and Matthew Senreich of Robot Chicken are creatively involved. Jennifer Hill of The Backyardigans has been signed to produce, and Todd Grimes of Back at the Barnyard to direct. The series is aimed at all ages and will feature a comedic look at the Star Wars universe.

Behind the scenesEdit

Steve Sansweet initially confirmed at the Chicago convention C2E2 that the animated series will take place after Return of the Jedi and will feature the original trilogy heroes Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo. He confirmed as an answer to fan wanting to see the post-Return of the Jedi adventures. Sansweet replied that "you will in the new animation." This timeline was later debunked by Green in an interview with MTV: "Timeline... I don't think anybody is really talking about that yet. But it's not post-['Return of the Jedi']."^[4] Sansweet also replied that "not everybody in sci-fi stays dead" and that this animated series will happen in three to four years.^[source?]

SourcesEdit

George Lucas mentions the fifth animated TV series
New Star Wars Animated Series in the Works on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
"Launch Pad"—Star Wars Insider 132

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