Lucas is at it again, this time pimping out the Star Wars universe as what they are calling an “Animated Sit-Com” set in the canon of the Star Wars Universe.
Lucasfilm announced Monday that they’re developing an animated Star Wars sitcom.
Seth Green (creator of 2 hilarious Robot Chicken Star Wars specials so far) is the creative consultant on the project and seems optimistic:
“Let us assure you this isn’t going to suck as much as you think it is. We can’t guarantee its excellence, but we’re swinging by the fences.”
So far we know it will not be a sketch comedy show like Robot Chicken, and it’s not a spoof. Robot Chicken creator/exec producer Matt Senreich said it will be a story comedy and “character driven.” It may include crossover appearances from the movie characters but as of now no crossovers with the hit Star Wars: The Clone Wars series are planned.
While I will have to wait and see how this turns out before I jump to any conclusions, I have to say I am not all that eager to see wacky animated comedy done in the Star Wars universe canon. Maybe it will rock. I didn’t think I was going to like Transformers Animated and I was all over that.
We will have to wait and see.
My biggest fuss about this is that he is developing yet another TV property and while the promised Live Action Drama series remains “in development”
