Star Wars Detours

As of June 2009, a yet untitled Star Wars animated TV series was revealed to be in the works according to George Lucas. On April 5, 2010 it was officially revealed on the official Star Wars homepage that the series is in production by Lucasfilm Animation and that it would be a comedy. Seth Green and Matthew Senreich of Robot Chicken are creatively involved. Brendan Hay of The Daily Show is one of the announced writers. 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. Steve Sansweet confirmed at a 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. It was confirmed this when a fan wanted to see the post-Return of the Jedi adventures of Luke,Han and Leia and Steve Sansweet replied "and you will in the new animation". Sansweet also replied that "not everybody in sci-fi stays dead" hinting we may see the return of the Sith including Darth Vader and the Emporer and that this animated series will happen in three to four years.