At this rate, there are enough canned Star Wars projects to fill an entire star system. Thankfully, though, news from SDCC reveals one forgotten show will be coming back from the brink and has been described by its creator as "Simpsons in the Star Wars universe."
During the "Inside the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art" panel, it was announced that a formerly shelved show, Star Wars: Detours, will be viewable at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which will be opening in September (via Entertainment Weekly).
The show was originally conceived by Seth Green, who is no stranger to the Star Wars universe after voicing a variety of characters in shows like The Bad Batch and Star Wars Rebels. He's also no stranger to getting laughs out of the galaxy far, far away by way of Robot Chicken and the Family Guy specials that saw his character Chris take up the mantle of Luke Skywalker.
Star Wars: Detours sounds like it's tickling a similar funny bone, with the show's original premise looking at the mundane daily goings on in the universe of Jedis and Jawas. "We made a show with George, an animated series," Green confessed to the audience. "He wanted to make Simpsons in the Star Wars universe. It's called Detours, and there's… going to be a curation of episodes from that show on display for the public."
The series, which was originally announced back in 2012, was set between the events of Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. 26 episodes were done and dusted when it was originally revealed, and even featured guest appearances from Anthony Edwards, Ahmed Best, Billy Dee Williams, Lucas himself, along with a lot of the Robot Chicken alumni. Search for the right thing on YouTube, and you might even be able to find some of them (just don't ask us to help you).
The last time Green spoke about the show was back in March, when he recalled that Detours got put on the back burner when attention shifted to the new trilogy of movies that were on the horizon. He also didn't anticipate them getting revived for streaming.
"Detours itself would have to be edited, upgraded – they'd have to do new work on it to make it possible to put it on streaming," he told ComicBook. "I just don't think they're willing to commit the spend to update and release this when they can't see a clear benefit."
Thankfully, the show will now see the light in what is practically a treasure trove of Star Wars goodness, and Green couldn't speak highly enough of his lost little show getting some new time to shine. "It was the greatest," he said. "It was literally one of the greatest experiences I think I've ever had."
You'll be able to see just what we've been missing when the Lucas Museum opens in Los Angeles on September 22. As for any other Star Wars announcements, look on our SDCC 2026 live blog and our SDCC 2026 schedule.
