Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: Lucasfilm Sanctioned Star Wars Comedy Show in the Works

According to the LA Times, anyway, which says that the company is working on an comedic animated series based in the Star Wars universe.  This isn’t the first time Lucasfilm has hinted at making a spin off series with a different tone from the movies, but it might be the first time that it actually succeeds.

In addition to Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, the creators of Robot Chicken (known for their superb Robot Chicken Star Wars specials), Lucasfilm has also brought Brendan Hay, a Daily Show writer, in for the project.

We’re all for some officially sanctioned Robot Chicken-style Star Wars humor, but we do wonder how their particular brand of funny will function within the constraints of the Star Wars canon.  They’ll also have to keep things to a higher level of family friendlyness: no revealing that Tosche Station is actually the home of a strip act called the Power Converters.  We’ll have to wait and see.

Oh, and the LA Times?  “Does this mean we’ll get treated to story lines involving Darth Vader’s backed-up toilet?”  No.  I doubt that Darth Vader even has a toilet.  But, “Admiral Ackbar and wife fussing over a dinner party for Mon Mothma?”  I’d totally watch that.  Many Bothans died to bring me this fruit platter.

(via The LA Times.)

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