Star Wars Detours, an animated comedy series co-created by franchise founder George Lucas, will finally see a public release more than a decade after it was initially shelved. A selection of episodes will be exhibited at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles.
Seth Green, co-creator of Robot Chicken and involved in Detours, confirmed the series' upcoming debut during a panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2026. He explained that Lucas envisioned the show as "The Simpsons in the Star Wars universe." Green characterized the creation of the animated series as "one of the greatest experiences" he has had.
Lucasfilm produced nearly 40 episodes of Star Wars Detours, with over 60 scripts written, before Disney's acquisition of the company in 2012. Following the acquisition, Lucasfilm and Disney reevaluated the animated comedy's release strategy. Citing concerns about introducing characters via a comedic format before the launch of the new Star Wars trilogy, which began with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the companies decided to postpone its release.
"And in the wake of that decision, Lucasfilm has reconsidered whether launching an animated comedy prior to the launch of Episode VII makes sense," Lucasfilm and Disney stated in 2013. "As a result, we’ve decided to postpone the release of Detours until a later date."
That postponement extended for over a decade, with only a portion of the finished episodes now slated for public viewing at the museum, which is set to open in September.