George Lucas Plans Animated Star Wars Sitcom

Star Wars – The Robot Chicken version!

Rumblings on the internet forced George Lucas’ hand and he’s now revealing that there will be a animated series that will “look at the saga’s characters with a playful and irreverent tone,” said a statement released to Variety. It will be produced by Jennifer Hill, of the Backyardigans fame.

Hill told Variety, while the show is still in early development, it has “a lot of facets that could include main characters (from the movies) as well as secondary characters.” And added, “With the team we’re establishing, Matt Senreich and Seth Green, it’s going to be really fun and funny to the public. So I’m not too concerned about that.”

One might think that this would instill outrage with the writer/director of “The People vs. George Lucas’ Alexandre Philippe. But on the contrary, Philippe was quoted as saying, “(The new series) is a great example of how ‘Star Wars’ is still able to connect with fans old and new, and we’re looking forward to seeing it.”