With every long-running franchise comes a list of films and TV shows that were pitched but essentially failed to make it to fruition for one reason or another. Star Wars has delivered a lot and is currently promising much more with Disney+ now at its disposal, but one series that sits on top of the pile as the “almost was” of unmade Star Wars projects is Star Wars Detours. Unlike many other projects that never advanced beyond early development, Star Wars Detours, which was created by Seth Green and had dozens of episodes of the comedy series complete at the time Disney bought Lucasfilm and seemingly put the brakes on the show ever being seen. To further tease fans about what might have been, Weird Al Yankovic has revealed that he recorded music to be used in the show.
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While appearing on The George Lucas Talk Show, Yankovic, who has currently been overseeing his own biographical movie starring Daniel Radcliffe, confessed that he did work on the show, and there were quite a few songs involved. He said:
Yankovic went on to say that he was “pretty sure” that all of the songs that he did were original compositions rather than parodies of other songs, and it is just a shame that they will never be heard … well, until they one day find their way onto the internet as everything does eventually.
Star Wars Detours Is Still The Most Demanded Unreleased Show in the Star Wars Universe
It has been a decade since a sizzle real for Star Wars Detours was revealed at a Star Wars event in 2012, and according to reports, George Lucas was heavily involved in the series, working with creators Green and Matthew Senreich, who also created Robot Chicken to great acclaim. With the belief that over 40 episodes of the show were completed at the time of Disney’s take-over, that announcement came with the expectations of many more Star Wars ventures to come and Detours seemed sure to be one of them. However, it seemed that with Star Wars on Disney’s radar as one of their big IPs, they did not want a comedic, almost parody of the franchise to be on the agenda.
Whenever there is talk of Star Wars projects that never made it, Detours always gets a mention, and Yankovic’s revelation will not prevent that from continuing to happen. While Disney is very protective of their property and the public image of their biggest assets, there are still hopes that at some point, maybe in a streaming galaxy far, far away, Star Wars Detours will be resurrected and see light of day.
