Weird Al Yankovic Reveals He Recorded Music For The Unreleased STAR WARS DETOURS Animated Series
Before Disney bought Lucasfilm, there were several Star Wars projects in development that ended up never getting made or were never released. One of those projects was an animated comedy series titled Star Wars Detours, which was created by Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich.
The series explored what daily life is like in a galaxy far, far away. “There are no Empires striking back or attacking clones here. Instead, Star Wars Detours focuses on the universe’s regular folks and their everyday problems… which, to be fair, do frequently involve famous bounty hunters, crazed Ewoks, and even a Dark Lord of the Sith.”
There were actually 39 episodes completed before Disney bought Lucasfilm and there were another 62 scripts ready to go into production. But, at this point, I don’t think the show is ever going to see the light of day, which is a shame.
It turns out that Weird Al Yankovic even wrote and recorded music for an episode of the series! He shared that bit of news himself in an interview with The George Lucas Talk Show, saying:
"We were working on a Star Wars musical, that was a third-season show, we were writing songs, and all of a sudden, it was like, 'This is not gonna happen. I don't know that I'm allowed [to talk about it]. There were, gosh, at least a half a dozen or more songs as part of the musical and the various characters in the show. We actually recorded them singing their songs, and that was about a week before we found out that the show was not happening."
Damn, what a loss! I would love to see this Weird Al Yankovic Star Wars musical! It’s such a bummer that this series was never given a chance. There was one episode that leaked online, and if you’ve never seen it, you can watch it below. Yankovic voiced 4-LOM in the episode.
Maybe one day Lucasfilm and Disney will release this thing.