Unreleased "Star Wars Detours" Finds a Home at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
The long-shelved animated sitcom will be shown as a curated exhibit with 39 completed episodes at the soon-to-open museum.
- At San Diego Comic-Con 2026, actor Seth Green revealed that the long-shelved animated comedy Star Wars Detours will be featured as a curated exhibit at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art when it opens in Los Angeles on September 22, 2026.
- Produced in 2013 by Lucasfilm Animation, Detours was conceived by Green and Matthew Senreich as a parody, but the project was shelved following Disney's 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm.
- George Lucas envisioned the show as "The Simpsons in the Star Wars universe," with 39 completed episodes featuring voice work from Billy Dee Williams and "Weird Al" Yankovic.
- Museum senior curator Ryan Linkof confirmed the facility includes 100,000 square feet of exhibition space across over 33 galleries, with curated episodes screening in the Robert Flaherty Theater and Slavko Vorkapich Theater.
- This exhibit marks the first official acknowledgment of the series in nearly 15 years, offering fans a rare opportunity to view the previously lost media when the Lucas Museum opens.
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