George Lucas knows a good giggle when he sees it: he allowed the Holiday Special to be made, after all. But does the world – the galaxy, even – need an animated comedy set in the universe of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and co?
Lucas seems to think so, as do Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, the makers of** Robot Chicken** who, in their defence, have been pretty successful in finding the funny side of the force. And they’ve roped in another proven comedy type – Daily Show laugh-wrangler Brendan Hay.
"The Star Wars universe is so dense and rich; it's crazy to think that there aren't normal, mundane everyday problems in a world so well-defined," Green tells The Hollywood Reporter{
And Senreich adds: "We're going to pull back the curtain of some of those behind-the-scenes shenanigans." See, using the word shenanigans there just makes us worry.
There’s no word on when this’ll hit – animation, after all, takes a while to cook up – but if it’s not at least as funny as Hayden Christensen trying to act dramatically (or romantically), we’ll be displeased. And we’re nowhere near as forgiving as Lucas.
Thanks to Devin over at CHUD for the spot.