'Star Wars' gets a comedy spin from 'Robot Chicken' team
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/04/star-wars-gets-a-comedy-spin-from-robot-chicken-team.html
The "Star Wars" universe will soon be played for laughs -- intentional ones.
Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, who have done two "Star Wars"
parodies for their Adult Swim series "Robot Chicken," are teaming up
with Lucasfilm Animation to produce an animated comedy series set in
the world of Wookiees, Jedis and droids. Brendan Hay ("The Daily
Show," "The Mighty B!") is writing the script, and Jennifer Hill is
producing with Green and Senreich. Todd Grimes ("Back at the
Barnyard") is set to direct.
The show will take a decidedly more low-stakes approach to the "Star
Wars" world. Action will most likely take place away from the stories
fans already know backward and forward.
"It's crazy to think that there aren't normal, mundane everyday
problems in a world so well-defined," Green says. "What do these
characters do when they're not overthrowing empires?"
The show doesn't have a network home yet, although Cartoon Network may
have an inside track. Green and Senreich have worked with Adult Swim
for years, and the network also airs "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (it
also aired a number of "Clone Wars" shorts from "Samurai Jack" creator
Genndy Tartakovsky a few years ago).
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