Disney Shelved a Completed 'Star Wars' Series That May Never See the Light of Day

During the early 2010s, buzz was building about a Star Wars series that boasted a massive celebrity voice cast. Even though the animated series, Star Wars Detours, was nearly complete and ready for release, it has never aired. Years later, the series remains one of the most tantalizing lost chapters in the sci-fi franchise's history. That makes the likelihood that it will remain shelved forever all the more frustrating.

Why ‘Star Wars Detours’ Will Likely Never Be Released

Star Wars Detours was an animated comedy series created by George Lucas and executive produced by him, along with Robot Chicken's co-creators, Seth Green and Matthew Senreich. While talking to ComicBook.com in February 2025, Seth Green explained why the once highly-anticipated show will likely never be released by Disney and Luscasfilm.

Green explained that while episodes were mostly finished, they would still need to be polished to reach modern streaming standards on Disney+. Unfortunately, he thinks that will never happen because he doesn't believe that Disney will invest the money that would be required to do that.

“Detours itself, I think, would have to be edited, upgraded. You know what I mean? They'd have to do new work to make it possible to put it on streaming. And I just don't think that they're willing to commit the spend to update and release this when they can't see a clear benefit."

At one time, it seemed like the show was building to its release day. In August 2012, IGN reported that the first footage of the series had been unveiled exclusively to attendees of Star Wars Celebration VI. Then, Disney acquired Lucasfilm, including the Star Wars franchise, in October 2012, and now, the company controls whether the show will ever be released.

While some fans may think that Star Wars Detours was canceled early in its development, that wasn't the case. At one point, dozens of fully produced episodes were reportedly completed, which makes the cancellation even more surprising. According to Collider, 39 episodes were produced, and an additional 62 scripts were written.

IMDb reveals that the series featured a truly impressive cast, including Seth Green, Donald Faison, Felicia Day, Cree Summer, Seth McFarlane, Zachary Levi, Joel McHale, and "Weird Al" Yankovic. Several veteran Star Wars actors were also lending their voices, including Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Ahmed Best, Catherine Taber, and Dee Bradley Baker.