Watch: Star Wars Detours’ “Dog Day Afternoon” Leaked On Reddit

Reddit user u/AnbuWeegee has leaked a six-minute episode of the long-cancelled Star Wars Detours. The episode, entitled “Dog Day Afternoon”, features Zuckuss and 4-LOM attempting to rob Dexter’s Diner.

The series was announced at Star Wars Celebration VI in mid-2012 and was intended to be set between the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV – A New Hope. In March 2013, Lucasfilm postponed Detours, reconsidering whether a comedy series would be a sensible way to introduce the franchise to new fans, when a sequel trilogy was also being produced. That September, Green said 39 episodes had been completed, with 62 additional scripts finished.

Voice actors that were involved in the show included Dee Bradley Baker, Abraham Benrubi, Ahmed Best as Jar Jar Binks, Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, Felicia Day, Donald Faison, Nat Faxon, Seth Green as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jennifer Hale, Zachary Levi, Joel McHale, Breckin Meyer, Dan Milano, Andy Richter as Zuckuss, Cree Summer, Catherine Taber as Princess Leia, Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian, “Weird Al” Yankovic as 4-LOM,  Grey DeLisle, and Seth MacFarlane as Palpatine.

Writers for the series included Dan Milano, Tom Root, Zeb Wells, Doug Goldstein, Breckin Meyer, Kevin Shinick, David A. Goodman, Michael Price, and Jane Espenson. Brendan Hay served as head writer.

Our Take

Star Wars Detours was almost the Star Trek: Lower Decks before we got Star Trek: Lower Decks. The optimistic side of me wants to see this series come to life still, but LEGO Star Wars did a bunch of CG parodies of Star Wars also written by Michael Price, so I’m not sure how much left there is to cultivate for the world of contemporary comedy. That said, the franchise could once again be a great way to revitalize a Star Wars franchise that is currently in limbo after the horrid sequel trilogy. I mean, look at that cast and writing staff!