Lucasfilm has announced a brand new animated Star Wars series which will be releasing via YouTube, for free, on November 30th. Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures will be debuting later this week on StarWarsKids.com and the brand new Star Wars Kids YouTube channel.
The announcement came along with an exciting trailer which shows off the series' impressive appearance - check it out below:
StarWars.com describes the new series as such:
The first six shorts combine original dialogue, music, and sound effects with bold new animations, and fun and educational add-ons designed to help older fans, parents, and other mentors to welcome the kids in their lives to explore the galaxy far, far away. Additional shorts featuring fan-favorite characters will debut in December, with regular releases following in 2019.
James Waugh, Lucasfilm’s vice president for franchise content and strategy, explained that the new series will keep the core components and themes of the for-all-ages Star Wars saga, and make them more accessible for younger children:
With Galaxy of Adventures, we wanted to craft something that allowed parents to help their kids take their first step into a much larger world whether they were ready to show their kids the films or wanted to find new ways to explore the content.
It allows us to really drill into moments, to tell simple stories, unencumbered by the needs of a traditional narrative structure — it’s allowing the creators to play more, experiment more.
Creating content that is unabashedly for kids in this bite-sized, unique animated form, allowed new moments to evolve out of the old, new ways to look at the content, and ultimately expanded the potential of how Star Wars should look and feel. Hopefully it expands the horizons of younglings everywhere on their path to becoming Padawans and ultimately Jedi Knights.
What do you think of the newly announced animated shorts? Are you looking forward to Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures?