History will be … rebuilt!
The May the Fourth festivities aren’t quite over yet: Today, Disney+ unveiled the teaser trailer and poster for the “four-piece” animated special LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy. The new adventure is assembled by the talented teams at Lucasfilm and Denmark’s The LEGO Group.
“It’s hard to believe that it’s been 25 years since the ground-breaking collaboration between Lucasfilm and The LEGO Group began,” says executive producer James Waugh. “In that time, LEGO Star Wars has given our fans the unique power to unlock their imaginations and play with the galaxy’s elements in any way they can conceive … and build. It’s with that playful spirit in mind that we set out to ‘Rebuild the Galaxy’ like never before.
“Tapping into the comedic genius of Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, two of the most talented comedy writers I’ve had the fortune of working with, we’ve mixed and matched LEGO sets to snap together Imperial X-fighters, Rebel TIE-wings, and yes, even Darth Jar Jar. This four-piece special is a celebration of all things Star Wars, LEGO, and the incredible explorations that can only happen when these two amazing brands come together.”
Synopsis: In LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, the entire Star Wars Galaxy gets completely mixed up when an ordinary nerf-herder, Sig Greebling, unearths a powerful artifact from a hidden Jedi temple. He finds himself thrust into adventure in a new, wondrously wild and twisted version of the galaxy where good guys are bad, bad guys are good, and the fate of all depends on Sig becoming the hero who can put all the pieces back together.
The voice cast features Gaten Matarazzo (Stranger Things) as Sig Greebling, Tony Revolori (Willow) as Dev Greebling, Bobby Moynihan (DuckTales) as Jedi Bob, Marsai Martin (Black-ish) as Yesi Scala and Michael Cusack (Smiling Friends) as Servo, alongside Star Wars stalwarts Ahmed Best as Darth Jar Jar and Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker.
Showrunners and executive producers Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit add, “The opportunity to work with LEGO and Lucasfilm to rebuild the galaxy has been a dream come true. We’ve been collecting LEGO Star Wars sets for 25 years, and we have approached this project with a fan’s enthusiasm, crafting this story quite literally brick by brick. For new fans, this will be an exciting place to enter the world of LEGO Star Wars, and for lifelong fans, you’re going to see some things that you never thought possible.”
Hernandez and Samit share credits on animated hits including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Pokémon Detective Pikachu and The Addams Family 2.
Hernandez, Samit, Waugh, Jacqui Lopez, Josh Rimes, Jill Wilfert, Jason Cosler and Keith Malone are executive producers on the special. Chris Buckley directs with Daniel Cavey & Dan Langlois producing.
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy consists of four parts, which debut September 13, exclusively on Disney+.
