Star Wars: The TV comedy

Los Angeles: After the film prequels, the cartoon and the live musical, `Star Wars` is now coming back in a new avatar, a TV sitcom. The cult sci-fi franchise`s creator David Lucas has confirmed that his company is developing an animated project that will poke fun at ``Star Wars``, reported Los Angeles Times.

Lucasfilm said in a statement that the series would "look at the saga`s characters with a playful and irreverent tone." Lucas, who created the long-running space saga in 1977, has pleased some fans by hiring Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, the creators of the anarchic animated series ``Robot Chicken`` as creative consultants. But there is another camp which is protesting that the TV comedy will be the last straw for fans of the flogged-to-death franchise. Jennifer Hill, the show`s producer said that she was not worried about criticisms of Lucasfilm``s previous efforts at comedy. "With the team we``re establishing, Matt Senreich and Seth Green, it``s going to be really fun and funny to the public. So I``m not too concerned about that," she said. The Star Wars franchise is estimated to have earned more than USD 22 billion since it began 33 years ago, according to Forbes magazine. PTI