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April 30, 2007

Seth Green and Matt Senreich Chat with Mark from YodasNews.com about the Upcoming Robot Chicken Star Wars Special!

Seth Green and Matt Senreich, executive producers of the "Robot Chicken: Star Wars" take the time out of their busy schedules to talk with us about creating this special, how they got hooked up with George to do the special  and where Seth's soul is currently residing...
 

 

Yodasnews: First and foremost, for those that have yet to read it, what is the exciting news you have for us about Robot Chicken?

 

SENREICH: We're going to be doing a Robot Chicken: Star Wars special for Adult Swim that will air on June 17th. Woohoo!


GREEN: It's some of the most famous and obscure moments & characters from Star Wars, getting the Robot Chicken treatment.

 

 

Yodasnews: How did you manage to get hooked up with Lucasfilm and get approval for this project? Did it involve signing your souls over to George?

 

SENREICH: Lucasfilm had liked a few of our previous "Star Wars" sketches and it led to us having a casual meeting with them that turned business very quickly. Our souls now exist in the "Star Wars" universe and it's awesome.


GREEN: I not only had to sign away my first born, but had to give George my soul in a metal briefcase. From what I understand, it's in a storage facility somewhere in SanFrancisco. I didn't even negotiate visitation.

 

 

Yodasnews: Did they impose very specific limits on what you could do with the characters, or were they  liberal?

 

SENREICH: It was pretty much free reign. We wrote our hearts out and they had only four notes. It was a creative environment to play in..


GREEN: I think both fans of Star Wars & Robot Chicken, as well as people who've never seen either will be entertained. It's a lot of very silly sketches and jokes.

 

 

Yodasnews: So, is everyone on the Robot Chicken writing crew a Star Wars fan, or was this more of a special project for one or two of you?

 

SENREICH: No, it's pretty much everyone that's geeking out.


GREEN: Every person in the cast and crew seemed to have a "Wow-I'm really doing this" kind of moment.

 

 

Yodasnews: Will the special parody events be from the films, or will the script consist of entirely new material?

 

SENREICH: Both. Can't say too much as it's still early..


GREEN: Sorry to be so top secret, but you'll have to tune in.

 

 

Yodasnews: How much time is involved in the production of this special, from the writing stage, to the voice work, to the animation?
 

SENREICH: All in all, it took about 14 weeks. From writing to completed episode.

 

 

Yodasnews: I know you’ve had Mark Hamill on the show in the past. Did you reach out to any of the talent from the films to provide their voices for this historic Robot Chicken event?

 

SENREICH: We had Ahmed Best come in and reprise his role in a classic Jar Jar moment. Otherwise, we mostly used the "Robot Chicken" interpretations of these characters like Seth MacFarlane as the Emperor.

 

 

Yodasnews: We heard a rumor that  there will be a Yodasnews.com poster in the backdrop in a future episode of Robot Chicken, any truth to that :)

 

GREEN: I have not heard that rumor.

 

 

Yodasnews: What can we expect in the future for Robot Chicken, or any other projects that you guys might have going?

 

SENREICH: We're currently writing our third season of "Robot Chicken" which is tentatively scheduled to debut in the Fall sometime.


GREEN: We have our hands in many things, all of which have yet to be announced.

 

 

 

A very special thanks to both Matt and Seth for taking the time to talk with us. Visit the Official Robot Chicken site at http://www.adultswim.com/shows/robotchicken/ and be sure to check out the Star Wars Special Premiering on June 17!