Space Janitors

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Space Janitors
Created byDavin Lengyel, Geoff Lapaire
Country of origin Canada
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producerShaftesbury
Production companySpace Mop
Original release
Release2012 (2012) 
2015 (2015)

Space Janitors was a Canadian web series. The show is a parody of the Star Wars franchise and the plot is focused on two janitors, Darby & Mike, on a space station. It is available through the series producer Shaftesbury Plus on YouTube. [1] Season 4 is coming May 4th 2024 per their YouTube channel. [2]

Contents

Characters

Starring Brendan Halloran, Scott Ryan Yamamura, and Pat Thornton, Space Janitors centers around Social Group 417: [3]

Production

The series was created by Davin Lengyel and Geoff Lapaire, digital media producers who were previously associated with the web and television series Pure Pwnage . [4] It premiered in 2012.

Season 3 was partially funded as a Kickstarter project. [5] [6] The third season also received a theatrical screening at Toronto's Royal Cinema on January 9, 2015. [7]

Awards

The series is the recipient of a number of awards and nominations. Notably, they won Best Web Series at the Canadian Comedy Awards in 2013 [8] and Best Original Program or Series, Fiction at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014. [9]

Episodes

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