Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy

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Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
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Based on Star Wars
by George Lucas
Developed by
Directed byChris Buckley
Voices of
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producers
  • Dan Hernandez
  • Benji Samit
  • James Waugh
  • Jacqui Lopez
  • Josh Rimes
  • Jill Wilfert
  • Jason Cosler
  • Keith Malone
Producers
  • Daniel Cavey
  • Dan Langlois
Production companies
Original release
Network Disney+

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy is a forthcoming four-part LEGO Star Wars miniseries set for release on September 13, 2024, on Disney+, and is directed by Chris Buckley. The series follows Sig Greebling, who accidentally activates a powerful Jedi relic that rewrites reality, forcing him to restore things to normal. [1] [2]

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Premise

After finding an ancient relic that can rewrite reality at will, a boy named Sig Greebling seeks out the solution to the changes with the help of an elusive Jedi long forgotten. [1]

Cast

Production

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Rebuild the Galaxy features franchise veterans Mark Hamill and Ahmed Best reprising their roles as Luke Skywalker and Jar Jar Binks.

On May 6th, 2024, two days after Star Wars Day, a mini-series based on the LEGO Star Wars brand was announced. [2] Rebuild the Galaxy depicts an alternate version of the Star Wars universe on opposite sides from all eras, with a relic founded by the main character, Sig Greebling, serving as a plot device. [2] The idea of having Jar Jar Binks being depicted as a Sith under the name "Darth Jar Jar", was inspired after several fan theories surrounding the character. [3]

The mini-series features the on-screen debut of Jedi Bob, a minifigure originating from the Attack of the Clones Republic Gunship set from 2002 where he was depicted as a then-unnamed Jedi character. He was later given the name "Bob" as an inside joke from the fandom in the LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary, published in 2009. [4]

Casting

Along with the release of the teaser trailer for the series, it was announced that both Ahmed Best and Mark Hamill would be reprising their roles as Jar Jar Binks and Luke Skywalker from the films. [1] While Gaten Matarazzo voices Sig Greebling and Bobby Moynihan voices Jedi Bob. [2]

Marketing

A teaser trailer was released on YouTube on May 6, 2024. [2]

Release

The series is set to be released on Disney+ on September 13, 2024. [2]

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