

If you know the scene in “Star Wars” where a storm trooper accidentally bonks his head on a Death Star doorway, or you stuck around with the franchise through Hayden Christensen’s performances in the last two prequels, you have probably laughed at George Lucas‘s movies for reasons he never intended. Now you have his permission to laugh at the “Star Wars” universe.

On Monday, Lucasfilm Animation said that it was preparing a new series that will offer a comedic perspective on “Star Wars,” with help from Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, who have frequently satirized that science-fiction franchise on their Adult Swim animated show “Robot Chicken.” (Without them, our lives would be sadly lacking this fake commercial for Admiral Ackbar cereal.)

The new series, for which a title and a broadcaster have not yet been announced, will be produced by Jennifer Hill (“The Backyardigans”) and directed by Todd Grimes (“Back at the Barnyard”). Brendan Hay, who has written for “The Simpsons” and produced for “The Daily Show,” will also be a writer for this series, Lucasfilm said.

In a telephone interview on Monday, Mr. Green and Mr. Senreich said the specific details of the new series were still being worked out and under wraps. What they can say at this early stage, Mr. Green said, is: “It’s going to be in the ‘Star Wars’ universe. There’s a lot of awesome people involved. And even the real fan boys who are like us, and very discerning about their ‘Star Wars’ material, will be won over.”

“It’s like a sitcom set in the ‘Star Wars’ universe,” Mr. Senreich said. “Single cam, if you will.”

“Like a ‘Chuck’ or ’30 Rock,'” Mr. Green added. “But even that is too much of a specific, creative distinction to be accurate. There’s so much we could say that won’t be true in a week.”

Mr. Green and Mr. Senreich said their “Star Wars” parody episodes of “Robot Chicken” had played a direct role in their being tapped by Mr. Lucas to oversee the new show.

“George likes what we do with the ‘Robot Chicken – Star Wars’ stuff,” Mr. Senreich said, “and thinks we’re funny people, so when he wanted to do a comedy, he looked at us.” (“I wasn’t going to be quite that cocky,” Mr. Green continued, “but it is in fact what happened.”)

Asked what their specific duties on the new comedy show would be, Mr. Green compared himself and Mr. Senreich to Count Dooku, an evil Sith Lord from the “Star Wars” prequels.

“We’re there, we’re overseeing it,” Mr. Green said. “There may be a couple times we actually pick up a light saber and swing it. But we’re not entirely responsible for winning the whole thing on our backs.

They can, at least, reveal that they will be paid for their work on the show.

“We get ‘Star Wars’ toys,” Mr. Senreich said.

“When we run into George Lucas,” Mr. Green said, “he smiles like he’s excited to see us. I want to maintain that as long as I can.”