Cartoon Community’s Peabody Award-winning sequence Steven Universe earned an enormous following within the 2010s for its uncommon mixture of wealthy and complex house opera with tight tales about life in a small beachside city, together with its dedication to pushing the boundaries of queer illustration in youngsters’s tv. After concluding its run with a film, a restricted sequence tied up unfastened ends and examined what life was like after the principle battle was resolved. Now, creator Rebecca Sugar is returning to that world with Steven: Universe Lars of the Stars, a sequel sequence in improvement for Prime Video.
Lars Barriga (Matthew Moy) had fairly a journey on Steven Universe. An insecure punk child who labored at Massive Donut in Seashore Metropolis, his major considerations had been initially perhaps having a crush on his coworker and making an attempt to impress the cool youngsters on the town. Then he wound up being kidnapped alongside the present’s eponymous hero Steven (Zach Callison) and brought to the homeworld of the Gem Empire, an historic species that conquers planets throughout the galaxy.
[Ed. note: Major spoilers follow for Steven Universe.]
Whereas captive, Lars obtained the prospect to develop as a personality, abandoning the fears that held him again on Earth to guard Steven and a gaggle of gems referred to as the Off Colours who don’t match into the Gems’ inflexible caste system. Lars’ heroism prices him his life, however Steven used his powers to resurrect his good friend, leaving him with pink pores and skin and a vastly prolonged lifespan. Lars helped Steven escape however opted to remain behind to assist the Off Colours. When Steven subsequent encountered him, he’d develop into Lars of the Stars, a Star-Lord-like house pirate main the Off Colours on missions to defy the Gem Empire.
In line with a press launch, Steven Universe: Lars of the Stars will proceed that story and discover the previous, current and way forward for the sequence’ world by following the teenager outlaw and his crew as they “smuggle contraband, evade the authorities, and uncover the darkest secrets and techniques of the fallen Gem Empire.” Sugar and her husband (and fellow Steven Universe producer) Ian Jones-Quartey will function government producers on the present.
