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[[File:Satfoe logo PLACEHOLDER.jpg|thumb|An early screenshot of the title for the pilot, back when it used the original name for the series.]]
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''Star vs. the Forces of Evil'' is an animated series on Disney Channel and Disney XD created by Daron Nefcy, former storyboard revisionist on Wander over Yonder, and the first woman to create an animated series for Disney since Sue Rose's Pepper Ann. The show follows Star Butterfly, a magical princess from the dimension of Mewni who, on her 14th birthday, receives the family heirloom magic wand. However, due to her extreme enthusiasm and extreme inexperience, she almost destroys the entire kingdom with it, and her parents decide that a safer option would be to send her to Earth to live with the Diaz family. There she befriends their son Marco (a safety-minded boy who is immediately a little freaked out at being assigned the new "foreign exchange student"), and after receiving a pair of dimension-cutting scissors (allowing them to travel through dimensions) from a free-spirited friend of her's, the two must deal with everyday school life while protecting her wand from falling into the hands of evil forces.
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''Star vs. the Forces of Evil'' is an animated series on Disney Channel and Disney XD created by Daron Nefcy, former storyboard revisionist on ''Wander over Yonder'', and the first woman to create an animated series for Disney since Sue Rose's ''Pepper Ann''. The show follows Star Butterfly, a magical princess from the dimension of Mewni who, on her 14th birthday, receives the family heirloom magic wand. However, due to her extreme enthusiasm and extreme inexperience, she almost destroys the entire kingdom with it, and her parents decide that a safer option would be to send her to Earth to live with the Diaz family. There she befriends their son Marco (a safety-minded boy who is immediately a little freaked out at being assigned the new "foreign exchange student"), and after receiving a pair of dimension-cutting scissors (allowing them to travel through dimensions) from a free-spirited friend of her's, the two must deal with everyday school life while protecting her wand from falling into the hands of evil forces.


After Nefcy retooled her pitch for the series from having Star be a deranged but otherwise ordinary grade schooler who only ''believed'' she had magical powers to having her become a foreign exchange student from another dimension with a magical wand (after an executive suggested changing Star into a teenager with real magical powers), she alongside Canadian animation studio Mercury Filmworks created a test pilot in about one year (2011-2012) as a way of convincing Disney of green-lighting the show's production, with the series's first season taking about two more years to make (2012-2014). During this time, the show was originally called ''Star '''and''' the Forces of Evil''. The pilot was then sent to Disney, but for unknown reasons, the pilot was significantly reworked, and after a preview of the show's intro was shown at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, the series's first episode premiered on Disney Channel on January 18, 2015, with the show officially starting on Disney XD on March 30, 2015. The series gained a large fanbase soon after a recording of the preview was uploaded to YouTube, and it quickly became one of Disney's highest rated current television series, to the point where the company renewed the show for a second season a month before it aired.
After Nefcy retooled her pitch for the series from having Star be a deranged but otherwise ordinary grade student who only believed she had magical powers to having her become a foreign exchange student from another dimension with a magical wand (after an executive suggested changing Star into a teenager with real magical powers), she alongside Canadian animation studio Mercury Filmworks created a test pilot in about one year (2011-2012) as a way of convincing Disney of green-lighting the show's production, with the series's first season taking about two more years to make (2012-2014). During this time, the show was originally called '''''Star and the Forces of Evil'''''. The pilot was then sent to Disney, but for unknown reasons, the pilot was significantly reworked, and after a preview of the show's intro was shown at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, the series's first episode premiered on Disney Channel on January 18th, 2015, with the show officially starting on Disney XD on March 30th, 2015. The series gained a large fanbase soon after a recording of the preview was uploaded to YouTube, and it quickly became one of Disney's highest rated current television series, to the point where the company renewed the show for a second season a month before it aired.


Other than the name change, not much else is known about the pilot as it never aired. However, a few shots from the pilot were captured from two Mercury Filmworks animation reel videos on Vimeo, showing scenes that are never used anytime during the first season (Star leaping off a plank of wood that soon hits Marco, Star and Marco preparing to face off against a pack of monsters, and Star hitting one monster on the head hard). Interestingly enough, during the period between the show's sneak peak premiere and its official start, two promos (from around February 2015  for the show each contain scenes that are in fact modified versions of scenes from the pilot that match closer to the series's final art style and design, showing that a significant amount of work was done to it before it was never aired.
Other than the name change, not much else is known about the pilot as it never aired. However, a few shots from the pilot were captured from two Mercury Filmworks animation reel videos on Vimeo, showing scenes that were never used anytime during the first season (Star leaping off a plank of wood that soon hits Marco), and scenes that were later used during the show's second episode (Star and Marco preparing to face off against a pack of monsters, and Star hitting one monster on the head hard), showing that a significant amount of work was done to it before it was never aired.


As of late 2015, the series's first season ended, with no word as to if the unaired pilot will ever be released, or why it was never aired in the first place.
As of late 2015, the series's first season ended, with no word as to if the unaired pilot will ever be released, or why it was never aired in the first place.


 
==Differences==
== Differences ==
 
*The pilot has the in-production name that the show had until it was changed to ''Star vs. the Forces of Evil''.
*The pilot has the in-production name that the show had until it was changed to ''Star vs. the Forces of Evil''.
*The art style and designs, while very similar, has some differences from the final show.
*The art style and designs, while very similar, has some differences from the final show.
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**Star's dress has longer sleeves and at one point is shown wearing a green dress.
**Star's dress has longer sleeves and at one point is shown wearing a green dress.


==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=100px>
<gallery mode=packed heights=100px>
File:Star_and_marco.jpg|Star and Marco preparring to fight.
Star_and_marco.jpg|Star and Marco preparring to fight.
File:tumblr_nk3kmxY0ic1u7sr78o1_1280.png|Modified version of previous scene.
Vlcsnap-2014-06-22-01h48m34s189.png|Star attacks a monster 1/3.
File:Vlcsnap-2014-06-22-01h48m34s189.png|Star wallops a monster.
Tumblr_n7qqj8g4pT1tf0ct3o1_500_HQ.png|2/3.
File:Tumblr_n7qqj8g4pT1tf0ct3o1_500.png|ditto.
Unaired_pilot_-_Star_wallops_a_minion_HQ.png|3/3.
File:Unaired_pilot_-_Star_wallops_a_minion.png|ditto.
Tumblr_n7ha9o2Bzu1ro9cv7o2_250.gif|The animated version.
File:Tumblr_n7ha9o2Bzu1ro9cv7o2_250.gif|ditto. Now animated!
Vlcsnap-2014-06-22-01h48m57s171.png|Star distracting Marco.
File:tumblr_njxmtx0pMj1s9erfwo1_1280.png|Modified version of previous scene.
Tumblr_n7ha9o2Bzu1ro9cv7o1_1280.gif|The animated version.
File:tumblr_njxmtx0pMj1s9erfwo4_1280.png|ditto.
</gallery>'''''
File:Vlcsnap-2014-06-22-01h48m57s171.png|Star distracting Marco.
===Concept Art===
File:Tumblr_n7ha9o2Bzu1ro9cv7o1_1280.gif|ditto. Now animated!
<gallery mode=packed heights=150px>
Star and the Forces of Evil Concept Art 1.jpg|Star and Marco.
Star and the Forces of Evil Concept Art 2.jpg|Star and Marco.
Star and the Forces of Evil Concept Art 3.jpg
Star and the Forces of Evil Concept Art 4.jpg
Star and the Forces of Evil Concept Art 5.jpg
Star and the Forces of Evil Concept Art 6.jpg
Star and the Forces of Evil Concept Art - Diaz House.jpg|Diaz House with Star.
</gallery>'''''
</gallery>'''''


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==See Also==
===Disney Channel===
*[[101 Dalmatians: The Series (partially found unaired pilot episode of Disney animated TV series; 1996)]]
*[[Amazing Animals (found Disney Channel animated educational series; 1996-1999)]]
*[[Arwin! (partially found pilot of cancelled spin-off of "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" Disney Channel sitcom; 2007)]]
*[[Bonkers "Fall Apart Bomb Squad" (found episode of Disney Channel animated series; 1993)]]
*[[Country Club (partially found test pilot of "Big City Greens" Disney Channel adventure-comedy animated series; 2015)]]
*[[Disney Channel Interactive (lost Dish Network game channel; late 2000s) ]]
*[[Disney Channel "Disney's One Too" (partially lost "Recess" gags of TV channel block; 1999-2003)]]
*[[Disney's Coyote Tales (found Disney Channel extended version of "The Coyote's Lament" animated short; 1991)]]
*[[Disney's Doug (found episodes of animated TV series; 1996-1999)]]
*[[Dreamfinders (unproduced Disney Channel series based on "Journey Into Imagination" Epcot ride; 1983)]]
*[[Dumbo's Circus (partially found Disney Channel live action puppet series; 1985-1986)]]
*[[Fish Hooks (partially found unreleased pilot of Disney Channel animated series; 2009)]]
*[[Going Wild with Jeff Corwin (partially found Disney Channel documentary series; 1997-1999)]]
*[[Gravity Falls (found Comic Con 2012 promo of Disney Channel animated mystery comedy series; 2012)]]
*[[Gravity Falls (found pitch pilot of Disney Channel animated mystery comedy series; 2010)]]
*[[Hannah Montana (lost production material of cancelled anime adaptation of Disney Channel teen sitcom; 2009-2010)]]
*[[Herbie the Lovebug (lost Disney Channel animated pilot; late 1990s-2000s)]]
*[[Katbot (partially found unreleased Disney Channel animated series; 2005)]]
*[[Lizzie McGuire "Season 3" (lost production material of unfinished season of Disney Channel comedy series; 2020)]]
*[[Minnie Takes Care of Pluto (found original English audio of Mickey Mouse Works animated short; 2000)]]
*[[Mousercise (partially found Disney Channel exercise series; 1983-1996)]]
*[[Mouseterpiece Theater (partially found Disney Channel cartoon compilation series; 1983-1990)]]
*[[Pepper Ann (partially found unaired Nickelodeon pilot of Disney animated series; 1996)]]
*[[Phineas and Ferb (lost script of cancelled theatrical film based on animated series; 2010s)]]
*[[Phineas and Ferb: Shooting Star Milkshake Bar (partially found full version of song; late 2000s)]]
*[[Phineas and Ferb: Spot the Diff (found Disney Channel animated special; 2008)]]
*[[Recess "The Break In" (partially found pilot of Disney animated TV series; 1996)]]
*[[Talespin (lost Phil Harris audio recordings from Disney Channel animated series; 1990)]]
*[[Teen Angel (partially found Disney Channel serial drama; 1989)]]
*[[The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (partially found revival of Disney variety TV series; 1989-1994)]]
*[[The Jersey (partially lost Disney Channel sports themed comedy series; 1999-2004)]]
*[[The Owl House (partially found unaired pilot of Disney Channel animated series; 2017)]]
*[[The Proud Family (partially lost unaired Nickelodeon pilot of Disney Channel animated sitcom; 1999)]]
*[[Welcome to Pooh Corner (partially found Disney Channel live-action puppet series; 1983-1986)]]
*[[What's Stevie Thinking? (lost unaired pilot of cancelled spin-off of "Lizzie McGuire" Disney Channel comedy series; 2003)]]
 
===Playhouse Disney===
*[[Adventures in Nutrition with Captain Carlos (partially found Playhouse Disney animated short series; 2004-2007)]]
*[[Bear in the Big Blue House "Water, Water Everywhere" (lost unaired pilot of Disney Channel puppet series; 1997)]]
*[[Bear in the Big Blue House (partially lost original English audio of Playhouse Disney puppet series; 1997-2006)]]
*[[Breakfast with Bear (partially found episodes of Playhouse Disney spin-off series; 2005-2006)]]
*[[Handy Manny (partially found unaired pilot of Playhouse Disney CGI animated series; 2005)]]
*[[Little Einsteins (lost second pitch pilot of Playhouse Disney animated series; existence unconfirmed; 2004)]]
*[[Out of the Box (partially lost Playhouse Disney children's series; 1998-2004)]]
*[[PB&J Otter (partially found original credits sequences of Playhouse Disney animated series; 1998-2000)]]
*[[Playhouse Disney UK (partially lost interstitial material of children's TV channel; 1999-2006)]]
*[[Stanley (found unaired pilot episode of Playhouse Disney animated series; 1999)]]
*[[The Book of Pooh (found Playhouse Disney puppet series; 2001-2004)]]
 
===Disney Junior===
*[[Beverly Hills Chihuahuas (found pilot of cancelled Disney Junior animated adaptation of film series; 2012)]]
*[[Jungle Junction (lost pilots of Disney Junior CGI animated series; 2003; 2005; 2008)]]
 
===Toon Disney===
*[[Teamo Supremo (partially lost Toon Disney animated series; 2002-2004)]]
*[[Toon News (partially found CGI Interstitial Toon Disney series; 2004/2005)]]
 
===Disney XD===
*[[Billion Dollar Freshmen (lost unaired pilot episode of "Lab Rats" Disney XD live-action comedy TV series; 2010)]]
*[[DXP (partially found Disney XD video game block; 2017)]]
*[[Power Rangers Animated Series (lost Disney XD pilot of animated adaptation of live-action superhero series; existence unconfirmed; 2007-2009)]]


{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
===Other===
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
*[[Green Monkeys (lost Disney pilot; 1999)]]
| {{#ev:vimeo|https://vimeo.com/97467410|320x240|center|Pilot scene at 1:58.|}}
*[[La Chambre Folle (lost French Disney children's TV block; 1998)]]
| {{#ev:vimeo|https://vimeo.com/98957321|320x240|center|Pilot scene at 2:15.}}
*[[Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers (found English dub of anime series; 2015)]]
|}
*[[Robodz (lost Disney Toei animated TV series; 2008)]]
*[[The Mouse Factory (partially found Disney live-action/animated TV series; 1972-1973)]]
*[[The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show (found episodes of Disney animated TV series; 1995)]]
*[[X-Heart (partially found unreleased English dub of "X-Coração" Brazilian animated TV series; 2014)]]


{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
[[Category:Lost animation]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
[[Category:Lost TV]]
| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H1k2Z1aHtY|320x240|center|Modified pilot scene at 0:09.}}
[[Category:Partially found media]]
| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAgQ4XSGvoM|320x240|center|Modified pilot scene at 0:08.}}
|}

Revision as of 00:45, 22 January 2022

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Satfoe logo PLACEHOLDER.jpg

A screenshot of the early title screen for the pilot, back when it used the original name for the series.

Status: Partially Found

Star vs. the Forces of Evil is an animated series on Disney Channel and Disney XD created by Daron Nefcy, former storyboard revisionist on Wander over Yonder, and the first woman to create an animated series for Disney since Sue Rose's Pepper Ann. The show follows Star Butterfly, a magical princess from the dimension of Mewni who, on her 14th birthday, receives the family heirloom magic wand. However, due to her extreme enthusiasm and extreme inexperience, she almost destroys the entire kingdom with it, and her parents decide that a safer option would be to send her to Earth to live with the Diaz family. There she befriends their son Marco (a safety-minded boy who is immediately a little freaked out at being assigned the new "foreign exchange student"), and after receiving a pair of dimension-cutting scissors (allowing them to travel through dimensions) from a free-spirited friend of her's, the two must deal with everyday school life while protecting her wand from falling into the hands of evil forces.

After Nefcy retooled her pitch for the series from having Star be a deranged but otherwise ordinary grade student who only believed she had magical powers to having her become a foreign exchange student from another dimension with a magical wand (after an executive suggested changing Star into a teenager with real magical powers), she alongside Canadian animation studio Mercury Filmworks created a test pilot in about one year (2011-2012) as a way of convincing Disney of green-lighting the show's production, with the series's first season taking about two more years to make (2012-2014). During this time, the show was originally called Star and the Forces of Evil. The pilot was then sent to Disney, but for unknown reasons, the pilot was significantly reworked, and after a preview of the show's intro was shown at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, the series's first episode premiered on Disney Channel on January 18th, 2015, with the show officially starting on Disney XD on March 30th, 2015. The series gained a large fanbase soon after a recording of the preview was uploaded to YouTube, and it quickly became one of Disney's highest rated current television series, to the point where the company renewed the show for a second season a month before it aired.

Other than the name change, not much else is known about the pilot as it never aired. However, a few shots from the pilot were captured from two Mercury Filmworks animation reel videos on Vimeo, showing scenes that were never used anytime during the first season (Star leaping off a plank of wood that soon hits Marco), and scenes that were later used during the show's second episode (Star and Marco preparing to face off against a pack of monsters, and Star hitting one monster on the head hard), showing that a significant amount of work was done to it before it was never aired.

As of late 2015, the series's first season ended, with no word as to if the unaired pilot will ever be released, or why it was never aired in the first place.

Differences

  • The pilot has the in-production name that the show had until it was changed to Star vs. the Forces of Evil.
  • The art style and designs, while very similar, has some differences from the final show.
    • The eyes are different, being more circular and having larger pupils.
    • Star's wand has a different design, like being pink and having a big heart instead of a star.
    • Star wears kitty ears instead of devil horns at one point.
    • Star's cheek hearts are outlined.
    • When wearing his karate uniform, Marco has a black belt and wears a green belt as a headband.
    • Marco wears blue jeans instead of dark-gray pants.
    • Marco's hoodie is dark red instead of light red.
    • Star's dress has longer sleeves and at one point is shown wearing a green dress.

Gallery

Concept Art

See Also

Disney Channel

Playhouse Disney

Disney Junior

Toon Disney

Disney XD

Other