Star and the Forces of Evil (found pitch pilot of Disney Channel animated series; 2011): Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 04:41, 6 June 2024

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

Status: Found

Date found: 02 Jun 2023

Found by: anonymous, Elliottoria

Star vs. the Forces of Evil is an animated series on Disney Channel and Disney XD created by Daron Nefcy,^[1] former storyboard revisionist on Wander over Yonder, and the first woman to create an animated series for Disney since Sue Rose's Pepper Ann.^[2] 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 hers, the two must deal with everyday school life while protecting her wand from falling into the hands of evil forces.^[3]

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),^[4]^[5] 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' 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.^[6] 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,^[7] the series' 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 the series premiered.^[8]

Status

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.

Availability

On June 2nd, 2023, an anonymous user shared a link to the complete 13-minute pitch pilot to a 4chan /co/ thread via the file-sharing site Catbox^[9]. This Catbox link, "https://files.catbox.moe/6iur52.mp4", was then reposted to various other 4chan /co/ threads where it would go unnoticed^[10] and would also be shared outside of 4chan where it would eventually find its way to the Lost Media Wiki by LMW user Elliottoria. Subsequent reuploads of the pitch pilot would later be shared on social media and various video-sharing and file-sharing sites.

It is currently unknown how the anonymous /co/ user managed to obtain a copy of the pitch pilot and if any uploads of the pilot were uploaded before the user's upload on Catbox.

Differences

The pilot has the in-production name that the show had until it was changed to Star vs. the Forces of Evil.
Marco is referred to as "Sol".
The art style and designs, while similar to the series proper, have various differences from the final show.
- The eyes are different, being more circular and having larger pupils.
- Star's wand has several design differences, such as being pink instead of blue and having a heart symbol 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. In the series proper, he starts as a green belt with a stripe and later becomes a red belt.
- 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.
The pilot lacks any music, leaving only the voiced dialogue and sound effects.

Gallery

Star and Marco preparing to fight.
Star attacks a monster 1/3.
2/3.
3/3.
The animated version.
Star distracting Marco.
The animated version.

Concept Art

Star and Marco.
Star and Marco.
Diaz House with Star.

References

External Links

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150212235445/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/02/12/star-vs-the-forces-of-evil-renewed-for-second-season-by-disney-xd-ahead-of-series-premiere/362688/

[2] ttp://cartoonbrew.com/tv/disney-tries-something-new-with-star-vs-the-forces-of-evil-a-woman-creator-102477.html

[3] ttps://thewaltdisneycompany.com/blog/women-animation-host-%E2%80%98star-vs-forces-evil%E2%80%99-panel

[4] ttp://blogs.disney.com/insider/2015/07/20/creator-daron-nefcy-guides-us-through-tonights-star-studded-episode-of-star-vs-the-forces-of-evil/

[5] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20180616015629/https://nerdist.com/interview-daron-nefcy-of-disneys-star-vs-the-forces-of-evil/

[6] ttps://comicbook.com/2015/03/25/get-a-little-weird-and-wild-with-daron-nefcys-star-vs-the-forces/

[7] ttps://huffingtonpost.com/jim-hill/how-comic-con-helped-crea_b_5989262.html

[8] ttps://deadline.com/2015/02/star-vs-the-forces-of-evil-renewed-season-two-disney-xd-1201371982/

[9] ttps://desuarchive.org/co/thread/137509574/#q137510103

[10] ttps://desuarchive.org/co/thread/137512058/

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+|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
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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.
+''Star vs. the Forces of Evil'' is an animated series on Disney Channel and Disney XD created by Daron Nefcy,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150212235445/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/02/12/star-vs-the-forces-of-evil-renewed-for-second-season-by-disney-xd-ahead-of-series-premiere/362688/</ref> former storyboard revisionist on ''Wander over Yonder'', and the first woman to create an animated series for Disney since Sue Rose's ''Pepper Ann''.<ref>http://cartoonbrew.com/tv/disney-tries-something-new-with-star-vs-the-forces-of-evil-a-woman-creator-102477.html</ref> 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 hers, the two must deal with everyday school life while protecting her wand from falling into the hands of evil forces.<ref>https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/blog/women-animation-host-%E2%80%98star-vs-forces-evil%E2%80%99-panel</ref>
-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 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),<ref>http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2015/07/20/creator-daron-nefcy-guides-us-through-tonights-star-studded-episode-of-star-vs-the-forces-of-evil/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180616015629/https://nerdist.com/interview-daron-nefcy-of-disneys-star-vs-the-forces-of-evil/</ref> 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' 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''.<ref>https://comicbook.com/2015/03/25/get-a-little-weird-and-wild-with-daron-nefcys-star-vs-the-forces/</ref> 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,<ref>https://huffingtonpost.com/jim-hill/how-comic-con-helped-crea_b_5989262.html</ref> the series' 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 the series premiered.<ref>https://deadline.com/2015/02/star-vs-the-forces-of-evil-renewed-season-two-disney-xd-1201371982/</ref>
+==Status==
 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.
+===Availability===
+On June 2nd, 2023, an anonymous user shared a link to the complete 13-minute pitch pilot to a 4chan /co/ thread via the file-sharing site Catbox<ref>https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/137509574/#q137510103</ref>. This Catbox link, "https://files.catbox.moe/6iur52.mp4", was then reposted to various other 4chan /co/ threads where it would go unnoticed<ref>https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/137512058/</ref> and would also be shared outside of 4chan where it would eventually find its way to the Lost Media Wiki by LMW user Elliottoria. Subsequent reuploads of the pitch pilot would later be shared on social media and various video-sharing and file-sharing sites.
+It is currently unknown how the anonymous /co/ user managed to obtain a copy of the pitch pilot and if any uploads of the pilot were uploaded before the user's upload on Catbox.
 ==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.
+*Marco is referred to as "Sol".
+*The art style and designs, while similar to the series proper, have various 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's wand has several design differences, such as being pink instead of blue and having a heart symbol 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.
+**When wearing his karate uniform, Marco has a black belt and wears a green belt as a headband. In the series proper, he starts as a green belt with a stripe and later becomes a red belt.
 **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.
+**Star's dress has longer sleeves, and at one point is shown wearing a green dress.
+*The pilot lacks any music, leaving only the voiced dialogue and sound effects.
-<gallery mode=packed heights=100px>
+==Gallery==
-File:Star_and_marco.jpg|Star and Marco preparring to fight.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="100px">
-File:tumblr_nk3kmxY0ic1u7sr78o1_1280.png|Final version of the previous scene.
+Star_and_marco.jpg|Star and Marco preparing to fight.
-File:Vlcsnap-2014-06-22-01h48m34s189.png|Star wallops a monster 1/3.
+Vlcsnap-2014-06-22-01h48m34s189.png|Star attacks a monster 1/3.
-File:Tumblr_n7qqj8g4pT1tf0ct3o1_500_HQ.png|2/3.
+Tumblr_n7qqj8g4pT1tf0ct3o1_500_HQ.png|2/3.
-File:Unaired_pilot_-_Star_wallops_a_minion_HQ.png|3/3.
+Unaired_pilot_-_Star_wallops_a_minion_HQ.png|3/3.
-File:Tumblr_n7ha9o2Bzu1ro9cv7o2_250.gif|Star wallops a monster. Now animated!
+Tumblr_n7ha9o2Bzu1ro9cv7o2_250.gif|The animated version.
-File:tumblr_njxmtx0pMj1s9erfwo1_1280.png|Final version of the previous scene 1/2.
+Vlcsnap-2014-06-22-01h48m57s171.png|Star distracting Marco.
-File:tumblr_njxmtx0pMj1s9erfwo4_1280.png|2/2.
+Tumblr_n7ha9o2Bzu1ro9cv7o1_1280.gif|The animated version.
-File:Vlcsnap-2014-06-22-01h48m57s171.png|Star distracting Marco.
+</gallery>
-File:Tumblr_n7ha9o2Bzu1ro9cv7o1_1280.gif|Star distracting Marco. Now animated!
+===Concept Art===
-</gallery>'''''
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="150px">
-==Videos==
+Star and the Forces of Evil Concept Art 1.jpg|Star and Marco.
-{{Video|perrow  =4
+Star and the Forces of Evil Concept Art 2.jpg|Star and Marco.
-  |service1     =vimeo
+Star and the Forces of Evil Concept Art 3.jpg
-  |id1          =97467410
+Star and the Forces of Evil Concept Art 4.jpg
-  |description1 =Pilot scene at 1:58.
+Star and the Forces of Evil Concept Art 5.jpg
-  |service2     =vimeo
+Star and the Forces of Evil Concept Art 6.jpg
-  |id2          =98957321
+Star and the Forces of Evil Concept Art - Diaz House.jpg|Diaz House with Star.
-  |description2 =Pilot scene at 2:15.
+</gallery>
-  |service3     =youtube
+==See Also==
-  |id3          =u0hGvwh-SnA
+===Disney Channel===
-  |description3 =The opening for the '''Pilot''' in animatic form.
+*[[101 Dalmatians: The Series (partially found pitch pilot of Disney animated TV series based on animated film; 1996)]]
-  |service4     =youtube
+*[[The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (partially found revival of Disney variety TV series; 1989-1994)]]
-  |id4          =_H1k2Z1aHtY
+*[[Amazing Animals (found Disney Channel educational animated series; 1996-1999)]]
-  |description4 =Final version of pilot scene at 0:09.
+*[[Amphibiland (found pitch pilot of "Amphibia" Disney Channel animated series; 2018)]]
-}}
+*[[Arwin! (partially found pitch 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 lost 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 Channel "Wand Idents" (partially found bumpers from TV channel; 2003-present)]]
+*[[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 test 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)]]
+*[[The Jersey (partially lost Disney Channel sports-themed comedy series; 1999-2004)]]
+*[[J.O.N.A.S. (partially found original pilot of "Jonas" Disney Channel comedy series; 2007)]]
+*[[Katbot (partially found unreleased Disney Channel animated series; 2005)]]
+*[[Lizzie McGuire "Season 3" (lost production material of cancelled season of Disney Channel comedy series; 2020)]]
+*[[Minnie Takes Care of Pluto (found 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)]]
+*[[The Owl House (found test animation of Disney Channel animated series; 2017)]]
+*[[Pepper Ann (found Disney animated TV series; 1997-2000)]]
+*[[Pepper Ann (partially found Nickelodeon pitch pilot of Disney animated series; 1996)]]
+*[[Phineas and Ferb "Delivery of Destiny" (partially found Simon Pegg version of Disney Channel animated series episode; 2013)]]
+*[[Phineas and Ferb: Spot the Diff (found Disney Channel animated special; 2008)]]
+*[[The Proud Family (partially found Nickelodeon pitch pilot of Disney Channel animated sitcom; 1999)]]
+*[[Recess "The Break In" (partially found pitch pilot of Disney animated TV series; 1996)]]
+*[[Shooting Star Milkshake Bar (found full version of "Phineas and Ferb" song; 2008)]]
+*[[Talespin (lost Phil Harris audio recordings from Disney Channel animated series; 1990)]]
+*[[Teen Angel (partially found Disney Channel serial drama; 1989)]]
+*[[Welcome to Pooh Corner (partially found Disney Channel live-action puppet series; 1983-1986)]]
+*[[What's Stevie Thinking? (lost pitch pilot of cancelled spin-off of "Lizzie McGuire" Disney Channel comedy series; 2005)]]
+===Playhouse Disney===
+*[[Adventures in Nutrition with Captain Carlos (found Playhouse Disney animated short series; 2004-2007)]]
+*[[Bear in the Big Blue House (found unaired pilot of Disney Channel puppet series; 1997)]]
+*[[Bear in the Big Blue House (found Playhouse Disney puppet series; 1997-2006)]]
+*[[The Book of Pooh (found Playhouse Disney puppet series; 2001-2004)]]
+*[[Breakfast with Bear (partially found spin-off of "Bear in the Big Blue House" Playhouse Disney puppet series; 2005-2006)]]
+*[[Handy Manny (partially found DKP Studios pilot of Playhouse Disney CGI animated series; 2005)]]
+*[[Imagination Movers (found pitch pilot of Playhouse Disney series based on children's music group; 2006)]]
+*[[JoJo's Circus (partially lost Playhouse Disney stop-motion animated series; 2003-2007)]]
+*[[Little Einsteins (partially found British dub of Playhouse Disney animated series; 2005-2010)]]
+*[[Little Einstein (partially found pitch pilots of Playhouse Disney animated series; 2003-2004)]]
+*[[My Friends Tigger & Pooh (partially found test pilots of Playhouse Disney CGI animated series; 2005/2006)]]
+*[[Out of the Box (partially lost Playhouse Disney children's series; 1998-2004)]]
+*[[PB&J Otter (found original credits sequences of Playhouse Disney animated series; 1998-2000)]]
+*[[Playhouse Disney UK (partially found interstitial material of TV channel block; 1999-2006)]]
+*[[Stanley (found pitch pilot of Playhouse Disney animated series; 1999)]]
+===Disney Junior===
+*[[Beverly Hills Chihuahuas (found pitch pilot of cancelled Disney Junior animated adaptation of film series; 2012)]]
+*[[Jake's Team Pirate (found pitch pilot of "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" Disney Junior animated series; 2009)]]
+*[[Jungle Junction (lost pitch pilots of Disney Junior CGI animated series; 2003-2008)]]
+===Toon Disney===
+*[[Teamo Supremo (partially lost Toon Disney animated series; 2002-2004)]]
+*[[Toon News (partially found Toon Disney CGI animated interstitial series; 2004/2005)]]
+===Disney XD===
+*[[The 7D (found pitch pilot of Disney XD animated series; 2012)]]
+*[[Billion Dollar Freshmen (lost pitch pilot of "Lab Rats" Disney XD live-action comedy series; 2010)]]
+*[[Commando Crash (lost pitch pilot of cancelled spin-off of "Crash & Bernstein" Disney XD sitcom; 2014)]]
+*[[DXP (partially lost 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)]]
+*[[Very Important House (found Disney XD animated pitch pilot; 2016)]]
+===Other===
+*[[Green Monkeys (lost Disney animated pitch pilot; 1999)]]
+*[[Kingdom Hearts (found animatic of cancelled Disney animated TV adaptation of game series; 2003)]]
+*[[La Chambre Folle (lost French Disney children's TV block; 1998)]]
+*[[Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers (found English dub of anime series; 2015)]]
+*[[The Mouse Factory (found Disney live-action/animated TV series; 1972-1973)]]
+*[[Robodz (partially found Disney Toei animated TV series; 2008)]]
+*[[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)]]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+==External Links==
+*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_vs._the_Forces_of_Evil
+*https://imdb.com/title/tt2758770/
-[[Category:Lost animation]]
+[[Category:Found animation]]
-[[Category:Partially found media]]
+[[Category:Found TV]]
+[[Category:Found media]]