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Just about one year to the day since Disney Television Animation's Phineas and Ferb enjoyed a visit from the heroes of Marvel Comics -- or an epic crossover event, if you like -- Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh' critically acclaimed and very popular musical comedy series will be the first to mashup with Star Wars since creator George Lucas' company was acquired by Disney last year. Premiering next Saturday, July 26, on Disney XD, Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars takes place in what the studio actually terms "an alternate universe" in which the title characters and their supporting players inhabit the iconic roles of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

  Hosted quarterly in the Glendale offices of Disney Television Animation, the staff art openings are very cool expressions of the sense of fun, creativity and camaraderie that for which the storied studio has earned a reputation within the animation business, and which viewers have seen manifest on current series like Wander Over Yonder, Gravity Falls and the recent Mickey Mouse. As I've written

The thing about animation is that it's art. I know that seems a little obvious, but what makes an animation wonderful is when you forget that you're looking at something someone drew, painted or sculpted and believe completely in the world of the characters and their story...