Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Star vs. the Forces of Evil (originally titled Star and the Forces of Evil) is an American animated television comedy produced by Disney Television Animation for Disney XD.

The show was created by Daron Nefcy, who served as a storyboard revisionist for Wander Over Yonder. She is the first woman to create an animated series for Disney XD. Dave Wasson serves as director and Jordana Arkin as story editor, while both co-executive produce the series.

The series sneak preview premiered on January 18, 2015 on Disney Channel before premiering on its original network Disney XD which premiered on March 30, 2015. The series officially premiered on May 29, 2015 on the "Disney XD on Disney Channel" block.

Plot
Star Butterfly is a magical princess from the dimension of Mewni. On her fourteenth birthday, she receives the family heirloom wand. However, after she accidentally sets fire to her castle, her parents decide that a safer option is to send her to Earth as a foreign exchange student. She befriends Marco Diaz and lives with his family while attending Echo Creek Academy. Star and Marco must deal with everyday school life while protecting Star's wand from falling into the hands of Ludo, a villain from Mewni who commands an army of monsters. Star and the folks from Mewni are able to travel across dimensions using "Dimensional Scissors" that can open portals.

Main Characters

 * Star Butterfly (Eden Sher), a magic teenage princess who is sent to Earth to live with the Diaz family by her parents.
 * Marco Diaz (Adam McArthur), the teenage son of the Diaz family. When Star arrives on Earth, she takes him on adventures to fight evil villains.

Supporting Characters

 * Pony Head (Jenny Slate) - a floating unicorn head who is Star's best friend from her home dimension.
 * Mr. Diaz (voiced by Artt Butler) - Marco's father who likes puppies.
 * Mrs. Diaz (voiced by Nia Vardalos) - Marco's mother. Like her husband, Mrs. Diaz likes puppies.
 * Principal Skeeves (voiced by Jeff Bennett) - The principal at Echo Creek Academy.
 * Miss Skullnick (voiced by Dee Dee Rescher) - The teacher at Echo Creek Academy who doesn't take her job seriously.
 * Jackie Lynn Thomas (voiced by Grey DeLisle) - A skateboarding girl whom Marco has a crush on.
 * Brittney Wong (voiced by Minae Noji) - A student at Echo Creek Academy who is the resident cheerleader.
 * Ferguson and Alfonzo (voiced by Nate Torrence and Matt Chapman) - Friends of Marco and students at Echo Creek Academy who befriend Star.
 * Lars - The school bully at Echo Creek Academy who enjoys harming others for his amusement. He doesn't like it when others fight back against him.
 * Jeremy Birnbaum (voiced by Joshua Rush) - A spoiled rich brat who is Marco's rival in karate.
 * River Butterfly (voiced by Alan Tudyk) - Star Butterfly's father and the ruler of Mewni. He and his wife have Star sent to Earth.
 * Moon Butterfly (voiced by Grey DeLisle) - Star Butterfly's mother. She and her husband have Star sent to Earth. Queen Butterfly previously owned the Royal Magic Wand before it was handed down to Star.
 * King Pony Head (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) - The ruler of the Uni dimension and Pony Head's father.

Villains

 * Ludo (voiced by Alan Tudyk) - The primary antagonist of the series. Ludo is a short, dark grayish-green monster with a beak-like mouth. He plans to obtain Star's wand so that he can take over the universe.
 * Buff Frog (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) - Buff Frog is a humanoid frog-like creature that is a member of Ludo's army. He acts as Ludo's spy.
 * Tom (voiced by Rider Strong) - A three-eyed horned demon who is Star's ex-boyfriend.
 * Toffee (voiced by Michael C. Hall) - An evil efficiency expert who is hired by Ludo and later overthrows him as leader of his army

Trivia

 * The show was originally under the title name Star and the Forces of Evil.
 * The show was originally scheduled to premiere in the Fall of 2014 before it was pushed back to January 2015.
 * The show was originally going to be a Disney Channel original series but it was announced in Fall 2014 that the show will be a Disney XD series.
 * Daron Nefcy's influences for Star vs. the Forces of Evil are primarily Japanese TV shows. Such as ', ', ', and ', and  which featured a pink unicorn. Her Japanese influences mainly come from widely intense shows with female leads.
 * Daron Nefcy also based Star Butterfly on female characters she admired from Japanese TV shows.
 * Daron also based the show on her love of indie comics and fantasy novels, such as  and the.
 * Originally, Star Butterfly was going to be a fourth grader but the executives wanted the character to be a little bit older. While it was different than what Daron Nefcy wanted, it did allow the show to play around with concepts that fall more in line with the teenage audience of Disney XD.

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