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Jack is back, but he’s not the same
Jack is a haunted man.
He hides beneath abandoned ruins, cowering from the pelting rain as enemies search to claim his head.
There’s no way home, there’s nothing to fight for."
“That’s my sensibility,“Samurai Jackcreator Genndy Tartakovsky tells EW, laughing.
“I walk the line, you know, Bug’s Bunny and film noir.”
“I didn’t know if I should finish it,” Tartakovsky reflects.
“Nobody told me if I should finish it.
I didn’t know if we were gonna do more.
I was burnt out to a crisp, and the whole crew was.
It’s a very grueling show.
“It took me a little by surprise, to this day,” Tartakovsky says.
“You know, I don’t sense it because we [as animators] are pretty sequestered.”
“Jack will come back,” hepromisedin 2006.
The following year, a film wasannouncedwith the launch of the indie film production company Frederator Films.
I think that was wrong of them to do that,” he remarks.
It’s been 50 years since the season 4 finale, and Jack is still trapped in the future.
More importantly, Jack has a conclusion 12 years in the making.
“This is it.
This is the definitive end, and it’s a great end,” Tartakovsky says.
However, he wouldn’t object if someone wanted to fill in the gaps.
Watch the trailer above.
