![]() ![]() The three new movies are still years away from being made and released. Lucasfilm’s Dave Filoni along with Daisy Ridley and director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy at Star Wars Celebration. (In 2019, the plan was for the next Star Wars film to bow Dec. 16, 2022, with other entries in 20.) Among other titles, Patty Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron - initially plotted as “the greatest fighter pilot movie ever made” - was a casualty, with that project being removed from the 2023 release calendar after being unveiled at Disney Investor Day in 2020. Lucasfilm has not committed to a timetable for its newly unveiled releases, having learned its lesson the hard way after having dated movies before features were put in production. To cap it all off, one of the three new movies will be directed by Filoni, his live-action feature debut, and will weave the threads of the Mandalorian-oriented shows into one climactic event feature centering on the “escalating war between the Imperial Remnant and the fledgling New Republic.”Īnd there’s the rub for the new trio of films. Filoni’s personal story itself is noteworthy, that of a fan turned Lucas protégé who became the top driver in Star Wars animation and is now bringing his animated characters and storylines into live action. Now there is a whole Mandalorian-connected universe - The Book of Boba Fett, the upcoming Ahsoka - that has made Iron Man and Lion King helmer Jon Favreau and Rebels and Clone Wars animation creative Dave Filoni the most important creative forces in Star Wars since Lucas himself. Luckily, a pivot to TV with Disney+’s The Mandalorian reinvigorated the storied brand, first created by George Lucas in 1977, in unanticipated ways. ![]() That film, along with Solo: A Star Wars Story, which underperformed at the box office in 2018 with $392 million, led Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy and Disney CEO Bob Iger to take a pause in the feature space. There hasn’t been a movie since The Rise of Skywalker, which bowed in December 2019 to middling critical reception and a $1.077 billion global gross. To mangle a Star Wars analogy, these are the fans Lucasfilm is looking for, at least as it seeks to build a winning film slate. Donald Glover and Brother Stephen Glover to Write 'Lando' Series ![]()
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