Rogue Squadron Star Wars film eliminated by Disney

Rogue Squadron, the troubled Star Wars film, has been faraway from Disney’s movement image schedule, that means it at present has no Star Wars theatrical launch within the pipeline.

The information got here in a scheduling replace despatched to media Thursday afternoon, which made adjustments to 11 Disney films which have or had premiere dates scheduled between March 2023 and July 2024.

Patty Jenkins, the director of 2017’s Marvel Lady and its 2020 sequel, was introduced aboard to direct what Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy mentioned could be a narrative set in a “future period of the galaxy.” Filming was anticipated to start this yr, with a launch concentrating on Christmas 2023.

However in November 2021, The Hollywood Reporter reported these plans had been delayed, with scheduling conflicts and different commitments cited. Jenkins is hooked up to a 3rd Marvel Lady film for Warner Bros. and in pre-production, concerning the Egyptian chief Cleopatra, written by and starring Marvel Lady’s Gal Gadot.

For now, meaning all of Disney’s Star Wars eggs are in its streaming TV basket. Already, Lucasfilm has premiered The E book of Boba Fett and Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney Plus earlier this yr, with Andor, specializing in the beginnings of the Insurgent Alliance earlier than the Authentic Trilogy, set to premiere on Sept. 21. The third season of The Mandalorian will launch in February 2023, and reveals about Lando Calrissian and the Jedi Ahsoka Tano are additionally deliberate.

The newest Star Wars characteristic movie is 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker which, though it was a business success, was nonetheless the lowest-grossing of the Sequel Triology and a vital catastrophe. Its efficiency, plus an underwhelming reception for 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story apparently brought on Lucasfilm and Disney to rethink their theatrical plans.

Disney changed deliberate theatrical releases for Kenobi and Fett with their Disney Plus variations. Movement image initiatives hooked up at one level to The Final Jedi director Rian Johnson and Sport of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, though by no means formally scheduled or introduced, are nonetheless in limbo.