This morning, at Lucasfilm’s huge showcase at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 – happening in London, UK – Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy introduced three Star Wars films have been in early levels of manufacturing. Every film might be set at completely different levels of the prolonged franchise timeline: Daybreak of the Jedi (directed by James Mangold), The New Republic (Dave Filoni‘s movie directorial debut), and New Jedi Order (directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy). New Jedi Order film sees Daisy Ridley reprise her position as Rey in a narrative set 15 years after the occasions of Rise of Skywalker.
Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy – whose work consists of Ms Marvel and 3 Bahador – will cowl the way forward for the Star Wars story. Choosing up 15 years after the autumn of the First Order, Jedi Grasp Rey Skywalker teaches the subsequent technology of drive wielders as new threats emerge. There isn’t an excessive amount of data to go on however Daisy Ridley took to the stage to formally announce her return to the Star Wars franchise following the controversial (and critically panned) Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). We have no idea if Obaid-Chinoy’s film will formally be Episode X (or the beginning of a brand new trilogy).
The Daybreak of the Jedi film could seemingly be loosely based mostly on the now non-canon comics by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema, printed by Darkish Horse Comics between 2012 and 2014 (when Disney acquired the Star Wars franchise from George Lucas, and the license was moved to Marvel). Will probably be directed by James Mangold who described it as being a challenge borne of his need to inform a “biblical” type story akin to Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments (1956) however set within the Star Wars universe. It’s a interval that explores the emergence of drive customers within the galaxy far, distant and their eventual break up into two camps: Jedi and Sith.
Dave Filoni can have his live-action characteristic movie directorial debut off the again of Ahsoka the place he’ll tie collectively all of the threads from the present stay motion Star Wars slate set within the publish interval following the autumn of the Empire, i.e. The Mandalorian, E book of Boba Fett, and Ahsoka – in an occasion film that sees the nascent New Republic and the Imperial Remnant enter into open battle.
Additionally on the Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 Lucasfilm Showcase:
- ANDOR: Season 2 is in manufacturing. Anticipating August 2024 launch
Tony Gilroy stated “Final time we got here [to SWC] we have been a secret” and following the robust reception of Andor season one he stated it was “tremendously thrilling to be right here and be a part of the neighborhood in a legit means.”Season 2 would be the concluding collection of Andor – and can full the story that Tony Gilroy had envisioned when participating on this challenge. Whereas season two would be the final, Gilroy stated he goals to complete it “proudly”. Capturing began November 2022 and they’re at the moment midway by way of manufacturing. They hope it should launch August 2024.A sneak peak was completely proven – however there wasn’t sufficient data to essentially go on. - THE ACOLYTE (2024) – capturing virtually full
Creator, author, director, and govt producer of the collection Leslye Headland got here on stage together with the solid of the present.
The solid of The Acolyte with creator and exec producer Leslye Headland (in pink) ©Disney Kathleen Kennedy has already seen 4 accomplished episodes of the collection.
Headland stated that she wished to discover the views of the villains and dangerous guys, and that she had proposed the story to Kennedy as “Frozen meets Kill Invoice”.It’s set between the Excessive Republic interval and the prequel films and it’s when the dangerous guys are outmatched and the underdogs in a universe full of a Jedi Order on the peak of its powers. Will probably be the furthest again the Star Wars franchise has gone in stay motion.
For cinematic inspiration, Headland delved into Chinese language wuxia, old style Japanese samurai classics, and Shaw Brothers films.
Filming for the Acolyte is scheduled to wrap in Could with a potential 2024 launch.
A preview was proven that featured a lot of Jedi, younglings, with Carrie Anne Moss utilizing the drive and martial arts – dealing with a black clad, masked Amandla Stenberg.
- THE MANDALORIAN – exec producers discuss the season thus far at Star Wars Celebration 2023 and its concluding episodes
Exec Producers Dave Filoni, Rick Famuyiwa, and Jon Favreau took to the stage.Favreau stated that “the story was beginning to culminate”Filoni stated the wonderful thing about the Star Wars franchise proper now – in entrance of and behind the digicam – was that it was embracing completely different views. “so many thrilling issues from completely different factors of view”Famuyiwa stated that this season was actually about exploring what the title of the collection actually means – and the pooling of threads from throughout the 2 seasons of The Mandalorian and The E book of Boba Fett. - SKELETON CREW (2023?) is Jon Watts and Christopher Ford’s child
Filoni and Favreau have been coy about giving a lot away in regards to the plot – merely saying that it’s a couple of group of youngsters on an ideal journey within the extensive galaxy stepping into extra bother than they’ll deal with. The movie was talked about to Favreau across the time he was filming Spider-Man: Far From Residence (2019) with Watts, earlier than Disney Plus was even a actuality. Watts had additionally pitched it to Kathleen Kennedy beforehand however nothing had come of it.The present’s stars have been launched – Jude Regulation, and three of the 4 youngsters (one was sick) – Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Kyriana Kratter, and Robert Timothy Smith – took to the stage to see the primary trailer stay. All the youngsters got here from Star Wars loving households and Ravi Cabot-Conyers mentions that one among his first child onesies was a Star Wars one.
Jude Regulation and the youngsters from Skeleton Crew ©Disney Administrators for the present will embody Jon Watts, The Daniels (Kwan and Scheinert of The whole lot In every single place All At As soon as fame), David Lowery, Jake Schreier, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Lee Isaac Chung.
A snippet was proven and it seems Jude Regulation could also be a Jedi. It additionally appears Vane, our Nikto pirate buddy from Mandalorian season 3, will make an look. - AHSOKA will debut in August; new trailer and poster; Hera Syndulla confirmed
Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka), Natasha Liu Bordizzo (Sabine Wren), and Mary Elizabeth Winstead took the stage. It was revealed that Winstead might be enjoying one other Rebels alum: Hera Syndulla within the stay motion collection.It was additionally introduced that the present will launch on Disney Plus in August 2023. A poster and trailer was proven – we caught glimpses of Thrawn, Chopper and two characters weilding Sith lightsabres (they may very well be Imperial Inquisitors).
