The world of Star Wars is altering as Lucasfilm prepares to convey George Lucas’ area saga again to theaters in 2026 for the primary time in seven years with The Mandalorian & Grogu, adopted by Shawn Levy’s collaboration with Ryan Gosling on Starfighter in 2027. Nevertheless, a brand new rumor has prompt {that a} film believed to be lifeless and buried may very well be making a stunning comeback.
Whereas there have been a number of rumored Star Wars film initiatives to have come and gone from the likes of Taika Waititi, Rian Johnson, and Patty Jenkins, it appears that evidently the latter of those could also be making an sudden return – once more – to the line-up of future Star Wars motion pictures.
For individuals who don’t keep in mind, it has been 5 years since Surprise Lady director Jenkins was introduced to be directing Rogue Squadron, a film that may convey Star Wars again into cinemas in December 2023. Naturally, the Covid pandemic brought on a number of delays earlier than the film was stripped from Disney’s launch schedule in 2022 and the undertaking was reported to be lifeless.
In 2024, Jenkins made a stunning remark that she was as soon as once more engaged on her Star Wars undertaking whereas talking with Collider, however since then there was no additional phrase, and Rogue Squadron has not figured in any current interviews by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. Nevertheless, in response to insider Daniel Richtman, Rogue Squadron is certainly now again on the playing cards, whereas one other unnamed Star Wars film has additionally gone into improvement, however there are conveniently no additional particulars obtainable on both undertaking.
What Is Occurring With ‘Star Wars’?
In 1977, the Star Wars franchise was a quite simple story a few small little bit of household drama taking part in out towards the backdrop of area. George Lucas delivered three motion pictures in comparatively fast succession that modified the face of sci-fi fantasy ceaselessly. Twenty years later, three prequel motion pictures continued to develop the Skywalker story, and nearly 20 years after that, Lucas’ nine-movie story was full – even when it in all probability didn’t fairly pan out as it will have if he had made all the films himself.
For that cause, Star Wars followers ought to actually be used to having an extended wait between motion pictures, as even with movies like Rogue One and Solo thrown into the combo, Star Wars motion pictures have by no means been launched in fast succession when not a part of a trilogy. Since The Rise of Skywalker was launched in 2019, the Star Wars franchise has been completely releasing content material on Disney+, with exhibits equivalent to The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, and Andor turning into the brand new face of the franchise.
Now, Kennedy is determined to get Star Wars again in cinemas and maintain it there, however that’s proving to be just a little trickier than initially anticipated, with most administrators connected to motion pictures dropping out to stalling within the improvement stage. The Mandalorian & Grogu is already within the can, and will certainly be hitting theaters subsequent yr, and Levy’s Starfighter seems to be on observe too. Nevertheless, different movies equivalent to James Mangold’s Daybreak of the Jedi film have seemingly stalled, Daisy Ridley’s return as Rey Skywalker in a New Jedi Order film has been delayed, and a undertaking by Simon Kinberg has been added to the record of potential future Star Wars motion pictures.
Is Patty Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron lastly going to take flight? Or is it potential that we are going to nonetheless be going round in the identical circles in one other 5 years? Something is feasible, so whereas followers of Jenkins can hope that this time round Rogue Squadron could make it to the end line, it’s in all probability finest to not maintain your breath simply but.