Star Wars on the big screen: Rogue Squadron and the Feige project no more?

Variety take a look at the current state of play regarding the future of Star Wars on the big screen, a sticky wicket of announcements, retractments and long, long waits that right now means there will be at least a six year gap between The Rise of Skywalker in 2019 and the next projected release date in 2025. As it stands, the Patty Jenkins Rogue Squadron project is ‘no longer in active development at the studio‘ and the Kevin Feige produced project ‘is also no longer in active development at Lucasfilm‘, but what else is – potentially – on the horizon?

When news of Feige's involvement with a "Star Wars" film broke in September 2019, it churned up fan speculation, since widely debunked, that he was in line to replace Kennedy as the leader of Lucasfilm. The movie remained alive as recently as May 2022, when screenwriter Michael Waldron ("Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness") told Variety that he’d started working on a "Star Wars" screenplay for Feige. "I’m enjoying having the freedom on that to do something that's not necessarily a sequel or anything," Waldron said.

Five months later, Feige hired Waldron to write the script for 2026's "Avengers: Secret Wars," the "Endgame"-style culmination of Marvel Studios’ Multiverse Saga. Between that project and the 19 other titles (and counting) that Marvel's announced for theaters and streaming in the next four years, Feige's responsibilities to the MCU are keeping him far, far away from "Star Wars" for much of the decade.

As for Rian Johnson, the in-demand filmmaker has made no secret that he still wants to make the "Star Wars" movies he first announced in 2017 before the release of his film "The Last Jedi," and Kennedy has been clear that Lucasfilm still wants him, too. But Johnson's immediate priorities — continuing his Benoit Blanc movies with Daniel Craig for Netflix and Season 2 of hit Peacock series "Poker Face" with Natasha Lyonne — will keep him occupied for the foreseeable future.

So what "Star Wars" movie could slot into that open December 2025 release date? Sources say "Thor: Love and Thunder" filmmaker Taika Waititi continues to work on his possible "Star Wars" feature, and he would most likely have a part in it as well, similar in prominence to his standout role as an imaginary Adolf Hitler in his Oscar-winning 2019 feature "Jojo Rabbit." And although Lucasfilm has yet to officially confirm it, sources say the studio is committed to a "Star Wars" movie from director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, a two-time Oscar-winning documentarian ("Saving Face," "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness"), who made her live-action narrative debut with two episodes of 2022's "Ms. Marvel" for Disney+. Damon Lindelof ("Watchmen") and Justin Britt-Gibson ("Counterpart") were attached in October to write the script for that movie.

Whether one of those films, or some as-yet-unannounced project, lands at the front of the line has been a fiercely guarded secret at Lucasfilm, but sources say the studio will begin to unveil its plans for the future of "Star Wars" cinema at the Star Wars Celebration convention in London the weekend of April 7. That announcement, however, will compete with expected updates for at least four Disney+ series, including the final season of the critically acclaimed "Andor"; new shows from Leslye Headland ("The Acolyte") and Jon Watts ("Skeleton Crew"); and the first major push for "Ahsoka," a spinoff of "The Mandalorian" and the animated series "The Clone Wars" starring Rosario Dawson that aims to debut in late summer.

With luck Star Wars Celebration Europe will shed some light on what's on the future slate, and whatever happens we’ll bring it here to the site and discuss it on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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Variety take a look at the current state of play regarding the future of Star Wars on the big screen, a sticky wicket of announcements, retractments and long, long waits that right now means there will be at least a six year gap between The Rise of Skywalker in 2019 and the next projected release date in 2025. As it stands, the Patty Jenkins Rogue Squadron project is ‘no longer in active development at the studio‘ and the Kevin Feige produced project ‘is also no longer in active development at Lucasfilm‘, but what else is – potentially – on the horizon?

When news of Feige's involvement with a "Star Wars" film broke in September 2019, it churned up fan speculation, since widely debunked, that he was in line to replace Kennedy as the leader of Lucasfilm. The movie remained alive as recently as May 2022, when screenwriter Michael Waldron ("Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness") told Variety that he’d started working on a "Star Wars" screenplay for Feige. "I’m enjoying having the freedom on that to do something that's not necessarily a sequel or anything," Waldron said.

Five months later, Feige hired Waldron to write the script for 2026's "Avengers: Secret Wars," the "Endgame"-style culmination of Marvel Studios’ Multiverse Saga. Between that project and the 19 other titles (and counting) that Marvel's announced for theaters and streaming in the next four years, Feige's responsibilities to the MCU are keeping him far, far away from "Star Wars" for much of the decade.

As for Rian Johnson, the in-demand filmmaker has made no secret that he still wants to make the "Star Wars" movies he first announced in 2017 before the release of his film "The Last Jedi," and Kennedy has been clear that Lucasfilm still wants him, too. But Johnson's immediate priorities — continuing his Benoit Blanc movies with Daniel Craig for Netflix and Season 2 of hit Peacock series "Poker Face" with Natasha Lyonne — will keep him occupied for the foreseeable future.

So what "Star Wars" movie could slot into that open December 2025 release date? Sources say "Thor: Love and Thunder" filmmaker Taika Waititi continues to work on his possible "Star Wars" feature, and he would most likely have a part in it as well, similar in prominence to his standout role as an imaginary Adolf Hitler in his Oscar-winning 2019 feature "Jojo Rabbit." And although Lucasfilm has yet to officially confirm it, sources say the studio is committed to a "Star Wars" movie from director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, a two-time Oscar-winning documentarian ("Saving Face," "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness"), who made her live-action narrative debut with two episodes of 2022's "Ms. Marvel" for Disney+. Damon Lindelof ("Watchmen") and Justin Britt-Gibson ("Counterpart") were attached in October to write the script for that movie.

Whether one of those films, or some as-yet-unannounced project, lands at the front of the line has been a fiercely guarded secret at Lucasfilm, but sources say the studio will begin to unveil its plans for the future of "Star Wars" cinema at the Star Wars Celebration convention in London the weekend of April 7. That announcement, however, will compete with expected updates for at least four Disney+ series, including the final season of the critically acclaimed "Andor"; new shows from Leslye Headland ("The Acolyte") and Jon Watts ("Skeleton Crew"); and the first major push for "Ahsoka," a spinoff of "The Mandalorian" and the animated series "The Clone Wars" starring Rosario Dawson that aims to debut in late summer.

With luck Star Wars Celebration Europe will shed some light on what's on the future slate, and whatever happens we’ll bring it here to the site and discuss it on Fantha Tracks Radio.