A Guide to Every UpcomingStar WarsProject, Alive or Dead

Star Warsis really go through it right now . Or really , has been function through it ever sinceThe Rise of Skywalkerkicked offa unusual periodfor the enfranchisement that has seen it entirely retire from dramaturgy , find success in streaming TV , and make newfangled endeavor to rebolster the cinematic side of the galaxy far , far away that have repeatedly been hit by peter out - out development and project reversal .

The latest endeavor by Lucasfilm to expand theStar Warsfranchise this workweek came with the revelation ofa whole new trilogy of film — but years of doubts overmany herald or rumored projectsacross motion picture and TV ever materializing have spawn a deep skepticism amongStar Warsfans that even news of an entire raw saga is n’t incisively trust . So whatisandisn’thappening inStar Warsthese days ? We ’re here to help .

Over the past five year , we ’ve seen a litany of project across film and television at Lucasfilm fart up and wind down , and whileStar Wars ‘ streaming TV emanation has led to actual fresh material releasing , its cinematic inspiration have mostly stayed in the kingdom of the hypothetical . distinctly , with this week ’s news , Lucasfilm at least is committing to changing that , even as yr of rumors and announcements have led to very small to show of that commitment so far . So , what ’s awake , what ’s dead , what’s … maybein the land ofStar Warscanonical film and TV future ? Here ’s everything we recognize is up in the line ( or all in in the ground ) right now .

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The Mandalorian & Grogu

Currently the only upcomingStar Warsmovie project member of the public have in reality seen footage of since 2019 thanks toD23 this past summer , this continuation ofThe MandalorianTV series is take by Jon Favreau , and will typeset the degree for developments in the post - riposte of the Jedi , pre - Force Awakenstimeline that will be piece up by other projects set in and around the “ Mandoverse . ”It ’s currently scheduledfor a May 22 , 2026 acquittance date .

Skeleton Crew

We ’re nowless than a monthfrom the next live - actionStar WarsTV show : Jon Watts and Christopher Ford ’s adventure serial , which is also set in the same approximate time frame asThe Mandalorian . It follows a group of young Kyd come upon a starship and bring themselves whisk aside from their homeworld , and demand a little help from Jude Law to get back . It hits Disney+ December 3 , 2024 .

AhsokaSeason 2

Officially confirmedjust a few calendar month after season one fall to a close , the continuation of the Ahsoka Tano standalone series ( née spiritual successor toStar Wars Rebels ) will also set the stage for other effect in the Mandoverse . We recently con from ace Natasha Liu Bordizzo that the serial publication is not expect to participate production until summer 2025 .

AndorSeason 2

The second and concluding season of what isarguably the best thingto descend out of the last half - 10 ofStar Warswas originally look to release in summertime 2024 , but with final yield impacted by the Hollywood strikes last year , and other programming concerns , Tony Gilroy ’s political insurgence thriller was pushedinto 2025 , before being officiallydated for April 22at D23 Brazil . As Bix say in the time of year close : Cassian will find us .

Simon Kinberg’s Trilogy

This was literally revealed yesterday . Sources close to product tell io9 in the wake of the news show that this new triplet of movies is in the very earliest stages of growth , is designed to commence a “ fresh saga , ” and will sit down alongside the myriad other projects presently in development .

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s New Jedi Order Film

One of three filmsannounced atStar WarsCelebration Europe 2023 , Sharmeen Obaid - Chinoy ’s plastic film will see Daisy Ridley repeat her role as Rey Skywalker , now a Jedi Master , after the events ofThe Rise of Skywalker — the first and presently only project adjust after that film .

Originally set to be the next film to participate production before the annunciation ofThe Mandalorian & Grogu , it is expected to start up sometime in the next few years . The filmdid recently loseits second screenwriter , Steven Knight , who interchange original penning team Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt - Gibson .

Dave Filoni’s Imperial Remnant vs. New Republic Film

Another of those Celebration Europe announcements , this pic ( Dave Filoni ’s cinematic directorial debut ) is the project that other entries in the Mandoverse are building towards . Widely rumour to be titledHeir to the Empireas a nod toTimothy Zahn ’s beloved trilogyof expand Universe novel , the film will pit Grand Admiral Thrawn ’s remnant Empire against the nascent New Republic search inThe MandalorianandAhsoka . This plastic film will belike release at some point afterAhsokaseason two .

James Mangold’s Dawn of the Jedi Film

The last Celebration Europe motion picture announcement , Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destinydirector James Mangold ’s film will be arrange in a “ unexampled ” sentence stop , hundred of one thousand of geezerhood before the Skywalker Saga , to research the origins of the first people to wield the Force .

“ What I really wanted to do , what I secern her , was just can we make a kind of the Ten Commandments of the Force , you know ? ” Mangoldtold io9last class about the film . “ A kind of stemma tale of how the Force come to be known , understand , wielded , and harnessed . ”

Donald Glover’s Lando Film

Originally bring out as a TV series from Justin Simien , Solostar Donald Glover and his chum Stephen took over the undertaking in July 2023 , which was then confirm to now be a film in September of that year . late , Glover describe the undertaking to theWall Street Journalas one in which he want tostrike a joyous tincture , in line to the gravity of the Skywalker saga .

Animation

Although we do not have classical confirmations of either continuance or cancellation of these project , wedoknow there are severalStar Warsanimated task that could continue , including non - canonical standalones like anthology seriesStar Wars Visionsor theLego Star Warsspecials , or ongoing but not yet formally support series , like the fry - friendlyYoung JediAdventuresor theTales ofanthologies .

We also know that Lucasfilm late began staffing up for a young , unrevealed animize labor , which will potentially be the next major animatedStar Warsseries after the ending ofThe Bad Batchearlier this year .

While these specific projects have not been officially scrapped , we ’ve also not really hear much about them outside of reporting that they exist in some variant of ontogeny .

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Taika Waititi’s Film

This long - in - gestation project , first revealed in 2020 , would see theThor : RagnarokandLove & Thunderdirector cobalt - write alongside Krysty Wilson - Cairns and potentially headliner . It ’s survive several rounds ofStar Warsproject trimming , with our last update coming from Disney CEO Bob Igerre - affirming its combat-ready existencein March 2023 .

Shawn Levy’s Film

A more late addition to theStar Warsslate , reports first attached theDeadpool & Wolverinedirector to the galaxy far , far awayin late 2022 . Levy would go on to say he had an “ estimation ” for the film , but advancing momentum had been blunted by the arrival of the SAG - AFTRA and writer ’ strikes in summer 2023 .

Rian Johnson’s Trilogy

The longest project in gestation , it was announce just before the release ofThe Last Jedithat Rian Johnson would return toStar Warswithhis own trilogy of films , but ever since response to that film essentially kicked off thecultural and political momentwe now live in , Lucasfilm and Johnson have stay comparatively quiet . But theyhaven’texplicitly scrapped it either : Johnson has rather give out off to work on other projects likePoker Faceand hisKnives Outseries at Netflix , whileregularly reminding usthat he would still wish todo moreStar Warseventually . Again , Iger mentioned the trilogy as in active world during that March 2023 update , so keep the organized religion , Last Jedifans .

Patty Jenkin’sRogue Squadron

Now here ’s a weird one . As was first confirmed at aDisney investor meeting in 2020,Wonder Woman‘s Patty Jenkins was tapped to direct a motion-picture show rivet around the legendary 10 - Wing fighter squadron . But within a couple of class the film was beset with wait andremoved from Disney ’s docket , as Jenkinscontinued to crusade backagainst rumors of the celluloid ’s cancellation . It was previously cover thatRogue Squadronhad been scrapped alongside other projectsin March 2023 , but a yr later Jenkins insisted she was stillback on circuit board the film . We ’ve heard nothing since .

The MandalorianSeason 4

The runaway success ofStar war ‘ streaming erahit rough groundin its third time of year critically , but many had assume that it would continue regardless until the annunciation ofThe Mandalorian & Groguearlier this year , with series co - creator Jon Favreau activelydiscussing its writing processlast year . However , after the film ’s reveal in January 2024 , sources closemouthed to productioninformed io9 thatnothing had been set in stone about a prolongation of the series after theThe Mandalorian & Grogu .

The Book of Boba FettSeason 2

The Mandalorianspinoff ( and from time to time just a straight up multiple episodes ofThe Mandalorianregardless)Book of Boba Fettconcluded in 2023 , and while no active announcement of either a continuation or cancellation has been substantiate , star Temuera Morrison has kept his options undecided for a return to the series . More latterly , however , he ’s throw off doubts on its likelihood .

Obi-Wan KenobiSeason 2

The modified serial , starring Ewan McGregor as the famed Jedi Master , concluded with a not - quite - definitive closing in June 2022 , and whileLucasfilm has insistedthat decently now it contrive to keep the show as a limited series — and potentially return to Obi - Wan in other avenue — this by no way has stopped McGregorfrom regularly checking into remind the mankind that he ’d quite likeObi - Wan Kenobiseason two to take place eventually .

Kevin Feige’s Film

There had been conversations about Marvel Studios architect Kevin Feige heading toStar Warsfor several years , but after report indicated that the cinema was being scrapped from exploitation , Feige himselfflatly confirmed its deathin November 2023 . That also means , as they ’d antecedently mentioned themselves , Avengersdirectorial duet Anthony and Joe Russo areno longer broadly speaking connectedto aim aStar Warsmovie , either . Not like they’rebusy or anything .

Guillermo del Toro’s Film

Perhaps the most fleeting of allStar Warsprojects , we only heard about this one after it was already dead : Pacific Rimdirector Guillermo del Toro revealed he had been work on aStar Warsfilmin September 2023 , based off a playscript from his long time cooperator David Goyer . Del Toro eventually unwrap that the film was go to center around therise and eventual dusk of Jabba the Hutt .

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ Trilogy

The first high profile victim of Lucasfilm ’s announce - and - chip limbo , theGame of Thronesdirectorswere first revealedas potential helmers of a Modern trilogy ofStar Warsmovies in 2018 , before it met its unseasonable enda year later . The project was purportedly going to be about exploring the bloodline of the Jedi Order , and Benioff and Weiss would go on to submit that alack of appetite in tell that storyat Lucasfilm was why the trilogy was canned . Definitely not because anyone at the studiosaw howGame of Thronesended , probably .

The Acolyte

Star Wars ‘ most late TV series — examine themoral decline of the Jedi Orderand the advance of the dour side a hundred years beforeThe Phantom Menace — meta disgraceful endjust month after its debut time of year roll up with apretty major seriesof undefendable plot thread that are now left unresolved . Whether or not those threads will be picked up in other mediums or other serial publication remains to be go out : Lucasfilm has stay on jolly silent aboutThe Acolytesince news of its cancellation .

Rangers of the New Republic

Announced in 2020 alongsideRogue SquadronandAhsoka , this serial was intended to potentially star Gina Carano’sMadaloriancharacter Cara Dune , navigating thelaw enforcement of the galaxyafter the events ofReturn of the Jedi . But Lucasfilm thenhastily cut tieswith Carano in 2021 after a series of controversial public statements about covid-19 vaccination and the perceived persecution of conservatives , leaving the series stagnant in the water , before thestudio eventually acknowledgedthat the show was barely even in an other level of development before that conclusion already .

However , Carano , backed by fiscal support from Elon Musk , is currently suingDisney for wrongful ending with the Leslie Townes Hope of the studio being forced to see her income tax return toStar Warsin some electrical capacity . Disney has miscarry several multiplication to get the instance dismissed , which is nowexpected to go to trialunless a settlement is reached .

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