Jon Favreau Will Play a Big Role in the Future of STAR WARS Movies, But Lucasfilm Still Hasn't Figured Out Their Plans
After Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker comes out, we won’t see another Star Wars movie on the big screen until 2022. That first movie was originally supposed to be one that the Game of Thrones guys were developing, but they have since left Lucasfilm and are no longer working on the project.
Now, according to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, they still haven’t figured out what their future Star Wars plans are. While talking to Rolling Stone, she explained they are still trying to figure things out:
“No. We’ve got various things we’re looking at and various ways in which we can begin or not. As you can imagine. You know, do you go back? Do you go forward? All those questions are being asked. Do we stay in this galaxy? Do we go to another? The universe is never-ending. [Laughs.] The good news and the bad news. They have endless possibilities. It’s liberating, it’s exciting, and it creates a lot of pressure and anxiety as well.”
This comment kind of contradicts a different report at THR, which said that Lucasfilm does have a Star Wars movie “on deck” for 2022, and adds that “No announcement is planned until January.” They also report that this mysterious movie is not one coming from Rian Johnson.
THR also mentions that The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau “will have a lot of say over the future of Star Wars,” and that “Kennedy’s ideal team includes key roles for Michelle Rejwan, a producer on Episode IX and Lucasfilm’s senior vp live action development and production, and Dave Filoni, the veteran animation director and George Lucas protege who directed live-action for the first time with two episodes of Mandalorian.”
With the success of The Mandalorian and fans loving it, of course, Lucasfilm is going to want to utilize the talent of the individuals who brought it to life! They should have reached out to them in the very beginning! Regardless, they are working with them now, and I can’t wait to see Lucasfilm and this creative team ends up bringing us in the future.