Rian Johnson’s Star Wars trilogy isn’t any extra, in keeping with a brand new report. The mission was introduced not lengthy after the discharge of Johnson’s divisive entry within the franchise, 2017’s Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Final Jedi.
Although Johnson himself would not verify the information concerning his introduced trilogy, THR calls the mission “successfully useless“ in a brand new interview with The Final Jedi filmmaker. Johnson affirms, nonetheless, that his connection to Star Wars will stay intact:
“Part of my mind will all the time be in Star Wars. It’s a lot part of me and the way in which I believe.”
This newest declare about Johnson’s Star Wars trilogy follows a constructive replace from the director again in 2022. He confirmed to Empire that he had remained in contact with Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy about it. “It is simply at this level a matter of schedule and when it could actually occur,” Johnson instructed the publication. “It might break my coronary heart if I have been completed, if I couldn’t get again in that sandbox sooner or later.”
Kennedy herself then confirmed that the mission was nonetheless alive in April 2023, regardless that it seemingly wasn’t in lively growth. She instructed Selection that it was Johnson’s busy schedule that was in charge for it not taking place:
Rian and I speak on a regular basis. He’s unbelievably busy. So we’re not actively concerned in something in the intervening time as a result of he’s doing one other one of many ‘Glass Onion’ films after which God is aware of what else. However he actually desires to step again into the house. It’s a giant dedication of time, in order that’s actually on him.
The declare that Johnson’s trilogy is “useless” is not essentially stunning. Plenty of Star Wars films have been introduced over the previous couple of years, and most do not appear any nearer to truly taking place. James Mangold’s Daybreak of the Jedi, for instance, seemingly hasn’t made a lot progress because it was introduced in 2023.
Equally, the introduced Star Wars: New Jedi Order, which is claimed to comply with Daisy Ridley’s Rey 15 years after the occasions of The Rise of Skywalker, has additionally confronted setbacks. Set to be directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, the movie has cycled by means of a number of screenwriters, with George Nolfi reported to have changed author Steven Knight again in January.
The 2 upcoming Star Wars films which might be presently confirmed to be popping out notably don’t have anything to do with Disney’s sequel trilogy. Johnson’s The Final Jedi was extremely divisive, and The Rise of Skywalker was typically poorly acquired.
As an alternative of constructing on this trilogy, the franchise’s return to the large display screen subsequent Could will take the type of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian and Grogu, a film spinoff of the hit Disney+ present, The Mandalorian. After that, Shawn Levy’s Star Wars: Starfighter starring Ryan Gosling will hit theaters in Could 2027.
Past these two titles, it isn’t clear what the long run holds for Star Wars. It is doable that New Jedi Order or Daybreak of the Jedi will transfer ahead in years forward, however it’s simply as probably that one thing else will get introduced and fast-tracked based mostly on the reception to The Mandalorian and Grogu and Starfighter.
Whereas many questions stay about Star Wars‘ future long-term, it now looks like Johnson’s trilogy won’t be among the many franchise’s upcoming initiatives. From the director’s remark, although, his time in a galaxy far, distant will not be over simply but.
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Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Ian McDiarmid, Ewan McGregor, Rosario Dawson, Lars Mikkelsen, Rupert Pal, Moses Ingram, Frank Oz, Pedro Pascal
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The Mandalorian, Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Guide of Boba Fett, Ahsoka, The Acolyte, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Lando, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Dangerous Batch, Star Wars: Resistance, Star Wars: Younger Jedi Adventures, Star Wars: Visions
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Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II – Assault of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Again, Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Power Awakens, Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Final Jedi, Star Wars: Episode IX- The Rise of Skywalker, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: Daybreak of the Jedi, Star Wars: New Jedi Order
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Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Rey Skywalker, Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Grand Inquisitor, Reva (The Third Sister), The Fifth Brother, The Seventh Sister, The Eighth Brother, Yoda, Din Djarin, Grogu, Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, Leia Organa, Ben Solo/Kylo Ren