Star Wars continues to thrive on the small screen. After last year’s “Rogue One” prequel “Andor”, which was overwhelmed with praise, the new seasons of the no less celebrated series “The Mandalorian” and “The Bad Batch” are currently running successfully on Disney+. And with the commitment of the recently Oscar-winning “Everything Everywhere All At Once” directors to produce (at least) one episode of the upcoming “Skeleton Crew” series, another major coup has just been achieved here.
When it comes to cinema, however, things aren’t looking so rosy in a galaxy far, far away. After the mixed reception of the sequel trilogy and the flopped spin-off “Solo: A Star Wars Story”, Disney and Lucasfilm wanted to rethink the current schedule and, above all, reduce film output again. Nevertheless, many projects from well-known participants and various start dates have already been promised for the cinema future of the franchise – which have subsequently been postponed or even canceled in several cases.
Star Wars movies from MCU mastermind Kevin Feige, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins and Game Of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss are now history, a highly anticipated new trilogy from Star Wars 8 and Knives Out creator Rian Johnson is still hanging in the air . And now another promising project from the franchise faces a setback:
Lost and Watchmen creators Damon Lindelof and his writing partner Justin Brit Gibson (“The Strain”, “Counterpart”) are hers planned Star Wars movie fell out. Well-connected Hollywood insider Jeff Sneider reports this on his website .
Lindelof- “Star Wars” should also come without Lindelof
It was recently indicated that Lindelof is turning its back on the project, or has already turned its back on it. In an interview with In connection with Star Wars, the author talked about the fact that something shouldn’t exist if it can’t be great, and that if you love something as much as he loves Star Wars, sometimes you’re not responsible for it, but just enjoy it from the outside.
However, so far there are no concrete details about the departure of Lindelof and Britt-Gibson. The duo would have submitted a draft script in February 2023, after it was announced a year earlier that Lindelof was working on a Star Wars film. It’s unclear if the writer behind the critically acclaimed HBO series “The Leftovers” was himself unhappy with his work or if Disney and Lucasfilm didn’t like the script. It was also possible that revisions were required that Lindelof simply could not carry out itself.
What is certain is that the timing of the exit is a bit unfavorable. Preparations for the movie would have been in full swing in the background to officially announce it as the next “Star Wars” movie at this year’s Star Wars Celebration in April 2023., which should hit theaters at the end of 2025 (and thus six years after “Star Wars 9: The Rise of Skywalker”). However, despite the loss of the two authors, this is still likely.
“Star Wars” finally back in theaters in 2025?
Than Reportedly, Lucasfilm has already found replacements for Lindelof and Britt-Gibson. It is unclear who it is and to what extent the ideas of his or her two predecessors are used. However, there is also good news from the Pakistani filmmaker, who won two Oscars for her documentaries Filmmaker and journalist Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy (who also directed two episodes of the MCU series “Ms. Marvel” for Disney) will remain on board as director should be.
And since the time has come Targeted theatrical release of the next “Star Wars” movie on December 17, 2025 If there is still some time left, there should be enough time to deliver a new or revised script before the intended start of shooting in 2024 and thus keep to the date. Still, a franchise contribution from the person behind series hits like “Lost,” “Watchmen,” and “The Leftovers” would have undoubtedly been exciting — after all, it’s entirely possible that the latter project still has its DNA.
We should be wiser than in April, when the ex-Lindelof “Star Wars” project is actually revealed as the next film in the space saga and we finally learn more about it than it takes place after the sequel trilogy and possibly also bring back some familiar characters. Another promising candidate for the next “Star Wars” movie would be the planned screen adventure from “Thor 3 & 4” creator Taika Waititi, which is also in limbo.