You’ve probably heard this before: Disney has just announced a new Star Wars trilogy is in development with a high-profile producer in charge. Seems they’ve made this same announcement about twenty times and each time, they always let the producer go a few months later and say “never mind, we aren’t doing this.”
Who’s the latest they’ve picked up? It’s Simon Kinberg, the co-creator of Star Wars Rebels (he’s known better there as “the one who isn’t Dave Filoni”). He also produced 20th Century Fox‘s X-Men movies, so he has a lot of experience with high-action fanciful stuff. But is he THE ONE? We’ll know in a few months.
When this story first broke, some news sources erroneously reported Kinberg was developing Episodes 10-12. That is not the case: this will be a whole new story in a new part of the galaxy, completely separate from the Skywalker Saga. Riskier, but allows for more creative freedom…assuming they like what he whips up and they haven’t liked anything yet.
I suppose you can’t blame Disney for not wanting to take chances. The sequel trilogy, let’s face it, was kind of a rushed disjointed mess, and after Solo underperformed, the whole idea of side movies was scrapped and shifted to Disney+ shows (apparently the Obi-Wan show was originally a movie). If they get too sloppy too many times they’ll risk the brand value.
However, they’re warming back up to the one-off idea and giving The Mandalorian and Grogu their own movie (coming in 2026!) as well as a post-sequels movie starring Daisy Ridley as Rey. Those things, we know we’re getting.
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