Star Wars Celebration Info-Dump: A Galaxy Of New Movies And Shows

Disney could release information on their upcoming Star Wars things one at a time, like most other companies, but instead they usually cram everything into these big conferences two or three times a year, forcing us poor reporters to rush around and get everything up before everyone else does. The “Star Wars Celebration” conference took place this morning and Lucasfilm laid out all they have planned for the next year, and a few years after that.

This time, there was more of an emphasis on the future of Star Wars in the movies, something we haven’t heard about since 2019. Despite prior plans, they aren’t committing to a new trilogy, just a few separate ideas — which is probably for the better. But there are a lot of TV shows in the works too. Read on for a Star Destroyer-sized infodump.

Oh yeah, and if you’re one of those people who won’t stop complaining about how “bad” Star Wars is now, and how no one else can enjoy it because you personally don’t, you can go Ahsoak your head.

AHSOKA: I will not be watching this trailer, because I still haven’t finished Star Wars Rebels and this show will rely heavily on that continuity. If you haven’t seen any of Rebels, they’ve set a date of August on this, so you have four months to catch up on those sixty-plus episodes. If there’s anything that DOES annoy me about Star Wars shows, it’s how impenetrably connected they all are, and how they assume you’ve seen everything up to that point, animated and non. I know Marvel does something similar, but there’s no 100-episode “Secret Wars” TV series we have to watch to understand where every character came from.

SKELETON CREW: We still have yet to see a single screenshot of this, but Disney is promising it will get out before 2023 is through. Every time it’s brought up, it’s described as “Star Wars Goonies,” which makes us worried it’s another Stranger Things knockoff (until now, Disney has been above this). Jude Law stars as a man lost in the galaxy, looking for his home along with a ton of kids.

THE ACOLYTE: Again, previously announced, but confirmed for 2024. From Leslye Headland, creator of Russian Doll, it’s a tale set in the High Republic era that Headland calls “Frozen meets Kill Bill” — my, the images that combo generates in our heads. The series will be crafted in the spirit of martial arts movies, and feature a largely Asian cast. And get this…their Jedi master is a Wookiee.

STAR WARS EPISODE TEN: I don’t know what’s more desperate…Toy Story 5, a live-action Moana, or this. It may not be called Episode Ten, but it’s a proposed movie about Rey in the aftermath of the new trilogy, rebuilding the New Jedi Order, so it’s at least Episode Ten in spirit. Given what a mess the new trilogy was (everyone seems to have one particular movie they can’t stand), I don’t feel much of a demand in the air to ever see Rey again. But maybe I’m wrong and everyone will buy a ticket. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is directing from a script by Steven Knight. Daisy Ridley will reprise her role.

UNTITLED FILONIVERSE MOVIE: The head of every Star Wars TV show makes his big-screen debut with a feature film that ties together all the characters he’s shepherded. Set between Episodes 6 and 7, the time period The Mandalorian and Ahsoka are set in, it’s sure to have Grogu in at least five scenes.

THE FIRST JEDI: This is another movie without a title, but it should be obvious. From director James Mangold, it’s set 25,000 years before any other Star War and it’s about the discovery of the Force and the founding of the Jedi.