How It Fits Into the Emerging Star Wars Galaxy: Separated from\u00a0the Star Wars galaxy, Ahsoka, Sabine, Shin, and Baylan will likely learn more about its underpinnings as they confront the so-called Mortis gods, representations of the Light side, Dark side, and balance of The Force Ahsoka has encountered before in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.<\/p>\n
Read also: The Mandalorian Season 3 Finale: A Battle Ensues During the Return to Mandalore<\/a><\/p>\n Rangers of the New Republic<\/p>\n (Photo by \u00a9 Lucasfilm Ltd.)<\/p>\n Premiere Date: Indefinitely Delayed<\/p>\n What We Know: Another series from Favreau and Filoni was meant to follow a group of New Republic soldiers in the same era as The Mandalorian. While Lucasfilm President Kennedy offered few details about this show during the 2020 Disney Investor Day presentation, she mentioned it was to cross over with other stories from The Mandalorian and Ahsoka to culminate in an \u201cevent\u201d at some point in the future. Unfortunately, development of the program was postponed indefinitely with Kennedy telling Empire Magazine in November 2021 that some of its ideas may be absorbed into The Mandalorian. The description of the series will remain here until a Lucasfilm rep calls it completely kaput. Also, why would Cobb Vanth (Timothy Olyphant<\/a>) survive his encounter with Cad Bane in The Book of Boba Fett if not to become a ranger?<\/p>\n In a curious twist, the culminating event will occur as Filoni\u2019s feature film debut (more on that below).<\/p>\n How It Fits Into the Emerging Star Wars Galaxy: As the program is the most mysterious, the crossover seems to be the most tantalizing element. Was a larger skirmish with the Imperial Remnant meant to be its focus? Also, considering the state of the galaxy in the Sequel Trilogy, did the Rangers\u2019 mission fail? Definitely a question worth exploring.<\/p>\n The Mandalorian & Grogu<\/p>\n Release Date: May 22, 2026<\/p>\n What We Know:\u00a0As part of Lucafilm\u2019s ever-evolving plans, Mandalorian Din Djarin (Pascal) and his adopted son, Din Grogu, will become feature film stars. Announced at the start of 2024, The Mandalorian & Grogu represents the next chapter in the characters\u2019 wanderings. Of course, it is unclear what trouble they will get into and who they might meet along the way. But considering The Mandalorian takes plenty of cues from Lone Wolf & Cub, it is possible this could be a standalone adventure or something very much central to the tale Favreau and Filoni are telling in the years after Return of the Jedi. Favreau is signed to direct with Filoni on board as a producer. Kennedy, of course, is also listed as a producer.<\/p>\n Favreau and Filoni took to the stage at the 2024 D23 Entertainment Showcase to tease the film, which began shooting just a few weeks prior. Favreau declined to get specific about the film\u2019s plot, but he presented a sizzle reel of sorts complied from the early production. One moment featured Star Wars Rebels<\/a> fan favorite character, Zeb (Steve Blum<\/a>) \u2013 although it\u2019s unclear if the Razorcrest he\u2019s flying is his or a replacement for the one Din lost in the second season of The Mandalorian. Other quick glimpses included a planet where Mando must face Snow Troopers and AT-ATs. And a final shot sees Grogu in a ship piloted by and sized for Anzellans, the species which counts Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker\u2019<\/a>s Babu Frik as one of its own and had their own Grogu-sized problem in The Mandalorian\u2018s most recent season.<\/p>\n That August, Sigourney Weaver<\/a> revealed she will appear in the film, in which The Bear\u2018s Jeremy Allen White<\/a> will reportedly voice Rotta, the son of Jabba the Hutt, a character who first debuted in the Clone Wars theatrical film, although we doubt anyone will call him \u201cStinky\u201d this time around.<\/p>\n During a presentation about the film at Star Wars Celebration 2025, fans glimpsed a scene in which Mando destroyed a Remnant AT-AT, much to the dismay of Weaver\u2019s unnamed New Republic official.<\/p>\n How It Fits Into the Emerging Star Wars Galaxy: It appears the film will take the place of The Mandalorian\u2018s fourth season \u2014 although another year of the series is in development \u2014 so expect at least one key moment of emotional growth for Djarin and, perhaps, Grogu\u2019s first words in Basic, the suspiciously English-sounding common language of Star Wars. Speak it with backwards syntax, will he?<\/p>\n Star Wars: Starfighter<\/p>\n Release Date: May 28, 2027<\/p>\n What We Know: Pushing ahead of other projects, Shawn Levy\u2019s Star Wars: Starfighter\u00a0will star Ryan Gosling as, presumably, a pilot in the service of whatever government rises after the fall of both the New Republic and the First Order. As Levy revealed at Star Wars Celebration 2025, the film will be set several years after\u00a0Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker\u00a0and feature a completely new set of original characters. Gosling, for his part, said he was impressed by the script and that it was a tale only Levy could tell. More surprising: Levy said production will begin in the Fall with the film due for release in two years.<\/p>\n Untitled Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Star Wars Film<\/p>\n Release Date: TBD<\/p>\n What We Know: An open secret in Hollywood, Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson were reportedly working on a script for two-time Oscar-winning director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy since October 2022. The whispers became shouts when reports surfaced in March 2023 indicating the two writers were leaving the project. Peaky Blinders\u2019 Steven Knight soon emerged as their replacement. At Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023\u2019s Lucasfilm presentation, Kennedy confirmed the project exists and that it will center on Rey\u2019s attempts to build a new Jedi order 15 years after the events of The Rise of Skywalker.<\/p>\n Obid-Chinoy, who claimed the 1990s Star Wars Special Editions saved her life, said, \u201cI\u2019ve always been attracted to the hero\u2019s journey and the fact the world needs many more heroes. I\u2019ve spent the better part of my life meeting real heroes who fight oppressive regimes. I am attracted to immersing myself in a new Jedi Academy with a powerful Jedi master.\u201d<\/p>\n Although neither she, Ridley, nor Kennedy offered a release date, we were left to assume it will open in the 2025 calendar slot Disney held for a Star Wars feature. In subsequent months, Disney unveiled a long-term release calendar with May 22, 2026 (now claimed by The Mandalorian & Grogu), December 18, 2026, and December 17, 2027 held in reserve for Lucasfilm titles. Of course, this was before the industry strikes began, so some of those dates may already need rescheduling. Indeed, Starfighter\u2018s May 2027 release date suggests the shuffling has already begun.<\/p>\n How It Fits Into the Emerging Star Wars Galaxy: The film will establish a new class of Jedi and the forward status quo for the Star Wars timeline. It is, in essence, Episode X.<\/p>\n Read also: Everything We Learned at Star Wars Celebration 2023: Ahsoka, Andor, and Rey\u2019s New Jedi Order<\/a><\/p>\n Untitled James Mangold Star Wars Film<\/p>\n What We Know: Long after he signed up to make a Boba Fett film, director James Mangold will finally join the pantheon of Star Wars storytellers with a film looking back into the furthest reaches of Star Wars history and focus on the first human to touch the Force 25,000 years before the Skywalker Saga. According to the filmmaker, \u201cWhen I first started talking to Kathy about doing one of these pictures, I thought about a biblical epic, a Ten Commandments.\u201d Presumably that tone will give Star Wars a fresh perspective. That said, it is unclear when the film will be ready as Mangold is preparing scripts for the project and a Swamp Thing feature at Warner Bros. In April of 2024, Beau Willimon signed on co-write the film with Mangold. Early in 2025, the director told MovieWeb<\/a> he was happy to free of the many strictures that weigh Star Wars down in later eras. A film set so long in the past also give him additional breathing room to expand on ideas. \u201cDo we find a way on the page to say something original?,\u201d he added. At Star Wars Celebration 2025, Kennedy reiterated that the film is still in development.<\/p>\n How It Fits Into the Emerging Star Wars Galaxy: The story of the first Jedi is something teased and suggested across the years, but making a concrete tale could have wide-reaching implications in future stories.<\/p>\n Untitled Dave Filoni Star Wars Film<\/p>\n What We Know: Where the Obid-Chinoy and Mangold films represent the future and distant past of the Star Wars timeline, Filoni will make his feature film debut with a story firmly rooted in the \u201cpresent\u201d of Star Wars \u2014\u00a0the post Return of the Jedi era he and Favreau explore on Disney+. According to Kennedy, it will be the climatic event first teased during her 2020 Disney Investor Day presentation, tying up ideas from The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, and presumably Boba Fett with tensions between the New Republic and the Imperial Remnant reaching a crisis point.<\/p>\n \u201cI grew up in a time of the Original Trilogy,\u201d Filoni added. \u201cI grew up with the Expanded Universe. We\u2019re drawing on a lot of things [from then] and new things that were created in the meantime to tell this epic.\u201d Based on this and a few other teases across Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023, some believe the film will adapt author Timothy Zahn\u2019s 1990s Thrawn Trilogy. The trio of books, starting with 1991\u2019s Heir to the Empire, introduced Grand Admiral Thrawn, the Imperial Remnant, and may other ideas now seen on The Mandalorian. But will the film actually be called Heir to the Empire? That remains to be seen. At Star Wars Celebration 2025, Filoni mentioned the film is next on his to-do list after the second season of Ahsoka.<\/p>\n How It Fits Into the Emerging Star Wars Galaxy: Beyond giving the current television shows a cinematic climax, the film will presumably also establish how the Remnant became the First Order of the Sequel Trilogy.<\/p>\n Lando<\/p>\n (Photo by \u00a9 Lucasfilm)<\/p>\n Release Date: TBD<\/p>\n What We Know: As of 2020, Dear White People\u2019s Justin Simien was developing a limited series devoted to charismatic card player and scoundrel Lando Calrissian. While it was unclear who would play the title role, a teaser video featuring Lando\u2019s unblemished Millennium Falcon shown during the 2020 Investor Day presentation suggested it will go back to the days before he met Han Solo. During the 2022 Star Wars Celebration, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy confirmed Solo: A Star Wars Story\u2019s Donald Glover<\/a> was involved and that the company was waiting for him to complete other projects before moving forward. Shortly before the 2023 Celebration, Glover confirmed he was \u201ctalking\u201d to Lucasfilm about the project.<\/p>\n That July, word broke indicating Glover and his brother, Stephen Glover, would take direct creative control of Lando as its writers. Simien, as it happens, left the project sometime before the Glovers signed on \u2014 all of which occurred before the 2023 writers and actors strikes began. Curiously, original Lando Calrissian Billy Dee Williams<\/a> posted on social media<\/a> later that month that \u201csomething truly magnificent is coming soon.\u201d Signing off his post with \u201cMay the Force be with you all\u201d left many speculating that he may appear in Lando after all. In September of 2023, as the strikes raged on, reports surfaced indicating the series has been converted into a feature. As of the summer 2024, it appears the project is still in the works with a theatrical debut in mind. That September, Glover publicly renewed his interest in the concept, telling The Wall Street Journal<\/a> that he wants it to be fun.<\/p>\n How It Fits Into the Emerging Star Wars Galaxy: A series (or film) primarily concerned with the young Lando would be less beholden to lore and, potentially, revel more in the fun of being a scoundrel. Perhaps he could even run with (or against) Star Wars animation\u2019s favorite ne\u2019er-do-well, Hondo Ohnaka (voiced by Jim Cummings<\/a>).<\/p>\n Untitled Simon Kinberg Trilogy<\/p>\n Status: In Development<\/p>\n What We Know: In November 2024, word broke revealing Simon Kinberg of Star Wars Rebels and X-Men: Dark Phoenix fame would produce his own Star Wars trilogy. He will also write them with Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy set to join him as a producer. The story will seemingly be set after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, but with a completely new cast. As of 2025, the trilogy is still in development.<\/p>\n Star Wars: Rogue Squadron<\/p>\n (Photo by Clay Enos\/\u00a9Warner Bros.\/courtesy Everett Collection)<\/p>\n Status: Reportedly Back In Development<\/p>\n What We Know: First revealed at the 2020 Investor Day presentation,\u00a0Rogue Squadron\u00a0was to be directed by Wonder Woman\u2019s Patty Jenkins and focus on a new generation of X-Wing pilots. In a video posted to her Twitter account<\/a>, Jenkins revealed the story is personal as her father was a fighter pilot who lost his life in service to his country. She also subsequently clarified that the film will honor the Rogue Squadron video games and novels even as it flies off in its own direction. Sadly, the film was indefinitely delayed in November 2021. But in a curious note, Disney still listed its intended December 2023 release date for a surprisingly long time. Additionally, Kennedy told Vanity Fair in May 2022 that the film is still happening with Jenkins at the helm. In early 2023, the project was said to no longer be in active development, but not necessarily abandoned.<\/p>\n And for a year, that was the end of the story. But in March of 2024, Jenkins took to the TCM\/Max podcast podcast to reveal she owed Lucasfilm a new draft of Rogue Squardon. As she tells it, she originally left the project to fulfill her commitment to Wonder Woman 3, but when that movie fell under the changing Warner Bros. Discovery corporate strategy, she started negotiating a new deal in the Star Wars universe. The summer 2023 strikes delayed talks for a time, but with those resolved, a script for Rogue Squadron should be on Kennedy\u2019s desk soon. Although, Lucasfilm has yet to confirm Jenkins\u2019 return, so her account of the latest happenings must be labeled as a report. In early 2025, rumors surfaced indicating Chris Pine<\/a> was in the frame to star.<\/p>\n Untitled Taika Waititi Star Wars Film<\/p>\n (Photo by Jasin Boland\/\u00a9Marvel)<\/p>\n Status: In Development<\/p>\n What We Know: Although the industry knew about Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi<\/a>\u2019s Star Wars project for some time, Kennedy finally commented on it in December 2020, saying his approach to Star Wars will be \u201cfresh, unexpected,\u201d and \u201cunique.\u201d\u00a0 She also pointed to his talent and his \u201csense of humor\u201d as two strengths which will set Waititi\u2019s project apart from other Star Wars endeavors. Meanwhile, reports indicate Waititi is in talks to star in the film as well as write and direct. Although, it seems he still needs to write the script before anything can go forward. Nearly four years on, though, it appears development has slowed to a crawl. At Star Wars Celebration 2025, Kennedy made a special mention of the project, confirming it is still in development.<\/p>\n How It Fits Into the Emerging Star Wars Galaxy: It all depends on when it is set. With thousands of years of lore available to explore, Waititi could do just about anything he wants \u2014 from a story of the early hyperspace routes to a film set entirely in Ackmena\u2019s (Beatrice Arthur<\/a>) cantina from The Star Wars Holiday Special.<\/p>\n Rian Johnson\u2019s Star Wars Trilogy: Episode I<\/p>\n (Photo by David James\/ \u00a9 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures\/Lucasfilm Ltd. \/Courtesy Everett Collection)<\/p>\n Status: Not In Active Development<\/p>\n What We Know: First announced in 2017, Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson is expected to spearhead a new trilogy sometime in the next decade \u2014 writing and directing the first film himself. Although he reaffirms his involvement every so often, the trilogy is reportedly no longer in active development. At the same time, it is said to be something both Johnson and Lucasfilm want to return to at some juncture. First, he has another Knives Out sequel to make and another season of Poker Face to produce. Kennedy also cited his schedule as a stumbling block as recently as Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023.<\/p>\n How It Fits Into the Emerging Star Wars Galaxy: Right now, it doesn\u2019t. It\u2019s just an agreement to make a series of movies, and as seen with Lucasfilm\u2019s quick decision to cancel the Star Wars Story\u00a0anthology of films in wake of Solo: A Star Wars Story\u2019s underperformance, that deal could dissolve at any moment \u2014 if it hasn\u2019t already. See also: the company\u2019s about-face regarding a series of films to be developed by Game of Thrones executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.<\/p>\n A Droid Story<\/p>\n (Photo by Courtesy the Everett Collection)<\/p>\n Status: TBD<\/p>\n What We Know: As Kennedy described at the 2020 Investor Day presentation, the only Star Wars TV movie currently on the Disney+ roster will be an \u201cepic journey\u201d featuring a new hero guided by\u00a0Star Wars\u2019 most famous droids, R2-D2 and C-3PO. Although the Lucasfilm president was light on story details, she did mention the project will be a chance for the company\u2019s animation and live-action special effects groups to stretch their expertise to its limits. No further concrete details have come to light since.<\/p>\n How It Fits Into the Emerging Star Wars Galaxy: Like Star Wars Visions, the film may also be freed from canon.<\/p>\n Untitled J.D. Dillard Star Wars Project<\/p>\n (Photo by Leon Bennett\/WireImage)<\/p>\n Status: Presumably Shelved<\/p>\n What We Know: According to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, Sleight director J.D. Dillard and Marvel TV writer Matt Owens (Luke Cage) were developing some sort of Star Wars project for Lucasfilm. In the years since the story first broke, though, no additional details have come to light. And even at the time of reporting, it was unclear if the project would be a Disney+ series, TV movie, or feature film. That ambiguity made it an even more tenuous project than Johnson\u2019s trilogy. In November 2022, Dillard left the project.<\/p>\n Untitled Kevin Feige Star Wars Film<\/p>\n (Photo by Albert L. Ortega\/WireImage)<\/p>\n Status: A Genuine Mystery<\/p>\n What We Know: Word first broke in 2019 that Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige was involved in developing a Star Wars film with Kennedy. At the time, Walt Disney Studios Co-Chairman Alan Horn said \u201cit made sense for these two extraordinary producers to work on a Star Wars film together.\u201d In May 2022, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness writer Michael Waldron told Variety<\/a> that he was not only writing the film, but appreciated being unmoored from the TV shows and films. In early 2023, reports surfaced indicating the project was on indefinite hold as Disney looked to slow down development across all its divisions. During Celebration 2023, Kennedy told IGN that the project was \u201csomething announced in the press, or I suppose fandom, but there was nothing \u2014 nothing ever got developed,\u201d adding to the mystery of a movie idea that both exists and doesn\u2019t. In November of 2023, Feige confirmed whatever was going on will no longer be happening.<\/p>\n Which Star Wars projects are you most excited about? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n On an Apple device? 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