New 'Star Wars' Movie Announced Set 5 Years After 'Rise of Skywalker' (cnn.com) 41
A new Star Wars movie — starring Ryan Gosling and directed by Shawn Levy — will be released in 2027, the two announced Friday at the "Star Wars Celebration" (a fan event in Japan). CNN reports:
Set to begin production this fall, the movie will be set approximately five years after "Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker," released in 2019, but will sit outside the Skywalker story as a standalone film. "The film... is an entirely new adventure featuring all-new characters set in a period of time that has not been explored on screen," said a statement from Lucasfilm, the owner of the "Star Wars" franchise...
"The script is just so good, the story, it has so much adventure, so much heart and original character. It's an opportunity to shine the light into a side of the universe that we may not have seen," Gosling said. Levy, the director of "Deadpool & Wolverine," told the crowd the film would have all the "fun of 'Star Wars'" but it would be done "in ways that are new and original...."
The next movie in the franchise, "The Mandalorian & Grogu," a spin-off of "The Mandalorian" series, directed by Jon Favreau, will hit cinemas in May 2026.
USA Today notes that more new Star Wars movies have also been announced: Daisy Ridley is set to star in a film that will see her character, Rey, building a new Jedi Order after the events of "The Rise of Skywalker." [This is sometimes referred to as "Star Wars Episode X: New Jedi Order."]
"Logan" filmmaker James Mangold has also been tapped to direct a movie about the dawn of the Jedi, and [Dave] Filoni is directing one said to "close out the interconnected stories" told in the live-action Disney+ shows like "The Mandalorian."
"The script is just so good, the story, it has so much adventure, so much heart and original character. It's an opportunity to shine the light into a side of the universe that we may not have seen," Gosling said. Levy, the director of "Deadpool & Wolverine," told the crowd the film would have all the "fun of 'Star Wars'" but it would be done "in ways that are new and original...."
The next movie in the franchise, "The Mandalorian & Grogu," a spin-off of "The Mandalorian" series, directed by Jon Favreau, will hit cinemas in May 2026.
USA Today notes that more new Star Wars movies have also been announced: Daisy Ridley is set to star in a film that will see her character, Rey, building a new Jedi Order after the events of "The Rise of Skywalker." [This is sometimes referred to as "Star Wars Episode X: New Jedi Order."]
"Logan" filmmaker James Mangold has also been tapped to direct a movie about the dawn of the Jedi, and [Dave] Filoni is directing one said to "close out the interconnected stories" told in the live-action Disney+ shows like "The Mandalorian."
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I just wonder how much longer are the going to milk this franchise
The first Snow White was in 1937. They haven't even got started yet. Some youth, brought up on the films in the wrong order, are now trying to claim that there are films before "Star Wars". I thank god there is only one Matrix film.
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There are always new children being born, so kid movies always thrive.
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That's what we ALL do.
Nobody RTFA.
Wow (Score:4, Interesting)
Has anything been left in the "franchise" to milk?
It was quite dry after the "episodes 1 to 3". In the "last three" even the green milk ran dry.
What little goodwill that crap could not finish off was burned to ashes by the TV crap.
Just let it join grandma Leia and grandpa Solo in peace.
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Has anything been left in the "franchise" to milk?
The side series have been great. "The Bad Batch" stands out, as does "Clone Wars." Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett are good if you're into that kind of thing. As in any universe, there are plenty of side stories to explore, only limited by your story telling skill.
I have full expectation for this one to bad. If it's like Deadpool and Wolverine, expect it to just be a self-roast and fan-service. Still, there is an off chance that it will be good.
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The side series have been great.
I think there's some truth in this. I hate the re-litigating of original stories. Everybody has seen the original story. Everybody understood it in their own way. In the end a story of faeries and magic combined with WWII fighter combat in space. You had some wonder as a child the first time you saw it. Now people come along and tell you that everything works differently from the way you understood it. It's truly irritating because it's messing with your own interpretation and memories as if George Lucas ow
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Has anything been left in the "franchise" to milk?
Quadrimammarian critters.
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Has anything been left in the "franchise" to milk?
The cow thing with the green titty milk on scraggy island.
Let me guess (Score:5, Funny)
Wait until part three, where it is discovered that Emperor Palpatine is still alive. (A surprising number of Star Wars movies feature that plot).
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This is one reason why The Last Jedi was such a great movie. It tried to break the franchise away from all that. Move beyond the dark side/light side and Jedi/Sith struggle, to one in which the characters matter, where anyone can make a difference, not just members of two particular families.
After TLJ the only really good Star Wars has been Andor, which largely ignores The Force and all the other stuff, to tell its own story with its own characters... Individuals who can make a difference, and not because o
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The Last Jedi was such a great movie.
There must be another movie of the same name that wasn't the one I watched.
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The Last Jedi was such a great movie. It tried to break the franchise away from all that. Move beyond the dark side/light side and Jedi/Sith struggle, to one in which the characters matter, where anyone can make a difference, not just members of two particular families.
Because Han Solo was a member of an elite family? Or maybe you think he didn't make a difference?
Watch the Clone Wars series, it's all about minor characters who make a difference.
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Han was there, but let's just recap. In ANH it all hinged on country bumpkin Luke mastering the force to make that impossible shot. In ESB none of them do much to change galactic history. In RotJ it's basically down to Luke again, the rest of it wouldn't have finished off the Empire if he didn't turn Vader and kill* the Emperor.
Clone Wars was definitely good, but I'm talking about the live action movies. Bad Batch and Rebels were decent too.
* Ugh, I know.
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I've got a bad feeling about this.
No R2-D2 and C3PO ? (Score:5, Interesting)
It's not Star Wars without those two. Star Wars is ultimately about things witnessed by the two droids. I didn't say it, George Lucas did. He said that's one of the main things he ripped off of The Hidden Fortress. Reference: https://www.bbc.com/culture/ar... [bbc.com]
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It's not Star Wars without those two. Star Wars is ultimately about things witnessed by the two droids. I didn't say it, George Lucas did. He said that's one of the main things he ripped off of The Hidden Fortress. Reference: https://www.bbc.com/culture/ar... [bbc.com]
"Rosen?"
"Gilden?"
Well, it's Easter after all! (Score:3)
Re: Well, it's Easter after all! (Score:3)
Somehow, Palpatine returned... (Score:2)
...again!
Fabulous news (Score:2)
Because we all know Disney are a pair of safe hands when it comes to franchises.
I have a bad feeling about this.. (Score:2)
n/t
You do feel a disturbance in the force! (Score:2)
nothing less, nothing more.
WOKE WARS - Woke Disney Feminst Bollocks Part X (Score:1, Insightful)
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Can you show us on this doll where the woke hurts you princess?
nobody gives a damn about star wars anymore (Score:2)
they literally destroyed the franchise, and it's been 20 years in the making, new low after new low. Star wars is dead. Kids don't care, old people don't care.
Feel free to throw away another few hundreds million dollars Hollywood. Nobody gives a damn about star wars.
They need to try something new. (Score:2)
List of all the Good Star Wars movies (Score:1)
Start list:
Rogue One
end list
That said, this concept at least shows promise - if they have some decent writing and direction it could be a good movie.
If not, it will just be another of the long list of crap Star Wars movies that really should not be watched but anyone who successfully completed 3rd grade.