STAR WARS. During Star Wars Celebration, Lucasfilm made several announcements about the franchise’s upcoming projects. We detail all the information on the next films.
[Updated April 11, 2023 10:45 AM] Easter weekend has been a rewarding one for fans in the galaxy far, far away. The Star Wars Celebration was held in London from April 7-10. The opportunity for Disney and Lucasfilm to make many announcements about the future of the franchise on the small and big screen.
It has thus been announced that three new Star Wars films have been ordered. One of them, untitled for the moment, will be devoted to Rey, played by Daisy Ridley. The plot will take place fifteen years after the events of The Rise of Skywalker, and will reveal the creation of a new Jedi Order. The film will be directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Ms. Marvel).
A second Star Wars movie directed by Dave Filoni will center on the New Republic. The goal displayed by Kathleen Kennedy: to conclude the “Mandoverse” (The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka). A third film directed by James Mangold (Logan, Indiana Jones 5…) will finally focus on the origins of the Force and the story of the first Jedi. The plot will take place 25,000 years before The Phantom Menace. For now, the release dates of these different projects have not been announced. Separately, Kathleen Kennedy confirmed that Taika Waititi is continuing to work on her Star Wars film project, but the script has not yet been completed. Rian Johnson’s trilogy is also not abandoned, the boss of Lucasfilm having assured Variety that the director was currently too busy on other projects.
Created by George Lucas in 1977, the Star Wars saga is produced by Lucasfilm, a studio owned by Disney since 2014. We follow the journey of the Skywalker family in a distant galaxy where the Jedi knights try to maintain peace and balance. through Force powers and their lightsabers. Traditionally, the Star Wars saga has revolved around trilogies of episodes before Lucasfilm offered spin-off episodes or even Disney series that detailed the universe a little more.
It is not always easy to follow the chronology of Star Wars productions between films, spin-off films and series. On Twitter, the official account of the saga offered Internet users a clear and simplified timeline for all those who would like to watch Star Wars productions from A to Z. So here it is below.
The Disney catalog has many films from the Star Wars franchise since its launch in France on April 7, 2020. In 2012, Mickey’s firm bought Lucasfilm, and now owns the rights to productions that take place in the distant galaxy, very distant. Here’s the full list of Star Wars movies to watch on Disney when the streaming platform launches. The media chronology means that films released in theaters less than three years ago are not yet in the catalog.
Also note that Disney offers its subscribers a few short films that feature characters made of LEGO bricks in the Star Wars universe. These are also the stars of a special “Happy Holidays” episode produced in 2020 for the Christmas holidays.