New 'Star Wars' Movie Announced Set 5 Years After 'Rise of Skywalker' (cnn.com)
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- News link: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/04/19/2211253/new-star-wars-movie-announced-set-5-years-after-rise-of-skywalker
- Source link: https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/18/entertainment/star-wars-starfighter-announcement-intl-hnk/index.html
> 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...
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> "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...."
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> 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.
[2]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 ."]
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> "Logan" filmmaker [3]James Mangold has also been tapped to direct a movie about the dawn of the Jedi, and [Dave] Filoni is directing one [4]said to "close out the interconnected stories " told in the live-action Disney+ shows like "The Mandalorian."
[1] https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/18/entertainment/star-wars-starfighter-announcement-intl-hnk/index.html
[2] https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/04/18/star-wars-starfighter-cast-ryan-gosling-announced/83154075007/
[3] https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/12/29/deadpool-logan-wolverine-ryan-reynolds-hugh-jackman/95959150/
[4] https://www.starwars.com/news/swce-2023-new-star-wars-films
Wow (Score:3)
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.
Let me guess (Score:5, Funny)
A new shadow, the Nuovo Order has risen. Adventuring will start in the desert, then in space it will be discovered that there is a Darth star which is very much different than a death star, except it is big, not a moon, and shoots down planets. This small scrappy team will destroy it once and for all.
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
Re: Let me guess (Score:2)
I didn't see that version either.
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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.
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: [1]https://www.bbc.com/culture/ar... [bbc.com]
[1] https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160104-the-film-star-wars-stole-from
LG-BT and C-DEI. (Score:1, Funny)
> 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.
They were replaced by LG-BT and C-DEI.
I didn’t do it. The Woke did.
And Star Wars is gonna need more than a fucking Ken doll to Rise up out of that Wokescape. They should have gone to Dana White for casting, in hopes of a New Hope at the box office.
Re: No R2-D2 and C3PO ? (Score:3)
Hidden Fortress and almost anything Kurosawa is great. A Fistful of Dollars is a remake of Yojimbo (bodyguard/ronin), almost scene for scene.
Well, it's Easter after all! (Score:3)
They probably think that this horse will rise from the dead if they beat it enough.
Re: Well, it's Easter after all! (Score:3)
You can always whip the eyes.
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.
Hi (Score:2)
I only read the headline.
Re: Hi (Score:2)
Leaving the comment open for interpretation. I derive the meaning as "this comment is less vapid, worthless, repetitive, and cliche than the content of this movie will be".
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I just wonder how much longer are the going to milk this franchise