Will we finally get to learn more about George Lucas’s legendary Whills, the early Force wielders rumoured to hold the secret to becoming a Force Ghost? Or will Disney take Star Wars mythos in a completely new direction now that Lucas is no longer in charge? It bodes well that James Mangold will be working in a period that remains shrouded in mysteryĮither way, this feels like a brave decision by Lucasfilm, largely because such an early period in Star Wars “history” remains mostly unwritten. Its central protagonist will be a Jedi who learns to use their powers to battle oppression in an era of chaos. The second new film, it was revealed, will see James Mangold overseeing a tale set in the earliest days of the Force. ![]() Baby Yoda and Mando on the big screen? It had to happen, and now it will. And Celebration confirmed that Star Wars stalwart Dave Filoni will oversee a new movie that is expected to act as a climactic cinematic event for shows such as The Mandalorian and Ahsoka. We’ve already seen with the stupendous Mandalorian and the mercurial The Book of Boba Fett that there’s plenty of fertile ground in the period just after the original trilogy took place, as the last vestiges of the fallen Empire battle the forces of the New Republic. ![]() Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy revealed at London’s ExCel that the Disney-owned studio now envisages Star Wars as a saga that takes place across vast stretches of time, from the very early days of the Jedi, to a future beyond Rise of Skywalker.
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