Rogue Squadron is not dead. The next Star Wars movie is on the way, following a new deal between Disney subsidiary Lucasfilm and filmmaker Patty Jenkins.
What will be the next Star Wars At the movie theater ? Since 2019, it is difficult to know what will succeed the third trilogy, as Disney and Lucasilm only seem to have eyes for the SVOD series. The projects are linked on the small screen: The Boba Fett Book, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Mandalorian (the third season is coming), Andor (which will have a second one)…
For dark rooms, the most immediate project had to be Rogue Squadron, a feature film dedicated to the Rogue Squadron, a group of elite pilots, members of the Rebel Alliance, ready to accomplish the most perilous missions against the Galactic Empire. This state-of-the-art unit has hosted the likes of Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles.
Except that the latest news, Rogue Squadron was going through severe turbulence. At the end of 2021, echoes reported the existence of artistic disputes between the filmmaker – Patty Jenkins – and the production. We then feared a postponement of the release date, set until now at the end of 2023. And then, in September 2022, the film was completely out of Disney’s schedule.
Rogue Squadron is still on track
The end of beans for Rogue Squadron ? To everyone’s surprise, the project is not definitively buried… according to Patty Jenkins herself. The director shared on December 14 a text on Twitter in which she returns to the cancellation of another project on which she was mobilized: Wonder Woman 3. It was in the course of her development that she spoke of Star Wars.
It turns out that Disney re-offered him a contract for Rogue Squadron. Initially, Patty Jenkins felt that there would be a conflict of agenda between this film on Star Wars and the one on Wonder Woman 3 and she left Rogue Squadron especially for this reason. That being the case, Disney was willing to wait out production on the superheroine for its own movie.
” In fact, I’m still working on it and this project has been in active development ever since. “, is it explained in his message. Assuming that there were indeed disagreements, they too were overcome. It is not known, however, if Patty Jenkins and Disney kept the initial developments for the film or if they changed the script and other aspects of the film.
However, nothing is settled: I don’t know if that will happen or not. We never know until the development process is complete, but I look forward to its potential to come. “, warns the filmmaker. It must be said that the initial upheavals on the side of Rogue Squadron and the cancellation of wonder woman 3 actually call for a great deal of caution.
The obvious patience of Disney and its readiness to re-sign a contract with Patty Jenkins, via its subsidiary Lucasfilm (it is she who manages the Star Wars license), are however positive signals for the rest of the events. Especially since this project is one of the most advanced among the films. On the other hand, it will probably not be necessary to hope for it too soon. A new hope, therefore, but for later.
