Plus we also saw Chow take charge in the limited series Obi-Wan, and Bryce Dallas-Howard directed two extremely well-received episodes of The Mandalorian. Victoria Mahoney served as the second unit director on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Deborah Chow directed an episode of the highly regarded Disney+ series The Mandalorian. We say movie because Disney and Lucasfilms already enjoyed creating more opportunities for women. First, this would be the very first Star Wars movie employing a female director. Kennedy’s original announcement was notable for a couple of reasons. ROGUE SQUADRON WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIRST STAR WARS FILM WITH A FEMALE DIRECTOR Patty Jenkins being busy with Wonder Woman and Cleopatra (both with Gal Gadot) were part of the reason, but it could have also meant a general shift for the Star Wars franchise. In fact, Disney has removed the movie completely from its planned lineup of Star Wars movies and projects going forward. The movie had been delayed a bit when it appeared that Patty Jenkins’ schedule wasn’t going to coincide with a production timeline.īut then, somewhat quietly, it looked like Rogue Squadron wasn’t going to happen at all. STAR WARS ROGUE SQUADRON HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FRANCHISE LINEUP OF MOVIESįans were dealt a pretty brutal blow when it was announced that Rogue Squadron wouldn’t be coming in the near future, or maybe at all, in the Star Wars universe.

And to boot, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins would helm the project.īut things have exploded like the Death Star with this film and it looks like it won’t be happening anytime soon, and likely not at all.

While most projects focused solely on premiering on the Disney+ platform, the true surprise came when Kennedy announced that Star Wars: Rogue Squadron would be the next movie in the Star Wars theatrical adventures. Star Wars fans were blown away when Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy announced during Disney’s Investor Day a litany of Star Wars projects currently in development.

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