After a five-year detour, the Star Wars saga is finally heading back to the big screen. Lucasfilm has had a handful of theatrical projects in the works since 2019, and not all have come to fruition. But with the franchise’s efforts on Disney+ more or less paying off — and its biggest serialized success, The Mandalorian, set to inspire a film of its own — Lucasfilm’s new slate of feature films might just make it to the finish line.
Apart from The Mandalorian and Grogu, there are at least three stories on the go. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is working on a sequel to Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker, while Dave Filoni will round out the Mando-verse with his own take on the non-canon novel Heir to the Empire. But the most ambitious of these projects might be Dawn of the Jedi, a prequel from Logan director James Mangold.
