RUMOR: Dave Filoni's STAR WARS Crossover Movie Hinges On Box Office Success Of THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU

RUMOR: Dave Filoni's STAR WARS Crossover Movie Hinges On Box Office Success Of THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU

While Lucasfilm chief creative officer Dave Filoni has ambitious plans for a Star Wars crossover event movie, that would be relegated to Disney+ if The Mandalorian & Grogu isn't a box office success...

By JoshWilding - Jan 14, 2025 09:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: SFFGazette.com

The Mandalorian & Grogu wasn't originally conceived as a movie but, during 2023's WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, Disney decided that The Mandalorian season 4 would be better served as a theatrical title. 

After all, why develop a pricey series for existing Disney+ subscribers when there are potentially hundreds of millions of dollars to be made in theaters? That strategy certainly paid off for Moana 2 last November (it's so far grossed $990.3 million worldwide). 

Jon Favreau is at the helm of The Mandalorian & Grogu, while Dave Filoni still intends to release his Star Wars crossover event movie somewhere down the line.

That's not heading our way until after Ahsoka season 2 at the earliest and is expected to serve as the culmination of this post-Return of the Jedi era of storytelling. While few official details have been revealed, we're anticipating it being a loose adaptation of "Heir to the Empire."

However, Filoni's movie may not be a sure thing. 

According to insider Daniel Richtman (via SFFGazette.com), "I hear that if the Mando film flops, they'll reconsider their plans and turn the crossover film into a miniseries. Lucasfilm is reportedly going to play it 'safe' with their shows moving forward - whatever that means."

It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world for that movie to become a TV show; what would hurt is if this becomes yet another abandoned idea from Lucasfilm that we don't see come to fruition. A previous example which immediately springs to mind is Solo: A Star Wars Story's big Maul tease. Oh, and let us not forget The Acolyte's unresolved ending.

During an appearance at Disneyland's Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premiere last month, Filoni shared an exciting update on where things stand with Ahsoka season 2.

"I'm so well into that as well. I've been writing it, and I'm still the single writer on it, and so I've been enjoying doing that, but it's a challenge, of course, and working some of these arcs through has been a challenge and making sure it's all going to come out in a way that I think is exciting for fans," he teased.

"I know that they're interested in where some of the things I developed in Season 1," Filoni continued. "I'm pretty happy with it. Love working with Rosario [Dawson], so I can’t wait to get back to that."

As for how work has progressed on The Mandalorian & Grogu movie ahead of its 2026 release, the filmmaker confirmed that shooting has wrapped (all without a single set photo finding its way online). 

"I'm very excited about it as well," Filoni teased. "Jon and I had a great time working on that, as we always do. It was great seeing Grogu. He's become such a star, and it's amazing how it's evolved, what we can do now with the puppetry compared to Season 1 and where we are today in a film working with the team which I worked quite a bit with them on the puppetry."

"Legacy effects did a fantastic job, and what a wonderful little creation Grogu is," he concluded, hinting that we could see even more from the already-incredible practical Grogu puppet utilized in The Mandalorian TV series. 

Keep checking back here for updates as we have them.

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Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 1/14/2025, 9:10 AM
Mom, can we have Luke Skywalker?
We have Luke Skywalker at home.

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NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 1/14/2025, 10:04 AM
@Feralwookiee - having Luke show up in the mandalorian and book of boba Fett were the only times I felt pure joy while watching anything Star Wars in the last 10 years
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 1/14/2025, 10:37 AM
@NonPlayerC - yep
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 1/14/2025, 9:12 AM
The movie will definitely have a big opening weekend due to how long it's been since we last got a Star Wars movie, however, its overall box office numbers will depend on its quality.
ItsNotForMeWahh
ItsNotForMeWahh - 1/14/2025, 9:14 AM
Genuinely curious how this performs. While there have been good parts of the Disney+ shows many people are over Star Wars, especially this time period.

Maybe it'll do better than Episode 9
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 1/14/2025, 9:16 AM
"Dave Filoni's STAR WARS Crossover Movie Hinges On Box Office Success Of THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU" .......yes..... thats normally how directors continue to make movies, what other words of knowledge and wisdom can you share with us? User Comment Image
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/14/2025, 9:20 AM
If true then I’m glad they are taking it slowly and seeing how Mando & Grogu does first then moving ahead with this…

The Mandoverse has done well for them on tv but that doesn’t mean it will necessarily translate to the big screen , especially when the fever around The Mandalorian isn’t at the peak it used to be I think though that can always change once marketing kicks off!!.

Anyway , I do hope the report of them playing it safe with their shows isn’t true if it means they are just gonna stick to familiar characters and such rather then experiment like they have with Skeleton Crew to an extent ,Andor & Acolyte…

The latter might have been flawed (though I still enjoyed it for the most part) but it allowed us to see a different period of time then we normally do so let’s get more fresh & new things please!!.
Imprtracr1
Imprtracr1 - 1/14/2025, 9:31 AM
Favreau I trust completely. Filoni I do not.

To me, they're polar opposites.


All they had to do is [frick]ing continue the vibe of Luke Skywalker's apperances in Mando and their spinoff shows that followed. The audience lost their minds when he showed up. It was real, it was visceral. They (Lucasfilm/Kennedy/Disney know it and hated that it had such a profound effect on the audience because it flies in the face of all the bullshit Disney wanted to do and has done that has led SW into ruin.
FK Lucasfilm and Disney.

Favreau all the way.
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 1/14/2025, 9:34 AM
Good, then we don't have to worry about Filoni fracking up the SW universe anymore. The dimwit doesn't even know what the Force is or what Force powers are. He thinks it's just a mutant power that you can get if you really really believe in yourself. F this guy.
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 1/14/2025, 10:39 AM
@WarMonkey - agree
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 1/14/2025, 9:39 AM
So they’ll take a chance on 3 crappy poorly received by fans Rey movies because Kathleen Kennedy doesn’t mind ruining legacy but it might be too much to invest in with a successful Mando franchise.
In Filoni we trust.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/14/2025, 9:55 AM
This clown didn't "hear" anything. It's common knowledge if this fails, the other won't happen.
gulducati
gulducati - 1/14/2025, 10:31 AM
@bobevanz - Exactly, doesn't take a scooper or industry expert to know that.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 1/14/2025, 9:59 AM
Not sure Filoni is getting hated on. Rebels was awesome, imo. Dude has pumped out WAYYYYY better SW stuff than any of the recent movies, and the only show better than Mando and Ashoka just happens to be the BEST SW Show ever... Andor
gulducati
gulducati - 1/14/2025, 10:31 AM
Star Wars once had so much cred and fan loyalty that you didn't need to hinge any plans on previous films. How the mighty have fallen.
vegetaray
vegetaray - 1/14/2025, 10:34 AM
Is it too soon to have the conversation about how Disney has absolutely run the Star Wars IP into the ground? I think it’s about that time…

Doesn’t seem to be anyone who actually cares for this drivel anymore. It only exists as a point of contention in a world where people would rather argue to bolster their own opinions than glean some type of enjoyment out of the product. Hell…Children today, whom should arguably be the focal point of focus for this type of IP anyway, don’t seem to even give a shit about it anymore.

Star Wars is dead, and Disney did everything they could possibly do to kill it 🤷‍♂️.
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 1/14/2025, 10:37 AM
good luck with that
OrgasmicPotatoe
OrgasmicPotatoe - 1/14/2025, 10:54 AM
After the failure of the sequel trilogy and the middling results on D+, I think it's safe to say that all of Star Wars rests on that movie's success
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/14/2025, 11:21 AM
I really doubt that. Filoni is the one guy that has a proven track record of making Star Wars stuff that is liked by fans. If anything, they should give him all the keys.

If Lucasfilm wants to play it safe, they shouldn't be greenlighting all those movies and tv shows. Takes away from the event-status. Especially if they want a threequel trilogy.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/14/2025, 11:35 AM
@bkmeijer1 - dude pretty much has it since he’s their chief creative officer

Also no surprise given some of the comments here and social media but there’s growing divisiveness about him too

Fans suck.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/14/2025, 12:49 PM
@TheVisionary25 - teue, he does already hold significant keychains. Don't get why people don't like him though. He's still calling George to check up on things
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/14/2025, 1:03 PM
@bkmeijer1 - they just think they know SW better then he does and don’t like the choices he’s made

You can see it in the comments here.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/14/2025, 3:10 PM
@TheVisionary25 - yeah, that's true. Star Wars has multiple generations of fans, all with their own idea of what it is and should be, so there's always a group disagreeing.
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 1/14/2025, 11:39 AM
once they brought in Luke, they should have centered this Mandoverse around him. Yes they would need to recast but they kind of made their bed telling these stories in a time period where Luke is rebuilding the order.
Lhornbk
Lhornbk - 1/14/2025, 1:33 PM
Ummm....you're the only one who is really upset that The Acolyte's unresolved ending will never be explored again. Well, you and the people who worked on the show and wanted to make more money, and maybe a few thousand who were watching that show for the diversity and don't actually care about Star Wars (and they're not really upset about the unresolved ending, just that their diverse show bombed.)
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/14/2025, 1:42 PM
At least our Josh Wilding got the headline the right way around (Dave Filoni's STAR WARS Crossover Movie Hinges On Box Office Success Of THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU). The Josh Wilding on SFF Gazette got it backwards (RUMOR: THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU's Success Hinges On Whether Dave Filoni's Crossover Movie Still Happens).

Our Josh Wilding is way better than their Josh Wilding.

(this joke came via SFFGazette)

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