STAR WARS: After Being Announced Five Years Ago, Rian Johnson's Planned Trilogy Is Now On The Backburner

STAR WARS: After Being Announced Five Years Ago, Rian Johnson's Planned Trilogy Is Now On The Backburner

We're not surprised by this in many ways, but in an update about Star Wars' big screen future, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has confirmed that Rian Johnson's planned trilogy has been put on hold...

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By JoshWilding - May 18, 2022 10:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Variety (via SFFGazette.com)

Between 2015 and 2019, Lucasfilm released Star Wars movies on a yearly basis. However, when both Solo: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker disappointed, Disney appeared to put the franchise's big screen projects on hold and shifted focus to making content for Disney+ instead. 

Thanks to the streaming service, we've so far had two seasons of The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and an array of animated projects like The Bad Batch and Star Wars: Visions. 

Talking to Vanity Fair (via SFFGazette.com), Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy spoke about future plans for Star Wars on the silver screen. Asked about Marvel Studios' President Kevin Feige's movie (which Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness writer Michael Waldron recently confirmed he's working on), she responded: "I would love to see what movie he might come up with. But right now, no, there isn’t anything [specific]."

Uh, okay then. We're pretty sure Feige is working on a Star Wars movie, but with Rogue Squadron sidelined after a pricey hype video dropped during Disney's Investor Day in 2020, we're not surprised that Kennedy is being a tad vague. She did, however, confirm that Star Wars: The Last Jedi writer and director Rian Johnson's planned trilogy is on the backburner. "Rian has been unbelievably busy with Knives Out and the deal that he made at Netflix for multiple movies."

"We have a road map," the excecutive noted, hinting that Taika Waititi and Krysty Wilson-Cairns' project is likely the first time we'll head back to this Galaxy Far, Far Away in theaters since 2019.

"I hesitate to use the word trilogies anymore because Star Wars is much more about persistent storytelling," Kennedy added, seemingly dialling back expectations for future movies when they are eventually announced. Instead, it's looking like the focus is being shifted to episodic storytelling on Disney+ for the time being, and that's definitely proven to be a success for the studio thus far.

Keep your eye on SFFGazette.com for all the latest on the future of Star Wars.

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Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 5/18/2022, 10:01 AM
Looks like she does have some sanity left.
The1st
The1st - 5/18/2022, 11:05 AM
@Urubrodi - I dunno. I feel like persistent should be replaced with consistent.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 5/18/2022, 4:28 PM
@Urubrodi - My problem is that everything so far is just going to D+, what happened to the movies? I miss the cinematic big budget Star Wars movies and the ones that have been announced aren't coming out for a while.
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 5/18/2022, 10:02 AM
Brick and Knives Out were awesome, Looper was ok but I couldn’t get into TLJ, it felt more like Battlestar Galactica to me. 🤷‍♂️
SauronthePower
SauronthePower - 5/19/2022, 1:42 AM
@AnthonyVonGeek - except BSG was high art that greatly accelerated the gritty (The Wire, BB, late Sopranos) evolution of television and TLJ was complete garbge
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 5/18/2022, 10:02 AM
Backburner? Thought that shit was cancelled after The Last Jedi
McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/18/2022, 12:17 PM
@BlackStar25 - it was
RafaelTorres
RafaelTorres - 5/18/2022, 10:03 AM
Well she doesn't rule it out, and she's smart not to, seeing as The Last Jedi is incredible and the 3rd best Star Wars movie.
PantherKing
PantherKing - 5/18/2022, 10:05 AM
@RafaelTorres - 3rd best Star Wars movie from the bottom
CaptainScotland
CaptainScotland - 5/18/2022, 10:45 AM
@RafaelTorres - I'm with you, man. I love The Last Jedi
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 5/18/2022, 11:10 AM
@RafaelTorres - Have you only watched the sequel trilogy? If yes, then your ranking is correct.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 5/18/2022, 10:04 AM
I like Rian Johnson (quite a bit) but it's clear at this point that he's not coming back to Star Wars.
ForceofWakanda
ForceofWakanda - 5/18/2022, 10:21 AM
@regularmovieguy -

With the way they were trying to dunk on him in Episode 9, I really wouldn't want to if I were him
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 5/18/2022, 11:03 PM
@regularmovieguy -


Looper is amazing. His star wars film was meh but alot better than episode 9.


Episode 9 was so bad that they blamed episode 8 for how bad 9 was😐....


Episode 9 is the worst star wars film next to clone wars. They brought palpatine back🤡



What a disaster🤡🤡🤡🤡
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 5/18/2022, 10:05 AM
I really hope we get to see that roadmap in a few weeks on Star Wars celebration.

Do expect from it not to feature any movie on it though. Out of all movies in the works, I just don't see any of them happen anytime soon (if at all)
Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 5/18/2022, 10:07 AM
Yeah that has been kinda obvious for a while now. Why they keep announcing Star Wars projects before they even get off the ground is completely beyond me. I seriously doubt we’re getting anything movie wise for a long time. They are gonna stick to the tv stuff and then do a new trilogy with horrible CGI Luke, Leia and Han In like 10 years.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/18/2022, 10:07 AM
He's a great director but man TLJ was rough
TheWinkler
TheWinkler - 5/18/2022, 10:09 AM
Shame. I think a Star Wars trilogy mapped out entirely by Johnson would've been great. After I've had time to simmer on the sequel trilogy I PERSONALLY feel that TLJ, despite all of its flaws, was the best of the bunch.
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 5/18/2022, 10:09 AM
Damn, I coulda swore the internet told me this was cancelled



Then again, it also said Kathleen Kennedy was fired, and yet here I am reading her words.
Kyos
Kyos - 5/18/2022, 10:12 AM


Awesome that the trilogy is not a priority for anyone, terrible that it's not outright cancelled.
Forthas
Forthas - 5/18/2022, 10:12 AM
They should just acknowledge it wont happen. Everyone can see the writing on the wall.
Dotanuki
Dotanuki - 5/18/2022, 10:14 AM
I think it’s a wise idea to move away from trilogies. What’s wrong with just single films or two parters?
Razorface1
Razorface1 - 5/18/2022, 3:23 PM
@Dotanuki - Well for one, its easier to sell box sets of trilogies. That's all I got.
ForceofWakanda
ForceofWakanda - 5/18/2022, 10:20 AM
In their new VF article, LucasFilm essentially made it clear that they are committed to specifically catering to fans and nothing else.

I think this has been the biggest issue with Star Wars under Disney/new LucasFilm

They are terrified of how fans will react to change...and it has dictated the majority of their creative decisions. This franchise won't expand or grow beyond the OT until they stop pandering to the type of fans that were irrationally upset at every aspect of The Last Jedi for example. It's honestly kind've sad, because they're wasting so much potential
Kyos
Kyos - 5/18/2022, 10:56 AM
@ForceofWakanda - I will truly never get what TLJ fans saw in that movie, because one of the aspects of the movie I had a huge problem with was its complicity in making the franchise tread water.
ForceofWakanda
ForceofWakanda - 5/18/2022, 10:59 AM
@Kyos -

Well TLJ was working with what TFA established...and it actually did move the franchise forward...from the complaints, that seems to be part of why a lot were upset about the movie in the first place
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