STAR WARS EPISODES 10-12 Reportedly In The Works With DARK PHOENIX Director Simon Kinberg To Write & Produce

STAR WARS EPISODES 10-12 Reportedly In The Works With DARK PHOENIX Director Simon Kinberg To Write & Produce

Lucasfilm is developing a new Star Wars trilogy with Simon Kinberg on board to write and produce alongside Kathleen Leneddy. Will it continue the Skywalker Saga?

By MarkCassidy - Nov 07, 2024 01:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Via SFF Gazette

Major news for Star Wars fans here, as Lucasfilm is reportedly developing a new trilogy with Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) enlisted to write and produce all three films alongside Kathleen Kennedy.

Kinberg made his directorial debut with Dark Phoenix before going on to helm The 355. While these projects probably won't inspire much confidence, it's important to keep in mind that he will not be directing these new Star Wars movies (as far as we know, anyway).

Kinberg has written and produced a number of very successful projects, including the recent Deadpool and Wolverine. As far as the Galaxy Far, Far Away goes, he has previously worked as a co-creator on the Emmy-nominated animated series Star Wars Rebels alongside Dave Filoni and Carrie Beck, and was also a consultant on Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.

Interestingly, Deadline believes that this new trilogy will continue the Skywalker Saga with Episodes 10, 11 and 12, but the trade does note that this intel has been disputed, and some insiders claim that Kinberg will "instead begin a new saga and sits alongside Star Wars percolating projects with James Mangold, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Taika Waititi, and Donald Glover."

According to THR's follow-up report:

"The new story is not meant to be a continuation of the Skywalker Saga, the name of the overall arc of the popular and pop culture-dominating Star Wars movies known as Episodes 1 through 9. The intent here is to have brand new characters and a new story, and not have it be a continuation, according to sources. (Although that does not mean that some characters could not or would not pop up.)"

We probably won't know for sure until Disney makes the trilogy official.

We do know that Obaid-Chinoy's Rey-focused movie will be set 15 years after the events of The Rise of Skywalker, so if this does turn out to be a new sequel trilogy, will Rey also be involved? The untitled project was supposed to begin production before the end of the year, but appears to have been delayed.

Star Daisy Ridley addressed her return as the powerful Force-wielder for the first time since Celebration during a 2023 interview with Collider.

"I was shitting myself before I went on stage, because no one knew I was going to that," she said of her surprise appearance at the Celebration panel. "No one knew I was going to Celebration, bar like Kathy [Kennedy] and there were a couple of people. I was so nervous. Oh my God. It was such a wonderful reception. I'm very excited. The story is really cool. I'm waiting to read a script because, obviously, I don't have any other updates. It's not what I expected, but I'm very excited."

Ridley remained tight-lipped about specific plot details, but she did reveal that she did appear to confirm that the movie will be the next big-screen Star Wars project to enter production.

"I know the storyline for one film. That's not to say that that's all it is, but that's what I was told about. And I imagine it will be the next film, I think. I mean, again, I don't know, post strikes and everything, how quickly everything will start up again. But yes, so far, I know the story of one film and I think people will be very excited."

What do you make of this news? Would you be interested in a new trilogy continuing the Skywalker Saga?

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TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 11/7/2024, 1:04 PM
Simon Kinberg ? What the [frick] ? Are they trying to fail and lose $$$ ?
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 11/7/2024, 1:11 PM
@TheJok3r - sigh....somehow Kinbgerg returned
FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 11/7/2024, 1:04 PM
Eww, gross!
relentless1
relentless1 - 11/7/2024, 1:05 PM
Kinberg huh.... lol so Disney hasn't learned a damn thing I see 🤷🏽
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 11/7/2024, 1:12 PM
@relentless1 - He's cheap, so that's something I guess.
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 11/7/2024, 1:07 PM
I liked what he did with Rebels more than what he did with X-men.
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MrDandy
MrDandy - 11/7/2024, 1:16 PM
@MCUKnight11 - Simon Kinberg only wrote 4 episodes and most of them he co-wrote with someone else. He was a producer but was never a showrunner for Rebels.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/7/2024, 2:42 PM
@Godzilla2000Zer - that is great news, although the writer doesn't inspire much confidence. Amazon has great shows though, so I'm willing to give it a chance
edj999
edj999 - 11/8/2024, 5:29 AM
@Godzilla2000Zer - Hope it will be good, acutally I hope it gets made to start with. The article says Avi Arad is involved so not good news. I guess as with most SF shows a lot will depend on the budget, they are not the cheapest to make and if they take shortcuts to save money it might affect the quality of the show.
Lisa89
Lisa89 - 11/7/2024, 1:08 PM
We’ll have a lot of colorful things to say, but when they open, we’ll all go and watch them. It’s Star Wars.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 11/7/2024, 1:08 PM
It might sound weird to say as a CBM fan, but i miss the days when they would release one movie complete and wait for the feedback before planning the next one. Hell, even Nolan and Goyer did this with the Bale Batman trilogy.

Kinberg though? He's so hit and miss...you'd think they'd go with someone more consistent.

Well actually they went with JJ last time and look how that turned out. [frick] it, im paying for Disney + anyway, so why not.
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