While Lucasfilm continues to find great success with the Star Wars franchise on Disney+, there's a lot of uncertainty surrounding where it's heading on the big screen.
Yesterday evening, we learned that Kevin Feige's movie has been shelved, while Rogue Squadron is no longer in active development. Taika Waititi is still developing a movie he'll star in, and Damon Lindelof's effort could be up first, but neither of those has definitive release dates and, as of right now, we have no idea what they're actually about!
It doesn't help that the Star Wars sequel trilogy was so divisive, of course, with many fans rejecting the creative decisions made by filmmakers J.J. Abrams and Rian Johnson.
During a recent interview with Moovy TV (via SFFGazette.com), The Mandalorian showrunner Jon Favreau suggested that, as far as he's aware, future movies are going to move beyond the events of The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker.
"There's definitely a conversation that's going on. And also what happens after the sequel trilogy, because the sequel trilogy only takes place over the course of a few years," he explains. "And it's a big thing on the screen, and it's very eventful. But it is a relatively brief moment in history over the course of the thousands of years that Star Wars takes place."
"And so what happens after it is interesting too, and I know that there's some discussion, exploration going on about what happens after it."
That time period after Episode IX is completely unexplored and, with no movies to build up to (even The High Republic era needs to lead into The Phantom Menace), Lucasfilm can tell a huge variety of stories.
However, fans are going to be keen to see what came next for Rey, for example, so it might be a good idea to jump into the future by a significant amount of time. As a result, those heroes and villains from the past would only inform what happens as the Galaxy continues to evolve rather than dictate where it goes next.
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