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‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’ Movie and a Second Season of Ahsoka!

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Breaking News from Lucasfilm!!!

The Mandalorian and Grogu are embarking on a new adventure — to movie theaters.

Directed by Jon Favreau, and produced by Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, and Dave Filoni, The Mandalorian & Grogu will go into production in 2024.

“I have loved telling stories set in the rich world that George Lucas created,” said Favreau. “The prospect of bringing the Mandalorian and his apprentice Grogu to the big screen is extremely exciting.”

“Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni have ushered into Star Wars two new and beloved characters, and this new story is a perfect fit for the big screen,” added Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm.

The Mandalorian & Grogu will lead Lucasfilm’s ongoing feature-development slate, including films helmed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, James Mangold, and Dave Filoni, who is also currently developing Ahsoka Season 2, among those in the works.

So what does this mean for the Dave Filoni film that was announced at last year’s Star Wars Celebration? Inquiring minds would like to know. Leave your thoughts in the appropriate places!

John Boyega Returning and Pre-Production Start Date for New Star Wars Film

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Perhaps the biggest news coming from Celebration Europe 2023 was the announcement of three new Star Wars films. One of those films (which previously had Damon Lindelof attached) is going to be directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and will see the return of Daisy Ridley as Rey. According to the news coming from Celebration, the movie will take place fifteen years after the events of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

During this week’s episode of The Hot Mic, John Rocha mentioned that John Boyega has “buried the hatchet” with Kathleen Kennedy, and is now in negotiations to return to the Star Wars galaxy away as Finn.

“I’ll tell you this – I’ll break this for myself. According to some sources that I know, a couple of sources, different sources have reached out to me because of this show [The Hot Mic], and according to them and what they’re hearing is…John Boyega will be coming back for this movie. That’s what I’ve been hearing from a couple of my sources, trusted people that I know.“

-John Rocha

Other good news for the future of the film is concerning the start date. Original rumors surrounding the film pointed towards a Summer start, but a new report from Jeff Sneider has surfaced claiming that filming for the sequel follow-up will begin in February of 2024 and that Lucasfilm is aiming for a release in December 2025. It seems that the company is looking to begin pre-production this August, which means casting will begin in earnest around that time.

“I’m told that, we’ve been saying all along that the Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy project I guess – it’s no longer the Damon Lindelof project, the Steven Knight and SOC project, the movie that Lucasfilm releases in December 2025 and to that I am told that pre-production will start in August, and so casting will start around then. They may be making lists right now at Lucasfilm for who they want in that movie, but I don’t think they’ve gone out to any talent and I don’t think they will until after the Summer. I would expect answers before Labor Day.”

-Jeff Sneider

Even though Daisy Ridley was announced to be in the film, it seems she will not be the lead. Jeff Sneider says that Ridley, will most likely be utilized in more of a Luke Skywalker/Obi-Wan Kenobi mentor capacity.

The untitled project is being written by Steven Knight, directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and stars Daisy Ridley.

New Star Wars “Rey” Movie Script, Six Weeks Away

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Daisy Ridley as Rey in the final moments of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. (Disney/Lucasfilm)

During the Studio Panel of Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023, Lucasfilm announced three new films that would be coming to theaters in the next few years. First up it seems, will be the Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy directed movie featuring the return of Daisy Ridley as Rey Skywalker. The movie is set 15 years after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and will see Rey setting up the New Jedi Order.

Speaking with Yahoo UK exclusively following Saturday’s Ahsoka panel, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy shared that a script for the upcoming film is imminent.

We’ve been working on that [film] for a few years and all of that feeds in to our overall storytelling, said Kennedy.
So we’ve just got to a point now where we’ve got a wonderful writer in Steven Knight, he’s come on board and we’re going to see a script probably in the next month and a half that we’ve been working on for quite a while.
So we’re getting close.

Yahoo! Movies UK – https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/star-wars-rey-movie-progress-072236466.html

Steven Knight recently took over writing duties on the film after Damon Lindelof left. If the script is turned in in six weeks, then it will probably take a few more to look over it and give it a final approval. Look for this film to start filming at some point late this year or early next year.