Disney has yet another trilogy of Star Wars films in the works and some fans are getting a bit sick of perpetual announcements with no releases, with the number of planned films now totalling 14 and the number of those with release dates, never mind trailers or titles, totalling one.
X-Men producer Simon Kinberg is now writing and producing a trilogy of Star Wars films that will act as the beginning of a new saga, planned to release alongside the wealth of other announced films.
But despite Disney releasing no films in the franchise since the universally panned Star Wars: Episode 9 – The Rise of Skywalker in 2019, word of new Star Wars films no longer brings excitement for many fans who are instead left rolling their eyes.
That's because Disney now has more than a dozen films announced with just as many lacking any sort of title, release date, footage, casting, or anything else to suggest a film is actually coming. Disney has also cancelled several films in that time, such as one from Marvel Studios president Kevin Fiege and another trilogy from Game of Thrones showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff.
Every Upcoming Star Wars Movie and TV Show
What remains is a Mandalorian sequel called The Mandalorian & Grogu, an Episode 9 sequel starring Daisy Ridley, a film about the dawn of the Force from Logan and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny director James Mangold, and a film about the culmination of Star Wars shows such as Ahsoka from Lucasfilm's chief creative officer Dave Filoni.
Also coming is a film from Thor Ragnarok and Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi, one from Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy, an entire trilogy from Star Wars: Episode 8 – The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson, a Donald Glover-starring Lando Calrissian film, and another from Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins. With these 11 films not enough, Disney is now working with Kinberg on this new trilogy.
"I can't wait to hear nothing else about this project for two years, until we get the big exciting update that Kinberg has left and Lucasfilm is searching for a new writer," said obert-wan-kenobert on a Reddit post discussing the trilogy.
"Here we go again," said another user. "So, how long do we want to bet before this trilogy is canned as well?" asked another.
Another post outlined the 14 apparently incoming films. "I'm really looking forward to Untitled Star Wars Project, but I wouldn't mind if Untitled Star Wars Project doesn't end up happening," said laserbrained. "It’s really hard for me to take any of these announcements seriously when we have had absolutely zero traction on any rumored movies," ididshave said in another.
The Mandalorian & Grogu film is the only one definitely happening, as Disney actually released footage at this year's D23 event and even gave it a release date, though fans believe the three movies announced at 2023's Star Wars Celebration are also likely candidates.
This includes the next most talked about filmed, the Episode 9 sequel starring Ridley as Rey Skywalker rebuilding the Jedi Order 15 years later. It appeared to be making steady progress, with Ridley and director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy commenting on it semi-regularly, but it reportedly lost its screenwriter in October as Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight departed.
Mangold and Filoni's films are the other two, though practically nothing has been said about these since the announcement, despite Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy saying they were both "pretty far along" in development at the time.
Elsewhere, Waititi's film is apparently making slow and steady progress as it's not expected until around 2030. Levy's film is in a similar boat though reportedly picked up a writer in July, and Johnson's trilogy isn't in active development either. Lando was originally planned as a spin-off show but is now being developed as a sequel, and has similarly received no significant updates.
Finally, Jenkins had a Rogue Squadron movie announced before it was cancelled due to her commitments to Wonder Woman 3, but as that film was cancelled itself, Jenkins said she still owes Disney a Star Wars script and thus sparked hope that Rogue Squadron is back in development.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.