Will another new trilogy arise or will standalone stories rule the galaxy?
Rogue Oneis charting a new destiny forStar Wars.
In 2019, director Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) will deliverEpisode IX.
Credit: 2016 Lucasfilm
But after that…?
Thats a conversation going on right now, too, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy says.
I have to honestly tell you, could we [do nothing but standalones]?
But I dont know.
We are looking at all of that.
We feel that that is proprietary with the saga films.
But how this evolves…?
We havent fully decided, and [traditionalStar Warselements] may be pretty spare for this first one.
After the release of the new film, theStar Warsbraintrust will map out the further reaches of the galaxy.
At the last minute, the split with Trank backburnered the project.
Theactor himself has been enthusiasticabout such an idea, if it were to happen.
Lucasfilm isnt tipping its hand about new titles yet.
Theyre waiting until afterRogue Ones debut to begin figuring that out.
There are [possible movies] that we have been talking a lot about, Kennedy says.
We have enough information where we can step back a little bit and say, What are we doing?
What do we feel is exciting?
And what are some of the things we want to explore?
Who will be making those calls?
We always pull in the directors and the writers that have been a part of these other three movies.
We create pretty much a very collegiate group of people to share ideas.
Obviously inside the mythology there were lots of opportunities.
So that was the first conversation I had.
The concept forRogue Onecame from John Knoll, a legendary visual effects supervisor from Industrial Light and Magic.
It was sort of spit-balling ideas.
Rogue Onefelt like a great beginning for because they know about the Death Star plans.
They know the things that happened inA New Hope, she says.
If all goes according toRogue Ones plan, future standalones wont have to lean against events from previous films.
I think that thats exciting for fans, Kennedy adds.
In other words, theStar Warsfilms could be venturing very far from home.
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