{"id":92964,"date":"2023-04-09T01:46:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T01:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/09\/lucasfilm-updates-taika-waititi-rian-johnson-star-wars-films\/"},"modified":"2023-04-09T01:46:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T01:46:20","slug":"lucasfilm-updates-taika-waititi-rian-johnson-star-wars-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/09\/lucasfilm-updates-taika-waititi-rian-johnson-star-wars-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucasfilm Updates Taika Waititi &#038; Rian Johnson &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; Films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"\/>\n<p><strong>Star Wars Celebration<\/strong> is in full swing in London. Yesterday, we acquired some massive updates about new movies from<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/dawn-of-the-jedi-star-wars-movie-james-mangold-20230407\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Mangold<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/dave-filoni-star-wars-directing-film-mandalorian-verse-20230407\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dave Filoni<\/a><\/strong>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/update-stars-wars-movie-sharmeen-obaid-chinoy-20230407\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Daisy Ridley<\/strong>\u2018s return as Rey<\/a> for the upcoming film helmed by <strong>Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy<\/strong> (\u201c<strong>Ms. Marvel<\/strong>\u201c). In the midst of all that, there was a little bit of shock that some previously announced films weren\u2019t getting discussed during the <strong>Lucasfilm<\/strong> panel. However, we got a brief rundown of the status of a handful of \u201c<strong>Star Wars<\/strong>\u201d live-action initiatives straight from studio head <strong>Kathleen Kennedy<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/dawn-of-the-jedi-star-wars-movie-james-mangold-20230407\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE: \u2018Dawn Of The Jedi\u2019: James Mangold To Direct New \u2018Star Wars\u2019 Film Set 25,000 Years In The Past<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While talking with <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/news\/kathleen-kennedy-star-wars-celebration-lucasfilm-daisy-ridley-obi-wan-kenobi-season-2-1235577414\/#recipient_hashed=0abd56a6ab006be60ae79d00fb9e9dfb304b62a672a172fab699c03633832c4d&amp;recipient_salt=a47476e203b7a84569e37504e29fc80a8d0252255313d6798cecbb1844124038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Variety<\/a>, Kennedy reveals that filmmaker <strong>Taika Waititi<\/strong> (\u201c<strong>Thor: Raganork<\/strong>\u201c) is still involved with his own \u201cStar Wars\u201d movie, however continues to be writing the script. Some followers had been frightened that Waititi\u2019s venture might have been killed after it wasn\u2019t brought-up throughout the Lucasfilm panel yesterday, Kennedy saying they\u2019re hopeful to get it made \u201cone day.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaika is still working away. He\u2019s writing the script himself. He doesn\u2019t really want to bring others into that process and I don\u2019t blame him. He has a very, very unique voice. So we want to protect that and that\u2019s what he\u2019s doing. But we\u2019re going to make that one day,\u201d the studio head said at Star Wars Celebration. <\/p>\n<p>There was additionally a short mentioning of <strong>Rian Johnson<\/strong>\u2018s (\u201c<strong>Star Wars: The Last Jedi\u201d<\/strong>) trilogy as Kennedy gave the impression that he\u2019s eager to return however presently busy along with his Benoit Blanc franchise at <strong>Netflix<\/strong>. That  profitable take care of the streaming large contains yet another movie to follow-up the whodunnit occasions from \u201c<strong>Knives Out<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>Glass Onion<\/strong>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>When requested in regards to the standing of a second season of <strong>Ewan McGregor<\/strong>\u2018s \u201c<strong>Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/strong>,\u201d Kennedy was quick to say it wasn\u2019t in \u201cactive development,\u201d however added the optimistic sentiment, \u201cnever say never.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll turn our attention to that again maybe down the road,\u201d Kennedy advised Variety. <\/p>\n<p>Some of the opposite \u201cStar Wars\u201d tidbits from Star Wars Celebration is that the animated anthology collection \u201c<strong>Tales of The Jedi<\/strong>\u201d is getting a second season. Another nifty bit of knowledge contains that The High Republic collection, \u201c<strong>The Acolyte<\/strong>,\u201d will function established Jedi Vernestra Rwoth performed by <strong>Rebecca Henderson <\/strong>(\u201c<strong>Russian Doll<\/strong>,\u201d \u201c<strong>Westworld<\/strong>\u201c) with a first-look picture (see beneath) and present Chewbacca actor <strong>Joonas Suotamo<\/strong> (\u201c<strong>Solo: A Star Wars Story<\/strong>\u201c) taking part in a Wookie Jedi Master named Kelnacca. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Recognizing our errors and doing higher is the trail of a Jedi.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Henderson is Vernestra Rwoh in The Acolyte, an upcoming Original Star Wars collection from Lucasfilm coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DisneyPlus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DisneyPlus<\/a> in 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarWarsCelebration?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#StarWarsCelebration<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Star Wars (@starwars) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/starwars\/status\/1644689740409495552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BIG NEWS! I&#8217;m taking part in Wookiee Jedi Kelnacca in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheAcolyte?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TheAcolyte<\/a>! That&#8217;s proper, a WOOKIEE JEDI. I&#8217;m past thrilled to be returning to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarWars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#StarWars<\/a> as a part of a brand new and thrilling unique story and I can not wait so that you can see it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TTrS3F0Gh4\">pic.twitter.com\/TTrS3F0Gh4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joonas Suotamo (@JoonasSuotamo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoonasSuotamo\/status\/1644430431117545472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>(function(d, s, id){var js, fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if(d.getElementById(id)) return; js=d.createElement(s); js.id=id; js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.0\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Star Wars Celebration is in full swing in London. Yesterday, we acquired some massive updates about new movies from James Mangold, Dave Filoni, and Daisy Ridley\u2018s return as Rey for the upcoming film helmed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (\u201cMs. Marvel\u201c). In the midst of all that, there was a little bit of shock that some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-92964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}