Kathleen Kennedy: We are focusing on setting future SW movies in the sequel era and beyond

[Antoo]

Star Wars’ Upcoming Movies Will Be Set Around The Sequel Era, Says Kathleen Kennedy – Exclusive

The Lucasfilm boss talks to Empire at Star Wars Celebration about the big-screen plans for the Sequel Era.

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"The sequel era is what we talk a lot about in terms of where we're going with our movies, and just how far out from that we'll go. That's very much the space we're concentrating on."

Rogue Squadron has been rumored to be taking place post ST with Kennedy stating in the Vanity Fair article last week that Taika's film is set to begin a new era for SW. Seems they are still planning what the future for SW is on the big screen, which involves things later down in the timeline.

 

[Dhx]

Beyond? Sure.

Sequel Era? Good luck.

 

[anexanhume]

Has there been any commitment to a movie or series in the old republic yet?

 

[Dhx]

Double post.

 

[Ashodin]

Oh cool, will we get to the Legacy stuff eventually with Cade Skywalker?

 

[Elfgore]

Welp... that ain't the High or Old Republic stuff that I wanted.

 

[Saifu]

Old man Mando incoming

 

[Relix]

I just want Old Republic stuff. That's all. Why Disney. Why.

 

[Bentendo24]

Good, excited to see what comes next!

 

[ryseing]

Has there been any commitment to a movie or series in the old republic yet?

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Nope. Closest is the High Republic series that hasn't started filming yet.

 

[Walter White Walker]

Move on from the whole Skywalker thing to open everything up and I'm good.

 

[WhoaIsThatMars]

I would love stuff set way in the future. Sequel era stuff is something I'm far less interested in. I really want to just move on, but I guess it depends on who is attached to each project.

 

[mrbogus]

Disney got away with Rogue One because it takes place just before Star Wars 1977, but delving any further than The Mandalorian? I'm not watching knowing where its headed.

 

[PlanetSmasher]

"We're talking about setting movies in the Sequel Era and beyond, but we'll actually GREENLIGHT Original Trilogy continuity porn until every single OT actor is dead."

 

[El Bombastico]

Like everything LF says, I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[WhoaIsThatMars]

Move on from the whole Skywalker thing to open everything up and I'm good.

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Pretty much this. I feel like most people came out of the sequel trilogy wanting this. Even those that liked those films. The Skywalker stuff has been exhausted. I think we've reached the point where we want new stories and not constant references to stories already told.

 

[Charpunk]

Urg, I'm so over sequel era content.

 

[El Bombastico]

"We're talking about setting movies in the Sequel Era and beyond, but we'll actually GREENLIGHT Original Trilogy continuity porn until every single OT actor is dead."

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You and I both know they'll be deepfaking Luke even decades after Mark Hamill dies.

 

[Cranster]

Not surprising. Similar attitudes against this were around during the prequel era and it succeeded for the most part.

 

[The Unsent]

Couldn't care less after they retconned the central story, made Rey a Palpatine, and shit on the ending of TLJ

 

[guiloahhhhh]

Disney got away with Rogue One because it takes place just before Star Wars 1977, but delving any further than The Mandalorian? I'm not watching knowing where its headed.

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Same.

No matter what you think of each movie I think most SW fans would agree

Move
The
Fuck
On

 

[Soj]

Read the room and move on.

 

[thecouncil]

Gotta start fixing it. Make it make sense.

 

[Biske]

I want movies totally disconnected from any of the current movies. At most like "luke was some dude thousands of years ago" thats it. Go new wild cool places.

 

[TheDarkKnight]

Read the room and move on.

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If an animated series can pull the prequel universe out of the ditch then anything can be recovered.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Move on from the whole Skywalker thing to open everything up and I'm good.

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This. It is time to move the series on.

 

[Kalentan]

Where is my animated series (Filoni) set after Episode 9? I may not be happy how the ST ended up being overall, but at this point unless they want to retcon it, they have to rip the band aid off eventually.

 

[Cross-Section]

Read the room and make the Reylo movie, dammit

 

[Bonefish]

If an animated series can pull the prequel universe out of the ditch then anything can be recovered.

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prequel universe was rich in potential for stories. sequel universe is a wet fart of nothing.

 

[The Silver]

If an animated series can pull the prequel universe out of the ditch then anything can be recovered.

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The problem is they fucked up making the "sequel era" so short. The New Republic getting blown to hell and the defeat of the Final Order spans a year.

 

[Smoolio]

I would love future films to be a disconnected story from the skywalker saga plot, but also have a baddass Rey still on a new adventure. Or in a supporting Obi Wan like role.

 

[Lord Vatek]

Spoiler

 

[Wrexis]

Good.

Is there anyone that's going to say "You know I could use more backstory here" anymore?

Move. On.

 

[rjinaz]

Looking forward to teenager yoda.

 

[kubev]

Ah, good. The sequel era. So everyone can bump into as many recognizable characters from the series as possible, preventing the series from ever moving on.

 

[antonz]

The entire Sequel Trilogy is like 16 months long if lucky. Of course, it will be set afterwards. There is no time to do anything other than Pre Sequel trilogy and Post Sequel trilogy.

Thats what happens when you speedrun essentially what is the Episode 1-6 story that spans like 50 years and condense it to a 1 year marathon for 7-9

 

[John Harker]

They milked the shit out of the two years of the clone wars…. No way they aren't going to spend way way more time on the 30 years between ROTJ and TFA.

I doubt Mandolorian even ends without showing us the beginning of the first order and Snoke's reign and all that.

Jedi temple, young Kylo… it's inevitable.

 

[Zebesian-X]

Genuinely don't care where they set their sights, I just want good stories. They can do that in any era

But uh the sequel era and beyond sure does make sense if they plan on doing more with Grogu

 

[Bengraven]

In fairness you can start right where the movie ended and move forward. You have several legacy characters who can make occasional Next Generation appearances and in the end you say say it ended with the government divided due to much of the Republic being decimated, the Resistance weakened,
the First Order still lingering with some new head. But you have a blank slate as for world building for all new characters to pop in.

 

[Royalan]

After the last trilogy of films I need, at the bare minimum, the next Star Films flagship film to be completely divorced from anything Skywalker before I even begin to believe this. Because Star Wars' main problem for me right now as a narrative universe is how small it feels, especially considering...you know, it's an actual universe of stories allegedly.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Please. Just forget the Sequel era. Don't try to flesh it out in films. I do not care about the First Order.

 

[BasilZero]

Oh cool, will we get to the Legacy stuff eventually with Cade Skywalker?

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Yes this please!!!

 

[Witness]

Perfect, set it long after starring Grogu and watch the $$$ roll in.

 

[Grym]

wtf. I'm out

 

[Lukar]

Couldn't care less after they retconned the central story, made Rey a Palpatine, and shit on the ending of TLJ

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This. If Duel of the Fates had made it out and The Rise of Skywalker didn't exist, then I'd be singing a different tune. But as it is, I'm not really excited for anything related to the sequel trilogy. Especially since that era is basically just The Empire 2.0.

I'd be interested in stuff set after it though.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

I don't want to hear the name Skywalker, Vader, or Palpatine again.

TFA last Star Wars movie I liked. But I'm done with anything related to OT

 

[Hound]

I would like to know what Disney executive has the sequel era Star Wars as their pet project so they can get fired appropriately. That whole empire/rebels rehash era is trash, yet they're super committed to it for some reason.

 

[MisterHero]

Read the room and make the Reylo movie, dammit

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this tbh

 

[Mario_Bones]

I'll believe it when I see it. Expecting a Mando follow-up where all the sequel characters have cameos to tell Mando how cool he is.

 

[Katbobo]

"We're talking about setting movies in the Sequel Era and beyond, but we'll actually GREENLIGHT Original Trilogy continuity porn until every single OT actor is dead."

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We know that won't stop them. They're already breaking out the creepy-ass deepfaked voices and faces. All the OT actors will be their cinema puppets for centuries.