Kathleen Kennedy on the future of Star Wars movies: "We need to create a whole new saga"
A lot of new content was showcased at Lucasfilm's major Star Wars Celebration panel. We saw the first official trailer for Andor, got a glimpse of The Mandalorian season 3 (read a description of the trailer here), and a new Disney Plus series from Spider-Man director Jon Watts was confirmed. However, there was no update on the current state of the Star Wars movies.
Following the presentation, we met with Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy to discuss what's going on with those new Star Wars movies, with Kennedy confirming that Taika Waititi's movie will be next, although there's no release date set in place. Here's our quick Q&A with the producer.
Total Film: Star Wars Celebration has led to some very exciting new, but I would say there was a curious lack of talk about the movies. There were reports that the next movie will now be Taika Waititi's Star Wars film. Is that correct?.
Kathleen Kennedy: That's correct.
Is that aiming for 2023?
Yeah. Well, not 2023, but late 2023.
The December 2023 release date?
We haven't locked anything in.
The future of the movies is still in movement?
Of course, they've been in movement all along. As we leave the saga, we have all this great, exciting work happening on the television side that informs so much about where we're going. We want to be very intentional about that. And we have great talent that we're working with – people who care so deeply about what the next iteration of Star Wars is and about getting people back into movie theatres, so we can really come out with a bang. That's important to us.
Do you think that is a hesitancy perhaps in exploring past the Skywalker Saga?
No hesitancy.
So that's very much on your mind?
Oh, yes. We need to create a whole new saga. That takes a
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