Latest ‘Star Wars’ News: Taika Waititi’s movie may begin shooting in 2024 and ‘Fortnite’ begins a prequel-themed ‘Star Wars’ week

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We’re now in sight of Star Wars Day on May 4. The centerpiece of the annual celebration will be the second season of Star Wars Visions, with the entire second season arriving at once on Disney Plus. This brings together top animation studios from around the world and lets them go nuts in a galaxy far, far away with non-canon stories pushing the boundaries of what Star Wars can be.

Bubbling away under that is the continued enjoyment of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Though performance issues and various bugs (particularly on PC) have dampened its launch, the patching process is ongoing, and it seems each day the game gets a little smoother and a little more glitch-free.

Though we were disappointed with the state of the game on its release last week, we can’t emphasize enough that under the technical issues, it’s a great sequel to Fallen Order and it’s reassuring to see that these issues may be squashed sooner rather than later.

But in other news, we finally have a small update on Taika Waititi’s Star Wars movie.

It’s been a long time since The Rise of Skywalker, and fans are itching to see the franchise back on the big screen. The recent Star Wars Celebration announced three movies that’ll hit theaters in the latter half of the 2020s, beginning with Rey’s return in an untitled movie due in December 2025. But there was one project notable for its absence at the celebration.

Taika Waititi has been lined up to make a Star Wars movie for a while now, with indications that it’ll be completely separate from the Skywalker Saga and tell a completely original story. The hype around Waititi has cooled a little after Thor: Love and Thunder, though a new report in Deadline indicates that his Star Wars movie is still a going concern.

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