Rogue Squadron Release Still Set For 2023 Despite Delay Reports
Patty Jenkins' Star Wars movie Rogue Squadron still has a December 2023 release date set despite reports of it getting delayed. From the moment Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012, it became a priority to relaunch the Star Wars franchise. The goal was to release new movies every single year, but that stopped after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was released. Lucasfilm took time to re-evaluate their plans for the future, which led to several exciting announcements about future Star Wars movies from Taika Waititi and Kevin Feige. However, the studio delivered the surprise announcement in late 2020 that Patty Jenkins was working on Rogue Squadron for a 2023 release.
The announcement for Rogue Squadron came with a video where Jenkins highlighted her close connection to its pilot story. It was then confirmed that it would be the director's next movie, with Love & Monsters writer Matthew Robinson later hired to pen the script. Despite all signs pointing towards Rogue Squadron's development going smoothly, the movie hit a reported speedbump in late 2021. Reports began to surface that Jenkins' Star Wars movie was being delayed indefinitely due to creative differences between the director and Lucasfilm. These reports noted that it was unclear if Rogue Squadron would keep its original release date as a result of these issues.
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Disney released an updated release calendar that runs from 2022 to 2028 that reflects a few changes. However, Rogue Squadron was not among the titles to get a new release date or be removed. As it currently stands, Disney and Lucasfilm still officially have Jeknins' Star Wars movie set for a December 22, 2023 release date. It appears that for
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