Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Was The Wrong Project To Cancel
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron was going to be the big return of the beloved blockbuster franchise to the big screen for the first time in four years. Disney has, instead, struck the film from the company's long-term release schedule, possibly indicating its cancelation. Of all the projects they put out, Patty Jenkins' dogfighting project may have been the worst one to move aside.
The Star Wars franchise is known for making enormous franchise-wide decisions on very short notice. If one film underperforms, fans should no longer be surprised to see the entire corporate strategy shift. This cancelation, however, may represent a shift compelled by success rather than failure.
Patty Jenkins' Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Pulled From Disney's Schedule
For all intents and purposes, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron has crashed and burned. The film was among the most hotly anticipated pieces of the long-suffering galaxy far, far away. The franchise has turned primarily to Disney Plus streaming efforts for the past few years, but many fans still want Star Wars to return to the medium that made it successful. The last trilogy, though financially successful on a level that borders on absurdity, provoked non-stop backlash and cemented Star Wars fans as one of the worst mobs on the internet. With that in mind, Star Wars has stayed in a safe place between trilogies. There are plenty of interesting projects on the horizon, but the sudden removal of the Rogue Squadron film has caused a crisis of faith for many fans.
Rogue Squadron, not to be confused with the N64 game of the same name, would've been an action film about the high-flying X-Wing pilots in the Rebel Alliance. The tale was intended to introduce a crop of new characters, a team of brash young
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