Taika Waititi Star Wars Movie Update Casts Doubt On 2023 Release Date
A new update on Taika Waititi's planned Star Wars movie makes it unlikely it will be ready for a 2023 release date. Following the premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in 2019, Lucasfilm put the Star Wars movies on hiatus as they focused more on live-action TV shows for Disney+. While working on series such as The Mandalorian and Obi-Wan Kenobi, the studio is also developing new Star Wars films. One of these movies is set to be directed by Waititi, who previously helmed the Mandalorian season 1 finale for Lucasfilm.
Waititi, a dynamic talent on both sides of the camera, is constantly keeping himself busy. His next directorial effort, Thor: Love and Thunder, releases in early July. He also has the newly-announced Our Flag Means Death season 2 coming up, plus sports film Next Goal Wins (among other commitments). Waititi's packed schedule has made viewers wonder when he'll have time to fit in a Star Wars movie. Kathleen Kennedy seemed optimistic Waititi's Star Wars movie would release in 2023, but according to the director himself, that may not come to pass.
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Speaking with The Wrap, Waititi was asked about his Star Wars film, and the likelihood it starts shooting later this year in order to meet the proposed 2023 debut. Waititi revealed his Star Wars project won't film in 2022. Check out his comments in the space below:
“Not this year. I’m going to be in New Zealand from August until the end of the year with ‘Our Flag Means Death’ and ‘Time Bandits’ and during that time I will still be writing. I’m still trying to figure out what the story is.”
Even though Waititi's Star Wars move was announced in May 2020, it sounds like it's in the early
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