Why There May Not Be A New Star Wars Movie In 2023
Disney has scheduled Star Wars' return to movie theaters for 2023 following a four-year absence, but that date is looking increasingly doubtful. The media giant previously announced that the franchise would return for semi-annual movies in 2023, with the plan being for Star Wars to alternate with Avatar sequels in the December release slot for the rest of the 2020s. However, recent news makes it unclear which Star Wars movie, if any, will release on the assigned date of December 22nd, 2023.
Following its acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012, Disney seemed to be intent on releasing a new Star Wars movie annually, with one each year between 2015 and 2019. However, after the divisive response to The Last Jedi and the underwhelming financial returns of Solo, Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy announced in 2018 that Star Wars would be taking a theatrical hiatus, instead focusing on Disney+ original series like The Mandalorian. The broadly negative reaction to The Rise of Skywalker made this seem like a smart move to reset the series with more of a focus on expanding the Star Wars universe instead of continuing to focus on the Skywalker family.
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Initially, the first new release was slated to be a Rogue Squadron movie from Wonder Woman and Monster director Patty Jenkins, telling the story of a group of young Starfighter pilots while taking inspiration from the video games and books of the same name. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron was originally scheduled for a 2022 release but was delayed due to Jenkins' schedule, which includes work on Wonder Woman 3 and the re-shuffling of Disney's schedule following the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in May 2022, Kennedy stated that Rogue
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