Patty Jenkins’ Star Wars: Rogue Squadron movie delayed

Star Wars’ next movie seems to be in trouble. Patty Jenkins directed the movie. Star Wars: Rogue SquadronAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, the release of ‘The Last Dance’, which was originally scheduled to arrive in theaters at the end 2023, is now being delayed.

THR said that delays are due to scheduling conflicts and other commitments. Rogue Squadron won’t shoot next year, as previously planned. Jenkins’ other known directing obligations include a third Wonder Woman movie for Warner Bros. and a Cleopatra movie for Paramount. Disney and Lucasfilm have not announced a new date for the next Star Wars film, which would have been the first to hit theaters since 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Disney Announces Rogue Squadron in December 2020, with Jenkins and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy describing the project as a fighter-pilot movie and set in a “future era” of the Star Wars galaxy. Jenkins told IGN in an interview last year that her take on Rogue Squadron — a Rebel Alliance starfighter squadron founded by Luke Skywalker — was an original story “with great influence from the games and the books.”

Lucasfilm has at least two other Star Wars film projects in the works, including one being led by writer-director Taika Waititi — who also has a very full film slate — and another being developed by Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, neither of which are dated. Rian Johnson, theoretically still attached to do SomethingStar Wars has 2 stars Knives are OutTo complete the story, there are sequels.

Much of Star Wars’ confirmed live-action future appears to be made for television, with upcoming Disney Plus series based on Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, Lando Calrissian, and Cassian Andor.