Star Wars’ next feature film will be from Taika Waititi

The next Star Wars movie will be Taika Waititi’s mysterious upcoming project, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy told Vanity Fair.

When Disney last updated its movie release schedule, Star Wars movies were slated to be released in December 2023. The release date for this film, however, is unlikely to have been changed. Waititi will direct the movie with a script written by 1917Krysty Wilkins-Cairns, screenwriter. No further details have been revealed. Waititi helmed the episode 8 of Mandalorian, “Redemption,” and voiced the assassin droid IG-11.

That December 2023 slot had previously belonged to Patty Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron, It will be set up to follow Luke Skywalker’s Rebel Alliance squadron. The movie was delayed due to scheduling issues.

The Waititi movie will mark the first new Star Wars theatrical film since 2019’s Skywalkers Rise. Lucasfilm has been more focused on TV series for Disney Plus such as Mandalorian, Boba Fett: The Book of Boba FettThe upcoming Obi Wan Kenobi Show. The docket also includes Andor, Ahsoka,The AcolyteJon Watts (Spider-Man) recently released a series about coming-of-age.