In an electric atmosphere, the first panel of Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 in London began by bringing together 5,000 people to find out what the future of the saga holds in the presence of Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm. We had to wait nearly 90 minutes before learning THE big news from the mouth of the lady: Three new feature films will soon be in the works: one of them is squarely scheduled for release in 2025.
“There will be a first feature about the dawn of the Jedi, a second about the Old Republic and a third which will be set later in time,” she announced. James Mangold (director of the new Indiana Jones), Dave Filoni and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will each sign the realization of a component. The latter took the opportunity to announce that Daisy Ridley would resume her role as Rey to tackle the development of the New Jedi Order.
Movies and series to expect
It is therefore on the big screen that we should discover how the Jedis were born and how they evolved. The enthusiastic reactions from fans happily wielding multi-colored lightsabers proved that their passion is still just as overflowing. If we will have to wait for the films, promising new series have also offered us some additional details on their progress.
The first one, The Acolyteis being filmed under the leadership of Leslye Headland whose rise on stage in the company of a wookie put the audience in a trance. “I want to go back to the sources of the saga as George Lucas saw it,” she explains. Rediscover the atmosphere of the works that inspired him, such as that of Akira Kurosawa or the kung-fu films of the Shaw Brothers. » Lee jung-jae, hero of the series Squid Game also received a standing ovation when he revealed he was so excited to wield a lightsaber for the first time as a Jedi master. This prequel to the saga will teach us where the Force comes from and how we came to master it.
Another promising series, Skeleton Crew will send very young adventurers to explore the universe of star warsUnder the direction of a Jedi played by Jude Law. David Lowery (A Ghost Story), The Daniels (Everything Everywhere All At Once), Jon Wats and Bryce Dallas Howard are among the filmmakers invited to direct an episode. As for Ahsokaa series led by Rosario Dawson, it also promises to be action-packed.
The icing on the hat
Well ok, it’s not really Star Wars but we stay a little in the family. James Mangold took advantage of his presence to show six minutes of‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in the presence of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen who announced that he played someone “very nice but in his own way”. The disheveled pursuit that was shown makes us want to see the film even more, which will be screened at the next Cannes festival. Patience, a well-known virtue of the Jedis, will allow you to wait until you discover all this on the big and small screen. In view of the compact crowd that came out of the panel, one can think that Lucasfilm has no worries about the success of these future projects.