Lucasfilm, Star Wars and Kathleen Kennedy
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Starfighter and whether a sequel could be in the cards. The former Lucasfilm president discussed the film’s development and clarified how they originally conceived the story. Kathleen Kennedy discusses if Star Wars: Starfighter will get sequels In an exclusive interview with Deadline,
Speaking as she departs as Lucasfilm president, Kennedy didn't outright confirm Johnson's potential trilogy of films was truly dead—but suggested the 'Last Jedi' backlash pushed the director away for the forseeable future.
Kathleen Kennedy has given an encouraging update on Simon Kinberg's Star Wars trilogy following her exit from Lucasfilm.
George Lucas' Advice to Ron Howard for Directing Solo: A Star Wars Story: 'Just Don't forget — It's for 12-Year-Old Boys' Solo: A Star Wars Story was made "too soon" after audiences had last seen the iconic Han Solo played by Harrison Ford,
Mission Impossible legend Tom Cruise dropped in on the set of Star Wars: Starfighter via helicopter and ended up filming a lightsaber duel.
Starfighter, will take a page from Stranger Things' D&D manual, according to its director. Shawn Levy, who is helming the new Star Wars starring Ryan Gosling and Matt Smith, also serves as director and executive producer on the 1980s-set Netflix show that's just released its record-smashing final season.
When asked to tease the film, Levy said it will have “spectacle and scale, just like Stranger Things.” He added that Starfighter features spectacle and adventure “at a level... never done” in his career. But he said the movie will also be “anchored in a human-scale, character-sized story,” similar to Stranger Things.
As part of a brief profile of Levy published by the New York Times today, the paper revealed a delightfully odd fact from the set of the new film: Tom Cruise paid a visit and helped shoot a scene.
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