
Many main bulletins have been made this previous weekend at Star Wars Celebration in London, and within the wake of the thrill, Variety caught up with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, who weighed in on a number of of the goings on within the
Star Wars Universe.
When requested concerning the new film that includes Daisy Ridley’s Rey, Kennedy stated she known as Ridley about displaying as much as the occasion, saying:
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She went on to supply an replace on the way forward for a Rian Johnson-directed challenge, saying:
“Rian and I talk all the time. He is unbelievably busy. So we’re not actively involved in anything at the moment because he’s doing another one of the ‘Glass Onion’ movies and then God knows what else. But he really wants to step back into the space. It’s a big commitment of time, so that’s really on him.”
Taika Waititi can be working on a standalone movie within the Star Wars universe. Kennedy gave an replace on that as nicely.
“Taika is still working away. He’s writing the script himself. He doesn’t really want to bring others into that process and I don’t blame him. He has a very, very unique voice. So we want to protect that and that’s what he’s doing. But we’re going to make that one day.”
Kennedy additionally fielded an inquiry a couple of potential second season of the collection Obi-Wan Kenobi at Disney+, as some followers have pushed for a follow-up journey for Ewan McGregor’s iconic Jedi.
“That is not an active development. But I never say never, because there’s always the possibility. That show was so well-received and [director] Deborah Chow did such a spectacular job. Ewan McGregor really wants to do another. Everybody’s all hands on deck with what we’re doing right now, as you can see by what we showed everybody [at the Celebration]. We’ll turn our attention to that again maybe down the road.”
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