Three New Star Wars Movies Announced

Star Wars Celebration 2023 has begun in London which means a bunch of news dropped this morning about upcoming plans for the franchise. Previous posts have covered most of the TV news. On the movie front three new films are in the works. Not a trilogy however, each is separate from each other and in completely different eras of Star Wars.

The first announced movie is the continuing adventures of Daisy Ridley as Rey Skywalker that is set about 15 years after The Rise of Skywalker "as she builds a new Jedi Order."  This is the same project that Damon Lindelof recently left with Steven Knight signed up immediately to replace him. Assuming it can stay on schedule, this is the one aiming for a December 2025 release date. Based on an image from her appearance, this period of time is dipping into the Extended Universe by calling this era the "New Jedi Order".

Speaking of titles taken from the Extended Universe, another era has been added called "Dawn of the Jedi". This era is 25,000 years in before A New Hope and will be directed by James Mangold (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) which will explore the emergence of the Jedi.

The third film in the works will be directed by Dave Filoni and set during post Return of the Jedi years of the current TV series that he is apart of. The film is about the "escalating war between the Imperial remnant and the New Republic" that will likely bring much of the cast from The Mandalorian, Boba Fett and Ahsoka along for the ride.

If your curious, the now nine eras of Star Wars are Dawn of the Jedi, The Old Republic, The High Republic, Fall of the Jedi, Rise of the Empire, Age of Rebellion, The New Republic, Rise of the First Order, and New Jedi Order.