Kathleen Kennedy on ‘Star Wars’ future: “We need to create a whole new saga”
nme.comStar Wars films, saying they want to “create a whole new saga”.Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, released in 2019, marked the closing chapter in the Skywalker saga and the last film in the franchise.
Since then, Star Wars has expanded its TV output with Disney+ shows like The Mandalorian, The Bad Batch and The Book Of Boba Fett.Speaking to GamesRadar, Kennedy reaffirmed however that progress is underway on a new saga of Star Wars films.“[Future movies have] been in movement all along,” Kennedy said. “As we leave the saga, we have all this great, exciting work happening on the television side that informs so much about where we’re going.
We want to be very intentional about that.“And we have great talent that we’re working with – people who care so deeply about what the next iteration of Star Wars is and about getting people back into movie theatres, so we can really come out with a bang.
That’s important to us.”After saying there’s “no hesitancy” in following up the Skywalker saga, she added: “We need to create a whole new saga.
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