
Beyond Wonder Woman 1984, which she is still in the midst of promoting, as well as Rogue Squadron, she's got a movie about the Egyptian queen Cleopatrain the works with Gal Gadot. Jenkins also weighed on in the huge spread of projects she has on her plate right now. Based on the special video Jenkins shared on Twitter after the Rogue Squadron announcement, her movie will have a deeply personal connection while also exploring the lives of a new group of Star Wars characters in an effort to make "the greatest fighter pilot movie of all time." Furthermore, it's quite possible this new movie will have no connection to the nine-movie Skywalker saga which has been the dominant Star Wars story for the last 40-plus years. It will be the first new Lucasfilm feature following 2019's Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker.

Rogue Squadron is a notable Star Wars project for a few reasons. So yeah, we've been working on it for awhile. So it ends up being like where you're fairly close to a well-along screenplay by the time I'm done with the treatment in my process. "We're very far into the - we're finishing the treatment basically, which is pretty big. When asked who was writing the script for Rogue Squadron, the director demurred, teasing that "I want him to have his own proper announcement, so I'm going to wait until that comes out." But it does sound like they're fairly far along.Īs far as where they are in the writing process, Jenkins said:

Specifically, we're here to talk about what Jenkins was willing to share when Collider's Steven Weintraub spoke with her during the press day for Wonder Woman 1984. The Rogue Squadron announcement was one of many shared by Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy, who also announced the upcoming The Mandalorian spinoff shows Ahsoka and Rangers of the New Republic as well as Star Wars TV shows Lando, Andor, The Acolyte, The Bad Batch, and Obi-Wan.īut we're here to talk about Rogue Squadron. The new Star Wars movie is currently titled Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and will be directed by Wonder Woman 1984 director Patty Jenkins. One of the biggest surprises Star Warsfans received during the Disney Investor Day 2020 was the announcement of a new movie, which is hitting theaters in 2023.
