Originally announced during the Disney+ Day presentation in December of 2020, Patty Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron may yet see the light of day according to insider @MyTimeToShineH, albeit as a series on Disney+.
This potential pivot isn’t completely out of the blue. Kathleen Kennedy, President of Lucasfilm, previously hinted that Rogue Squadron could be reworked into a series format.
Considering the studio’s current focus on streaming projects, the move makes sense, especially since the only Star Wars show currently confirmed for Disney+ is Ahsoka Season 2.
That raises a major question: what does this mean for Jenkins’ involvement? The filmmaker addressed her complicated history with Rogue Squadron earlier this year, explaining how her plans shifted between projects.
“So, when I left Star Wars to do Wonder Woman 3, I thought maybe I’ll come back to Star Wars after Wonder Woman 3,” Jenkins said last March.
“So we did a deal for that to happen, started a deal, but I thought I was doing Wonder Woman. When that went away, Lucasfilm and I were like, ‘Oh, we gotta finish this deal.’ We finished the deal right as the strike was happening.”
“So I now owe a draft of Star Wars, and so we will see what happens there. You know, like, who knows?” she continued. “It’s hard, they have a hard job in front of them, of what’s the first movie they’re gonna do.
“They have other directors who have been working, but I am now, you know, I’m back on doing Rogue Squadron, and we’ll see what happens. We need to develop, you know, get it to where we’re both super happy with it.”
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