Lucasfilm has announced a metric ton of different Star Wars movie projects ever since The Rise of Skywalker hit theaters over five years ago now. Only The Mandalorian & Grogu has actually gone into production of those many announced films. One of those potentials was to be produced by Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy. We hadn’t heard much about it, until now. Via The Hollywood Reporter, we’ve learned Lucasfilm is fast-tracking Levy’s Star Wars to go into production soon. Not only that, they are circling Ryan Gosling as the lead. Maybe all those “Ken as a Jedi” cosplays we saw last summer were actually on to something.
As for what this Star Wars movie will be about, we honestly have no idea. Shawn Levy has been developing his Star Wars movie since around 2022 with Jonathan Tropper. Tropper collaborated with Levy on films such as This Is Where I Leave You and The Adam Project. The script has reportedly been coming together now for over a year. Levy is also producing the feature via his 21 Laps production company, along with Kathleen Kennedy and Lucasfilm of course. It’s possible this movie was just farther along than the potential Rey movie, or the “Jedi Origins” film that James Mangold has in the works.
As for where and when this Star Wars feature takes place, that’s the biggest mystery. Does it take place in the era of the Republic, the Rebellion, or the Resistance? Of course, it could be hundreds (or even thousands) of years before or after the era of the Skywalker Saga. All we know is that Levy’s film won’t directly connect to the saga of Anakin, Luke, or Rey Skywalker. Hopefully, if Levy’s film actually does go into production, his film will propel us into a future for Star Wars way beyond anything we’ve seen before now.