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Where is 'Stars Wars' heading after 'Rise of Skywalker' wraps up the space saga?The Rise of Skywalker dominated movie theaters this weekend
But diminishing box office returns, scathing reviews and a plot that wrapped up the space saga's major story arcs all beg the question —
what next for Star Wars?Marketed as a grand finale to the decades-spanning, nine-film Skywalker Saga, the latest film hauled in $177.4
million domestically on its opening weekend.While that would be a stratospheric figure for any other film — indeed, it was the
third-biggest movie opening of 2019 — it is notably less than the last two major Star Wars installments, The Force Awakens and The Last
Jedi.Reviews were mainly negative, accusing the movie of falling back on the same over-worn Star Wars tropes.A fear of franchise fatigue has
already led Disney boss Bob Iger to signal a slowdown in releases, admitting his previous plan to produce a new Star Wars each year was "a
little too much, too fast."Nonetheless, Iger was bullish about future Star Wars films at last week's world premiere, telling AFP that "this
is just the beginning," with potentially "endless" more stories on the way."We know that fans will want another film, or another few films,
and we'll make them," he said."But as I've said for a long time about movie making, it's really important not to make a film until it's
ready And don't release it until it's really finished and you feel great about it."So we're in no rush."New characters, new worldsDetails of
what is in store remain tightly under wraps and are the subject of much speculation.Currently, no Star Wars films appear on Disney's release
slate until December 2022, to be followed by further untitled movies in 2024 and 2026.Doug Chiang, Lucasfilm vice-president and executive
creative director, confirmed to AFP he is already working on design ideas for a new Star Wars movie."Now that the 'Skywalker saga' is done,
we can actually push on and discover new characters and new worlds and new planets
So I find it really exciting," said Chiang.Who will oversee the project is less clear
Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B
Weiss had been due to head up the next trilogy starting in 2022 but dropped out after signing a massive Netflix deal.
Where is 'Stars
Wars' heading after 'Rise of Skywalker' wraps up the space saga?A separate, planned trilogy from Rian Johnson — director of the divisive
Last Jedi — remains in development.But Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy said in a recent interview that Star Wars may even seek to move
away from the trilogy format."I think it gives us a more open-ended view of storytelling and doesn't lock us into this three-act structure,"
she told the LA Times.Kevin Feige, the man behind the extraordinary success of the Marvel superhero films, is set to produce a Star Wars
film — but it remains at an early stage of development, she added.J.J
Abrams, director of The Rise of Skywalker and The Force Awakens, is unlikely to be involved
He recently penned an exclusive deal with rival studio Warner Bros.'Endless set of tales' If there is an undoubted bright spot on the
horizon for Star Wars, it is the recently launched Disney+ series The Mandalorian.The franchise's first live-action TV show has proven a
hit, not least due to the viral popularity of the impossibly cute Baby Yoda, known in the show as The Child
A second season is in the works.As Disney increasingly focuses on its own streaming platform — a direct rival to Netflix, Amazon and
Apple, with more competitors on the way in 2020 — it plans further high-profile Star Wars shows.Ewan McGregor will return as Obi-Wan
Kenobi for one series, while the stars of hit 2016 spin-off Rogue One will also receive their own prequel show."As Mandalorian points out,
this is just the beginning of what could be an endless set of tales told from galaxies far, far away," Iger told AFP."The Mandalorian has
given us the ability to be even a little bit more patient because we feel we're serving Star Wars fans," he added."And that gives us, I
think, the luxury of being even more methodical about this."TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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