Dave Filoni has been personally asked to produce and showrun The New Jedi Order, a new animated show for Disney+.
The "rebels sequel" series, Star Wars: Regions Unknown is still on track, however Filoni will be taking a more hands-off role than originally intended, so he can instead focus his efforts on The New Jedi Order. These shows will likely intertwine.
Mark Hamill will be returning to voice Luke Skywalker. This isn't officially confirmed, however Hamill's contract signed for the Sequel Trilogy included a role in an animated series. It's safe to assume they will use Hamills obligation on this series.
The intention of the show is to be "the TCW of the ST" and will focus on Lukes Jedi Order in the years before The Force Awakens. The aim is to make Lukes internal struggle easier to comprehend, and to make him more sympathetic in the leadup to the destruction of his temple. There will also be a strong focus on both Leia and Han, along with laying out the sequel eras political climate.
Mara Jade is intended to be included, but in a currently unknown capacity. The Grysks will also play a supposedly important role.
While the series will premier on D+, reruns will be played on Disney XD.
5 entire seasons are already greenlit, with the overarching narrative currently being written. More seasons is unlikely but not impossible.
A series of this nature has been intended to eventually be made as far back as 2015, however the new Lucasfilm president (replacing Kathleen Kennedy next year) has made the request for the series to start production before their official introduction to the company so the ball can already be rolling when their contract begins. Kennedy complied.
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>make a spin-off movie of Han Solo after the character is turned into a cynical drunk, killed off, and everyone forgotten about him >make a show about Luke Skywalker after the character is turned into a cynical chikdkiller, killed off, and everyone forgotten about him
So how long til Leia gets her own movie or show?
Cooper Allen
Fucking this, thats in part why the sequels suck so hard
Juan Jackson
Oh boy. I can’t for more scenes of Luke being shit on. Thanks, Kathleen Kennedy.
Christian Howard
>this will actually happen
Owen Ward
>ST pass.
Ayden Thompson
No way. That was just an animated show in the era
Blake Williams
I wish.
William Nelson
So, supposing this is actually real, and not just somebody like Doomcuck dropping fanfiction so they can make videos of it, the problem with this shit is that it's just going to make everything worse. Making it so instead of Luke having a one time bad moment in thinking his nephew is beyond saving into him just slowly being some asshole that'd be willing to kill his nephew won't fix things. Giving us more information won't change the fact the New Republic was a bunch of incompetent fucks that thought it was a good idea to demilitarize, shut out one of its founders (Leia) thinking she can't be trusted, and ignore that the First Order was a threat. Focusing on Leia and Han just means focusing on them getting a divorce and Han fucking off to be a criminal again. I can't imagine anyone would want to see this type of garbage, stretched out for seeasons, funneled through an animated series aimed at kids.
Difference between TCW leading into RotS and this show leading into the ST is that RotS was actually good.
Brayden Diaz
yeah fuck this, the NJO books were based compared to the garbage new canon shit we're going to get. Imagine giving a shit about the Disney NJO knowing that Luke runs away like a bitch when it gets destroyed instead of moving heaven and earth to restore it.
Ryan Peterson
Resistance felt more like S1 of Rebels
Ryder White
>character who tried to murder a child in his sleep in cold blood needs to be made more sympathetic Hahaha ok
This. A spin-off like what OP describes only will work if they render all the Sequel Trilogy stuff non-canon.
Jason Wood
Remember when star wars wasnt complete utter shit >luke got with no one and ended up a failure who drank alien milk >han and leia broke up >all the new jedi got killed and the last jedi is some mary sue daughter of palpatine with no personality or charm I swear if i ever get a gun and access to JJ abrams/rian johnson at like a con or something, youll see me on the news
I don't know, i honestly wish they finally just focus on new characters. It just leaves an awful taste in my mouth knowing the fates of these characters are set in stone with the films.
Austin Evans
The person used a Carol Danvers image. Ignore on principle.
Dominic Cook
No, they are going to go out of their way to hell till we swallow it. This is fucking sexual assault from Disney to star wars and star wars fans.
We already had to watch Indy being raped onscreen and now Luke too, i dont know if can take it anymore bros.
Jordan Green
Just go a hundred years into the future already.
Noah Ortiz
This, they already raped the OT, just start fresh instead
