10 Star Wars Motion pictures That Will By no means Be Made

Since 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, Lucasfilm’s Star Wars franchise shifted its focus to TV on Disney+, however tasks being placed on the again burner or outright scrapped have additional delayed the return to theaters. As of now, it seems to be like summer season 2026 would be the franchise’s silver-screen comeback, however a stunning quantity of flicks have been pushed out alongside the way in which.

Whereas a few of these concepts could have been intriguing to see play out, others had been most likely unnoticed for the perfect. Between franchise creator George Lucas’ authentic backup plan for A New Hope‘s sequel to the unique pitch of what turned Zack Snyder’s Insurgent Moon, a number of Star Wars film concepts are left on the chopping room flooring.

10 “Splinter of the Thoughts’s Eye” Was George Lucas’ Backup Plan

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George Lucas initially wasn’t certain A New Hope would take off. As a backup plan, Alan Dean Foster tailored another sequel script right into a novel within the type of Splinter of the Thoughts’s Eye. The thought was to put the groundwork for a low-budget movie sequel if A New Hope wasn’t profitable sufficient to warrant a high-budget successor.

A number of nice Star Wars novels have been revealed within the a long time since, however this primary effort was reasonably lackluster. It was a by-the-numbers sci-fi motion story about Luke and Leia marooned on a planet preventing waves of monsters and, lastly, Darth Vader. Han Solo was minimize totally and featured a tone of romantic pressure between Luke and Leia.

9 David Benioff & D. B. Weiss’ Trilogy

Writers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss are greatest recognized for his or her run on HBO’s blockbuster hit collection Recreation of Thrones, adapting writer George R. R. Martin’s novel collection. After ending the present, the duo was going to develop a Star Wars trilogy.

They had been scheduled to be the subsequent motion pictures following The Rise of Skywalker, however just some months after the HBO present’s finale, it was introduced that Benioff and Weiss left the mission and centered on their contract with Netflix. The pair had been glorious at adapting supply materials to the display screen for HBO’s darkish fantasy epic. But when season 8’s truncated and adlibbed finale is of any indication, it is possible for the perfect that they and Lucasfilm parted methods on a “clean canvas” trilogy.

8 Zack Snyder’s Unique “Insurgent Moon” Pitch

After the tip of his tenure with DC Comics, director Zack Snyder has since debuted with an authentic sci-fi IP titled Insurgent Moon. Nonetheless, this new franchise was initially a Star Wars pitch in 2012 as a far darker story for older audiences.

After the pitch spent years being pushed down the road, it was finally deserted by Lucasfilm altogether. Mockingly, Insurgent Moon has been critically panned partly for borrowing too closely from Star Wars tropes and director Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai. Whereas Lucasfilm’s franchise actually advantages from interesting to broad age demographics, it is troublesome to see how the overtly grimdark tone of Insurgent Moon might have labored as a Star Wars film.

7 Josh Trank’s Boba Fett Film

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Boba Fett has been amongst Star Wars‘ most enjoyable bounty hunters, even when the Unique Trilogy largely used him as a background character. When Lucasfilm was nonetheless rolling out the Sequel Trilogy and the anthology line of A Star Wars Story motion pictures, Fett was initially slated to get his solo function.

Director Josh Trank was connected to direct, introduced on by Lucasfilm after his success along with his authentic superhero story Chronicle. Nonetheless, after the critically maligned Implausible 4launched — one of many superhero style’s most crucial and industrial bombs — Trank’s solo Fett film was scrapped. How a lot studio interference performed a job is unattainable to say, however the messy execution of Implausible 4 did not promise something would have fared higher with one other franchise IP.

6 James Mangold’s Boba Fett Film

Given the character’s recognition, it is not stunning to be taught {that a} Boba Fett solo pitch took on completely different types. Outdoors of Josh Trank, the Logan and Ford v Ferrari director James Mangold additionally had an thought for a Fett film.

The film, although, did not progress on account of its drastically completely different tonal method. This Boba Fett solo was supposedly set to be a gritty sci-fi Western, and whereas that is thematically becoming in and of itself, the tone bordered on the R ranking. If that was the case, it is simple to see why Lucasfilm handed on it, however Mangold is at the moment nicely arrange with a Daybreak of the Jedi-inspired film to hopefully ship an bold Star Wars origin story.

5 “Duel of the Fates” Was Colin Trevorrow’s Sequel Trilogy Finale

Initially, Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow was set to direct the Sequel Trilogy finale. Dubbed Duel of the Fates — an homage to the long-lasting John Williams observe from The Phantom Menace — this film would have seen Kylo Ren double down on being the villain, and the heroes would have fought him on Coruscant.

This script additionally by no means featured any connections to Emperor Palpatine, which was a serious criticism of The Rise of Skywalker. Whereas it is unlikely that this model would have been the Sequel Trilogy’s outright saving grace, staying the course on Ren’s character arc and leaving Palpatine out of it altogether no less than sounds extra cohesive to Rian Johnson’s The Final Jedi than J. J. Abrams’ film.

4 J. D. Dillard’s Exegol Film

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One of the notable lore items in 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker was the planet Exegol. It is the planet revealed as Palpatine’s new base of operations to construct a Sith fleet, with Sleight director J. D. Dillard’s film deliberate to deal with this setting.

A Deadline article from early improvement days famous that Exegol could be a first-rate location. Nonetheless, given how Rise of Skywalker merely used it as an excuse to unexpectedly deliver again a worn-out villain for the sake of fan service, figuring out nothing aside from the would-be setting makes it onerous to decipher what J. D. Dillard’s film had going for it.

3 Damon Lindelof’s Unique Rey Script

The mission itself hasn’t been canceled, however HBO’s Watchmen author Damon Lindelof had his script for the upcoming Rey-starring film scrapped. He later left the mission and was changed by Steven Knight, who’s revising a script for director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s film.

Although colloquially generally known as the “Rey film,” the upcoming function appears loosely impressed by the Legends canon’s New Jedi Order period. By way of what Lindelof initially wrote, it was rumored that his film would happen a long time after The Rise of Skywalker and a a lot older Rey. Whereas she could not have been formally sought out, it was additionally rumored that Lindelof imagined actress Helen Mirren as his imaginative and prescient for an older Rey.

2 Kevin Feige’s Unproduced Film

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Predominantly recognized for spearheading Marvel Studios and its sprawling cinematic universe, The Hollywood Reporter reported in 2019 that producer Kevin Feige was working with Lucasfilm to develop a Star Wars film. Nonetheless, only a few particulars surfaced earlier than it was confirmed final 12 months that the mission had been shelved.

The one different vital element to come up after the preliminary report was that Loki author and collection creator Michael Waldron was tapped to jot down the film. Per Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy in an IGN interview, there was additionally little substance to those stories, as the thought by no means advanced into something greater than that because it by no means entered any formal stage of improvement.

1 Patty Jenkins’ “Rogue Squadron” is in a Precarious Place

Although it is unattainable to assert a definitive standing on Patty Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron film, the present particulars do not appear productive for the mission. The film was touted to maneuver past The Rise of Skywalker as a brand new technology of starfighters to maintain the peace. Rogue Squadron was even given a teaser revealing the inspiration and premise of the film and a December 22, 2023 launch date.

Nonetheless, the Surprise Lady director’s movie fell by the wayside and was ultimately taken off the discharge calendar. Kathleen Kennedy stated in an IGN interview that it might nonetheless occur as a film or TV collection. However contemplating Lucasfilm’s observe file with indefinitely shelved or outright canceled Star Wars spinoffs, to not point out the most recent crop of flicks getting into manufacturing earlier than it, Rogue Squadron‘s destiny is not promising.

Star Wars

Created by George Lucas, Star Wars started in 1977 with the then-eponymous movie that will later be retitled Episode IV: A New Hope. The unique Star Wars trilogy centered on Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa, who helped lead the Insurgent Alliance to victory over the tyrannous Galactic Empire. This Empire was overseen by Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine, who was aided by the cybernetic menace generally known as Darth Vader.In 1999, Lucas returned to Star Wars with a prequel trilogy that explored how Luke’s father Anakin Skywalker turned a Jedi and ultimately succumbed to the darkish facet of the Drive. 

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