It turns out that the Shawn Levy directed, and potentially Ryan Gosling led, Star Wars movie will be the first one set post Rise of Skywalker.
You know, I honestly think it’s quite impressive that Lucasfilm managed to make a Star Wars film so universally disliked by everybody that it’s essentially prevented any more movies getting made within that universe for six years. And yet here we are, supposedly on the precipice of a bunch more of them, though none have yet to materialise. But speaking to Deadline, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy did at least offer some updates on multiple different Star Wars movie projects, including that one from Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy, which is reportedly going to place Ryan Gosling in the lead role.
When asked about the Levy directed film, Kennedy explained that she’s “producing the Mandalorian movie right now, and I’m also producing Shawn Levy’s movie, which is after that.” Quite notably here, the whole interview comes off the back of a recent report that Kennedy would be stepping down as Lucasfilm president later this year – when asked about that particular point, she explained that the “truth is, and I want to just say loud and clear, I am not retiring. I will never retire from movies. I will die making movies.”
In terms of those movies she’s producing, Kennedy says the Levy one will be a few years after The Rise of Skywalker, saying that it’s ” all post-[the first] nine. Shawn’s is a standalone Star Wars story that’ll take place post-nine, maybe five or six years out.” She also noted that it “may bring some of the characters back from the sequel saga,” but it’s pretty much mostly new characters. Here’s hoping it’ll be good enough to erase Rise of Skywalker from our collective memories.
What didn’t get a mention in that interview is the solo Rey movie, which just seems to be in perpetual trouble; we’ll see how that one turns out. Currently the only movie with a release date is The Mandalorian & Grogu, which is due out May 22, 2026, so I’m sure Kennedy and co are hoping they can get something more concrete in place soon.
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