Today it has been official confirmed by Lucasfilm that their third anthology film will be about the wonderful Obi Wan Kenobi, my favourite Star Wars Character.
Since the spin offs were announced Boba Fett has been the long running rumoured contender for one of these films. Then an Obi Wan Kenobi trilogy spung to mind in the rumour basket but was put to bed by Lucasfilm. Obi Wan later joined Boba Fett for the prestigious position of rumour for the third spin off. Yoda also joined the scene some time later.
Kathleen Kennedy stated at Celebration IX that the film would be announced at D23 which was in early July but there was no information on that film at all or none on the Han Solo spin off, which recently gained a new director. This did cause panic for the Star Wars fan community that Lucasfilm were not confident on any of their ideas.
Then two days ago it was confirmed that the 2020 Spin Off film would be about Obi Wan Kenobi. Very little details on the film have actually been made including the lack of cast and the lack of a director. The fact that Ewan McGregor isn't mentioned does not mean that he is not the star of the show - it is still early days in production. The film could be set between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope and be set around Obi Wan in the desert but it could also be an origin story, however it could be argued that we have already seen enough back story for the character from the prequel trilogy.
There was also further news on the development of the series altogether. Future spin off films will be about Boba Fett, Yoda and Jabba the Hutt. When these will be released is unknown at the moment. Perhaps the delay for the announcement was merely Lucasfilm trying to decide what film to do next. Boba Fett has been long rumoured, Yoda too for a while and Jabba is a new addition altogether. I am curious about the decision to do a Han Solo, Fett and Jabba as the three have the same sort of background and no the same sort of people, including each other. Therefore it is interesting to see. As Episode IX is schedule for 2019, Obi Wan for 2020 it is probable that the other three will arrive on 2021, 2022 and 2023 before the franchise has a break from film and perhaps arrives on television.
Stephen Daldrey is the rumoured director for the Obi Wan film. He is best known for being the director for the critically acclaimed Billy Elliot film.
The essential crew have also yet to be assembled but there are same names already confirmed for the 2020 spin off:
Producer: Kathleen Kennedy and Simon Kinberg
Screenplay: Simon Kinberg
Kathleen Kennedy - Chairman at Lucasfilm and there has had a few credentials to her name
The Force Awakens - Producer and Executive Producer
Rogue One - Producer and Executive Producer
The Last Jedi - Producer
Han Solo - Producer and Executive Producer
Episode IX - Producer and Executive Producer
Obi Wan - Producer
Simon Kinberg -
Star Wars Rebels Season 1 - Creator, Producer, Executive Producer, Story and Screenplay
Star Wars Rebels Season 2 - Creator, Producer, Executive Producer, Story and Screenplay
The Force Awakens - Producer
Star Wars Rebels Season 3 - Creator and Executive Producer
Star Wars Rebels Season 4 - Creator and Executive Producer
The Last Jedi - Producer
Han Solo - Screenplay
Obi Wan - Producer and Screenplay
However as the order of spin offs have changed so much it could be that Kinberg's film won't actually end up being the film that is released in 2020 as that was assumed to be the Boba Fett film
Timeline of spin offs
Films given code to help understand which film is being referred to:
Film Apple - Rogue One
Film Banana - Han Solo
Film Cheese - Obi Wan
Film Dragon - Future Film
Film Elephant - Future Film
30th October 2012 - Film Apple, a story from John Knoll was to be released in December 2016
6th February 2013 - Film Banana was to be written by Lawrence Kasden
6th February 2013 - Film Cheese was to be written by Simon Kinberg and released in 2018
22nd May 2014 - Film Apple to be directed by Gareth Edwards
22nd May 2014 - Gary Whitta announced as the writer of Film Apple
14th June 2014 - Josh Trank announced as director for Film Cheese
14th June 2014 - Film Cheese announced as a Boba Fett film
12th March 2015 - Chris Weitz announced to replace Gary Whitta in the wring process of film Apple
12th March 2015 - Film Apple was given the title Rogue One
17th April 2015 - Film Apple revealed to be about the rebels stealing the Death Star plans
1st May 2015 - Josh Trank fired from Film Cheese
1st May 2015 - Film Cheese no longer slated for 2018
7th July 2015 - Film Banana revealed to be released in May 2018
7th July 2015 - Film Banana to be directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
7th July 2015 - Film Banana announced to be about Han Solo
7th July 2015 - Jon Kasden announced to join his father in the writing process
22nd September 2015 - Film Cheese announced to be releaseed in 2020
8th March 2016 - Film Banana revealed to be an origin story of Han Solo
20th June 2017 - Phil Lord and Christopher Miller sacked as directors for film Banana
22nd June 2017 - Ron Howard announced as new director for film Banana.
25th June 2017 - Simon Kinberg left film Cheese to produce X Men.
17th August 2017 - Film Cheese to be about Obi Wan Kenobi
17th August 2017 - Director Stephen Daldrey in talks to direct Film Cheese
17th August 2017 - Film Dragon and Film Elephant, future spin off films announced to be about Boba Fett* and Yoda but neither given designate position
*The Boba Fett film might be the Simon Kinberg film which has been moved due to him producing X Men.
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