More Star Wars news has hit, suggesting that the galaxy far, far away is about to return to the big screen with full force.Credit: LucasfilmIt’s been nearly six years since Star Wars last hit theaters, and by the time the saga returns, almost seven will have passed. Lucasfilm’s output has largely shifted from films to Disney+ series, leaving fans waiting for the franchise’s next big-screen chapter.After the mixed response to Disney’s sequel trilogy, the studio has leaned heavily on streaming content. Since 2019’s debut of The Mandalorian, shows like The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka, and Skeleton Crew have expanded the New Republic timeline. Now, Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni’s The Mandalorian and Grogu (2025) will move from streaming to theaters, marking the duo’s feature debut and appearing to take the place of what might have been The Mandalorian Season 4.Credit: LucasfilmThe film is slated for release on May 22, 2026, with Disney originally planning another Star Wars feature for that December. That second slot was long speculated to belong to Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Rey Skywalker movie, but it was replaced late last year with 20th Century’s Ice Age 6.At one time, The Mandalorian and Grogu remained the only officially confirmed Star Wars film on the calendar, but that all changed when Lucasfilm–after multiple rumors–confirmed that Shawn Levy’s movie would be arriving in May 2027. Star Wars: Starfighter features a cast led by Ryan Gosling, and is set approximately five years after the events of Star Wars: Episode IX–The Rise of Skywalker (2019).However, as one movie gets fast-tracked, Lucasfilm’s long-gestating list of already announced movies becomes even more stagnant.Credit: LucasfilmAccording to industry insider Daniel Richtman, last year Lucasfilm quietly shelved Taika Waititi’s long-gestating Star Wars project—the one the filmmaker once said would “piss people off”—while putting Patty Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron back into active development.The Wonder Woman (2017) director previously spoke about her evolving relationship with the franchise.“So, when I left Star Wars to do Wonder Woman 3, I thought maybe I’ll come back to Star Wars after Wonder Woman 3,” Jenkins told Collider in March 2024. “So we did a deal for that to happen, started a deal, but I thought I was doing Wonder Woman.”Credit: Warner Bros.She explained further: “When that went away, Lucasfilm and I were like, oh, we gotta finish this deal. We finished the deal right as the [WGA/SAG-AFTRA] strike was happening. So I now owe a draft of Star Wars and so we will see what happens there. You know, like, who knows?”Jenkins was candid about the uncertainty around Lucasfilm’s theatrical future.“It’s hard, they have a hard job in front of them of what’s the first movie they’re gonna do,” she said. “They have other directors who have been working, but I am now, you know, I’m back on doing Rogue Squadron and we’ll see what happens. We need to develop, you know, get it to where we’re both super happy with it.”Credit: LucasArtsNow, another report has been made about the fate of Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron movie. From Daniel Richtman once again, the on-and-off-again Star Wars film is reportedly being worked on.“According to industry insider Daniel Richtman, Patty Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron movie is back in development at Lucasfilm,” The Direct writes. “Specifically, Richtman revealed the news via Patreon, simply confirming that Lucasfilm took it off the shelf and that it is currently being worked on in some capacity.”First announced in December 2020, Rogue Squadron promised to introduce a new generation of starfighter pilots and chart fresh territory for the saga. But after being pulled from Disney’s release slate in 2021, its future seemed bleak. Richtman now reports that the project is indeed moving forward again, though no release date has been set.Credit: LucasfilmLucasfilm’s broader film slate still features several high-profile projects in different stages of development. Daisy Ridley is set to reprise her role as Rey Skywalker in a film centered on the founding of a new Jedi Order. Dave Filoni will bring the New Republic era to a climactic conclusion in his own feature, while James Mangold is attached to direct a “Dawn of the Jedi” story exploring the origins of the Force.Taika Waititi, whose Star Wars movie has apparently been shelved, had spoken openly about his cautious approach. While promoting Next Goal Wins in late 2023 on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the Thor: Ragnarok (2017) filmmaker said he wanted to avoid rushing the project.Credit: Marvel Studios“I’ve been developing [the Star Wars film] for a few years, but I think with any film, but that one in particular, it’s something I’d really like to get right, so I don’t want to rush it,” Waititi told Clarkson. “It’s going to bubble along on the side.”Based on reports earlier this year, that bubble seemed to have finally burst. However, in a feature-length interview, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy said that Waititi’s movie would happen one day. With the studio’s track record of announcing and then cancelling movies, fans shouldn’t hold out hope that it will ever come to fruition.In another twist, producer and screenwriter Simon Kinberg is also said to be developing a new trilogy separate from the Skywalker Saga. The project could serve as Episodes X through XII, potentially raising questions about where Obaid-Chinoy’s Rey film—initially believed to be the tenth entry in the Skywalker story—fits within the larger picture.Credit: LucasfilmThe future of Star Wars remains expansive, even as the franchise recalibrates its film strategy. With returning heroes, new characters, and entirely fresh narratives on the horizon, the only certainty is that the galaxy’s next era will continue to evolve in unexpected ways.How do you feel about Rogue Squadron’s return? 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