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Lucasfilm planned to release other
Star Wars
sequels after Rogue One : A Star Wars Story, and Solo : A Star Wars Story. The director of such popular films as Walk the Line and Logan, James Mangold, was looking to start his working relationship with Kathleen Kennedy and company. He would finally get his chance when he took up the directing position vacated by Steven Spielberg for a fifth entry in the Indiana Jones franchise, and now, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is just over the horizon.However, Mangold had another project in mind before bringing back Harrison Ford for another archeology adventure. CBR.com reported that Mangold wanted to make a feature film centered around Boba Fett, the Star War character. It is not clear when this idea was being developed in relation to The Mandalorian
‘s conception in the timeline, but according to Variety, Mangold “‘more than flirted’ years earlier with making a Boba Fett movie that would have been a one-off spaghetti Western in the vein of Sergio Leone.” It is revealed that the idea would eventually evolve into the Disney+ series, The Book of Boba Fett.Although Mangold had opted for Indiana Jones, during the production of Dial of Destiny
, Kathleen Kennedy had inquired if he was still interested in exploring a story in the Star Wars universe. Mangold has been working on a prequel to Dial of destiny, tentatively called Dawn of the Jedi. Mangold recalls when Kennedy asked him if he wanted to do a Star Wars film, “I said, ‘Yes, but it seems like everything you’re developing is continuing forward.'”The idea for Dawn of the Jedi that Mangold is currently flirting with is “a ‘Ten Commandments’ about the dawning of the Force. It’s a religion for fans. What does it mean to have found such power and not understand it? “
Kennedy was enthralled by the pitch and jumped on the idea. She expressed her excitement to work with Mangold on this project again. “Jim is pretty fast — he already has the basic treatment in his head.” He has every intention of wanting to move this forward very aggressively, and we want to support that.” Kennedy alludes that once the strike of the WGA is settled and business continues, they will hit the ground running on the movie.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8wXEak1cLg
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