This really is an exciting time to be a Star Wars fan! Currently, Disney is busy putting together four...count them...four Star Wars films! We all know that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is nearly complete and will be released in December of this year, and we've also seen a teaser trailer for Star Wars: Rogue One which will be released late next year. A year after, we'll see the currently untitled Star Wars: Episode VIII, and one year after that, the second of the Star Wars Anthology films will be released. Like I said, it's a great time to be a Star Wars fan!
There have been a lot of rumors surrounding each of these films from what they will be about to who will be in them. There have also been a lot of rumors of things that have been going on behind-the-scenes that have made their way onto the web. One of the biggest rumors involves the second of the Anthology films, and the departure of it's director, Josh Trank. Trank told everyone that he was leaving on his own accord, but sources close to the project said that there had been some bad blood brewing between Disney and Trank. You can read my previous blogs for more details on their split.
So where does that leave the second of the Anthology films? First of all, Disney needs to find a new director, and it seems that they have narrowed their list down to two people. The first is Matthew Vaughn, who directed Kingsman: The Secret Service, and the second (and my personal favorite!) is John Favreau, who has a ton of movies under his belt, both as a director and an actor. You may know him as the director that helped launch Marvel's Cinematic Universe!
Second, they need a story. Right now, Simon Kinberg (Fantastic Four) is writing the screen play, and it was rumored to be a Boba Fett origin story. However, it's now being reported by Schmoes Know that it will be a film that focuses on how the Han Solo/Boba Fett rivalry began. The film is said to be taking place between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, and it's rumored that Chewbacca and Lando will also be appearing, as well as the bounty Hunter Bossk.
This is still a number of years away, so it's possible that all of this could change, but for the time being, I'm pretty excited to see another movie with Boba Fett in it!
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