We knew earlier this year that Lucasfilm had cooled off on working with Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige for a Star Wars movie project, in the studio’s latest shakeup of killing most of the upcoming movies it announces these days. But now, as The Marvels takes to the big screen, Feige has confirmed that he’s no longer headed to the galaxy far, far away.
Speaking with Entertainment Tonight’s Ash Crossran, Feige definitively but flatly confirmed that his Star Wars movie was dead during the red carpet for The Marvels premiere. “No,” was all Feige said about the planned collaboration.
It marks the latest Star Wars project cancelled before it could come to fruition, as Lucasfilm has messily navigated a post-Rise of Skywalker tenure for the franchise and realigned its focus on streaming content output for Disney+. Now, as Lucasfilm looks again to return Star Wars to the big screen—anchoring itself to three committed projects announced at Star Wars Celebration Europe earlier this year—we’re starting to get a clearer picture of what is and isn’t happening. Here’s a reminder, if you’re still confused…
