Star Wars Celebration 2023: Ahsoka Teaser, Daisy Ridley Returns, Andor Season 2 Release Window, and More

Star Wars Celebration 2023, held April 7 in London, had a ton of surprises from Lucasfilm’s galaxy far, far away, ranging from new information to TV shows and movies. This year’s event coincides with the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi and features details on three new theatrical films, a teaser for the Rosario Dawson-directed film Ahsoka limited editions and exclusive first looks for Star Wars: The Acolyte and Andor season 2 for event attendees. The upcoming Star Wars movies would mark the franchise’s first to grace the big screen since 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of the Skywalker. Since then, we’ve only had Disney+ shows such as The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba. Fett.

For your convenience, we’ve listed the biggest movie, TV and game news from Star Wars Celebration 2023 below:

Three new Star Wars movies confirmed

Daisy Ridley is set to reprise her role as Rey Skywalker in the long-gestating Star Wars film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Ms. Marvel). The development of this film has been in limbo for some time now, where initially Disney hired Damon Lindelof (Lost) and Justin Britt-Gibson (Counterpart) to write the script. However, they left the project last month, paving the way for Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) to take over. The untitled film is set 15 years after the events of The Rise of the Skywalker and follows Rey’s struggle to build a new Jedi order by recruiting Force-sensitive warriors.

Rey Skywalker Will Try To Create A New Jedi Order In Untitled Star Wars Movie
Photo credit: Lucasfilm

Dave Filoni – best known for his co-creation The Mandalorian – leads the second Star Wars movie, which takes place in the same timeline as the Disney+ shows. A blog post notes that the film will focus on the New Republic and “close the interconnected stories” told in its other shows. Jon Favreau has previously confirmed that all upcoming shows, including Jude Law-led Skeleton Team, take place during the same timeframe, so it’s not unusual for his co-star Filoni’s film to follow suit. not. The entire arc and its character interactions have already been mapped out, and Favreau has already finished writing The Mandalorian season 4.

Then there is a third by James Mangold (Logan), which will go back to the dawn of the Jedi – taking place 25,000 years before the sequels. There are no release windows for any of these movies, and this update comes some time after Patty Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron was quietly pulled from Disney’s production schedule. “Rogue Squadron is definitely something we’re still talking about. Whether it’s a movie or it ends up in the series space, it’s definitely something,” the president said. of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, at the event.

Meanwhile, Taika Waititi is still writing his standalone Star Wars movie, with Kennedy adding that he “doesn’t really want to involve other people in this process.”

Ahsoka teaser and release window

Ahsoka finally got a trailer at Star Wars Celebration 2023, highlighting the titular Jedi’s (Rosario Dawson) next adventure as it anticipates the return of Admiral Thrawn – however, it’s unclear who is playing him. The women of Star Wars: Rebels take center stage in the series, with Mary Elizabeth Winstead (10 Cloverfield Lane) taking on the role of ace pilot general Hera Syndulla and Natasha Liu Bordizzo (Guns Akimbo) as Mandalorian warrior Sabine Wren . In the trailer, Ahsoka is also seen battling Ray Stevenson’s Baylon in a dark arena, alongside a quick glimpse of Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly), one of the founders of the Rebel Alliance. who played an important role in the battle against the Empire. .

Ahsoka will air in August on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar.

Andor Season 2 Release Window

Andor creator Tony Gilroy and a few cast members from the Star Wars Celebration event showed off an exclusive first look at the second and final season. The images were only shown to participants and at this time it is unclear when they will appear online. That said, Gilroy confirmed that the series was aiming for an August 2024 release window. “We started filming in November,” he said at the event (via IGN). “We are about halfway there. We will be filming until August. We are on the exact schedule. Finish in August, spend another year in office. I guess we will come out the following August.

After revealing its massive cast in November, Disney reportedly showed off the first footage from its upcoming Star Wars: The Acolyte show at the event. The eight-episode series is directed by Leslye Headland (Russian Doll) and is best described as a mystery thriller set during the final days of the High Republic era, exploring the dark side of the Force. “That’s when the bad guys are more numerous. They are the underdogs. I’m really excited for you to see things you haven’t seen live yet,” Headland said.

The Acolyte stars Amandla Stenberg (Bodies Bodies Bodies), Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix), Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game), Dafne Keen (Logan), Rebecca Henderson (Inventing Anna) and Dean-Charles Chapman (1917).

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor features Coruscant as a playable planet

Stig Asmussen, director of the upcoming Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, has confirmed that the city-covered planet Coruscant will be available in-game, though not fully open-world. “We’re taking our approach to Metroidvania one step further, and just to talk about another planet, we’re also going to have Coruscant. I think there’s been a lot of speculation about it,” he said.

Following his comments, Andy McNamara, Head of Communications, EA’s Star Wars, lower fan expectations stating that Coruscant was just one of the game’s destinations and that there are many other planets to explore in depth with their “greatest environments yet”. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor releases April 28 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X.

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