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# Lucasfilm announces a ton of new Star Wars projects
- URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/lucasfilm-announces-a-ton-of-new-star-wars-projects/
- Published: 2020-12-20T05:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-09T21:28:59.000Z
- Description: Including Ahsoka, Andor, The Bad Batch, and more
- Author: Andrew Liptak
- Tags: Star Wars, News, Andor

Get ready for the floodgates to open. During its Investors Day, Disney [announced](https://www.starwars.com/news/future-lucasfilm-projects-revealed?ref=andrewliptak.com) that it is planning to release a ton of new shows over the next couple of years, including 10 new *Star Wars* projects.

During the presentation, Kathleen Kennedy took the stage to provide an update on *The Mandalorian*‘s ongoing second season, and announced some new concurrent spinoff shows: *The Rangers of the New Republic* and *Ahsoka*. The next “chapter” will debut on Christmas 2021.

Both shows will jump off from *The Mandalorian*, something that Bob Iger had hinted at a while back. We’ve seen some elements of those projects embedded during this current season of *The Mandalorian*, the efforts of the New Republic to maintain some order throughout the Galaxy and Outer Rim, and of course Ahsoka Tano (played by Rosario Dawson), who appeared in the episode [“The Jedi”](https://www.tor.com/2020/11/27/the-mandalorian-gets-an-unexpected-bounty-in-chapter-thirteen-the-jedi/?ref=andrewliptak.com) a couple of weeks ago and appears to be on a mission of her own—hunting down Grand Admiral Thrawn. According to Kennedy, the shows will “intersect with future stories and culminate into a climactic story event.”

Beyond those shows, we’ve known about a couple of those projects already: there’s the [*Rogue One* prequel about Cassian Andor](https://www.tor.com/2018/11/08/star-wars-cassian-andor-spy-thriller-tv-series-diego-luna/?ref=andrewliptak.com), a [miniseries about Obi-Wan Kenobi](https://www.tor.com/2020/12/10/hayden-christensen-to-play-darth-vader-in-obi-wan-tv-show/?ref=andrewliptak.com), and a [series from *Russian Doll* creator Leslye Headland](https://www.tor.com/2020/04/22/disney-signs-up-russian-doll-creator-leslye-headland-for-new-star-wars-tv-series/?ref=andrewliptak.com).

Kennedy provided a first look at *Andor*—the previously untitled series about the *Rogue One* character and his sidekick K-2S0\. This project has already entered production, Kennedy noted, and it’s now slated for a 2022 release. Joining Diego Luna and Alan Tudyk is Stellan Skarsgard, Adria Arjona, Fiona Shaw, Denise Gough, Kyle Soller, and Genevieve O’Reilly.

Along with the announcement came a short behind-the-scenes feature that showed off some of the concept art, sets, costumes, and props that’ll appear in the series.

The next series will be called *Obi-Wan Kenobi* will take place 10 years after the events of *Revenge of the Sith*, which is set to enter production in March. The biggest announcement from the event was a new addition to the cast: Hayden Christensen, who played Anakin Skywalker in the prequel trilogy, will be returning to the franchise to play Darth Vader in the series.

Another live-action series that’s in the works comes from *Dear White People* creator Justin Simien—*Lando—*which sounds as though it’s currently in development. Kennedy described the series as an “event series”, and it seems likely that it’ll share some connection to the 2018 standalone film *Solo: A Star Wars Story,* which starred Donald Glover. Lucasfilm didn’t indicate if Glover or Billy Dee Williams will reprise their roles.

Kennedy also provided a hint at Leslye Headland’s story, *The Acolyte*, which she says will be set during the same time frame as the upcoming book and comic crossover series, *The High Republic*. She characterized it as a “mystery-thriller that will take the audience into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark side powers.”

In the animated space, Kennedy provided a look at a couple of new projects: the [upcoming animated series *The Bad Batch*](https://www.tor.com/2020/07/13/oh-sht-its-the-bad-batch-and-theyre-coming-to-disney/?ref=andrewliptak.com), a spinoff of the *Clone Wars* TV series, following Clone Force 99, which was introduced in the final season of *The Clone Wars*. The teaser trailer for that show offered plenty of action as the Empire establishes itself, and shows off some familiar characters—Grand Admiral Tarkin and Fennec Shand.

Also announced was *Star Wars Visions*, a series of 10 short animated films from several Japanese anime studios. And finally, Kennedy announced *A Droid Story*, a “special *Star Wars* adventure for Disney+”, which will be a collaboration between Lucasfilm Animation and Industrial Light & Magic, and will follow “a new hero, guided by legendary duo R2-D2 and C-3PO.”

Filmwise, Kennedy announced that Patty Jenkins would direct a new film called [*Rogue Squadron*](https://www.tor.com/2020/12/10/patty-jenkins-star-wars-rogue-squadron/?ref=andrewliptak.com), while director/writer/actor Taika Waititi is also developing his own project.

Interestingly, Kennedy said that they’re building a number of new Volume stages—the high-tech screens that they’ve been filming *The Mandalorian* on, which underlies the production effort that Disney is undertaking with all of these new projects. There will be plenty of Star Wars for everyone, coming soon.