Today it was confirmed that Disney and Lucasfilm are developing theObi-Wan Kenobispin-off movie after years of talk about the project. However, one thing that was overlooked in the initial report was the confirmation thatYodaandBoba Fettspin-off movies are also currently in development. We’ve heard rumors for years about these projects, but today was the first real information that we have received that confirms that the wheels are in motion for a standaloneYodamovie as well as a standaloneBoba Fettmovie.
The news comes to us viaThe Hollywood Reporter. In the article detailing the development of theObi-Wan Kenobi movie, The Hollywood Reporter also casually mentions thatYodaandBoba Fettmovies are also currently in development. The article had this to say.
“TheObi-Wan Kenobi standaloneis one of several projects being developed by Lucasfilm and Disney that fall outside the trilogies telling the saga of the Skywalker family. AHan Solo movieis now in the final stages of shooting under new director Ron Howard and Lucasfilm is also looking at movies featuringYodaand bounty hunterBoba Fett, among others.”
The movies would have to be prequels, but no further information is known at this time. Lucasfilm and Disney had a monster hit withRogue Oneand are certainly hoping for the same results with the upcomingHan Solomovie.
ABoba Fettmovie has been talked about for years and was even attached to director Josh Trank for a time before 2015’sThe Fantastic Fourcame out and tanked. Trank even went so far as to make aBoba Fettsizzle reel forStar WarsCelebration in 2015. The sizzle reel was reportedly going to be the announcement of the project, but it was quickly pulled and the movie was shelved after having a 2018 release date. It is unclear just how far Trank got in the project, but he was working on it before Chris Miller and Phil Lord were attached to direct theHan Solomovie.
A standaloneYodamovie has been rumored since 2013, though not as much information is known about how far along the project has gone since then. Fans have been waiting for the backstory ofYodaon the big screen forever and the spin-off for the Jedi Master was actually rumored to be the first standalone movie to be released, which obviously didn’t work out as planned. It’s also interesting to note that a Jabba the Hut movie was also rumored to have been in development at that time. Thankfully, we have not heard anymore rumblings about that project.
TheObi-Wan Kenobimovie is in the very early stages of development with Stephen Daldry attached to direct and is rumored to be without a script at the moment, so it could be quite a while before we end up seeing theYodaandBoba Fettspin-off movies. Thankfully, in the meantime we have plenty ofStar Warsto be excited about.The Last Jedicomes out December 15th, 2017 and theHan Solomovie comes out May 25th, 2018. Not to mention thatStar Wars 9comes out comes out May 24th, 2019. There is definitely no shortage ofStar Warscoming our way.
