Disney and Lucasfilm aredeveloping a female-ledStar Warsseriesas part of their line-up of projects for Disney+. The series will be spearheaded byRussian Dollco-creator and showrunner Leslye Headland, who recently provided new details on the timeline of theStar Warsshow and how her pitch to the studio was influenced by Harrison Ford’sIndiana Jonesfranchise.
When news of Headland’sStar Warsseries was first reported, few details on the project were provided aside from the fact that it would be female-centric and set in a different period of the franchise’s timeline. Up to this point, theStar Warsfilms and television shows have beenprimarily set during a sixty-plus year periodchronicling the fall of the Galactic Republic to the Resistance’s war against the First Order.
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Now Headland has revealed that her series will not only examine a new time period inStar Warslore, it will also explore new geographical corners of the galaxy. “I would say it’s in a pocket of the universe and a pocket of the timeline that we don’t know much about,” said Headland during an interview with Fantastic Franky. “I kind of see, ifStar Warsis a religion. I like to think of my show as a tent revival. You can come over if you want to. We’re going to be talking about some cool stuff.” Headland elaborated by explaining that her plans for the show include introducing new elements and faces to theStar Warsmythology, saying, “there’s going to be some things we haven’t discussed in the canon yet. There are going to be some characters you don’t know about.”
Headland also revealed that she turned totheIndiana Jonesfilmsto help visually demonstrate the locations she wanted to explore in the series during her pitch meeting with Disney. “For me, it’s less about going through theStar Warsuniverse cinematically or artistically, I’m actually kind of combing through it geographically and go on a literal journey,” she said. “When we were pitching, I had my designer create that Indiana Jones-like ‘we go here and then we go here,’ with the little dotted red line like this is our journey, this is where we’re going.”
With the Skywalker saga now complete, Disney and Lucasfilm appear to be putting all of their efforts into theStar Warstelevision shows.The Mandalorianremains the only series available on Disney+ at this point, but the upcoming slate of projects includes an Obi-Wan Kenobi show featuring Ewan McGregor,aRogue Oneprequel, and an animated project centered on the titular clone trooper squadron known asThe Bad Batch.
There are also rumors claiming Disney and Lucasfilm are considering producinga series centered on Boba Fett. The popular hunter infamously met his demise inReturn of the Jediafter falling into the Sarlacc pit but was revealed to have survived the ordeal after making a brief appearance inThe Mandalorianseason two premiere.
