star Wars has a new film trilogy reportedly in development at Lucasfilm that will supposedly be a continuation of the Skywalker saga. Long-term X Men Film writer and producer Simon Kinberg has reportedly signed on to write the new film trilogy (described as Episodes 10-12) and produce it alongside Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy. It is also noted that this new trilogy of Skywalker Saga films will be in development independently of the previously announced Star Wars films – including James Mangold's film about the First Jedi and director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's film about Rey established New Jedi Order Skywalker (Daisy Ridley).

This is a pretty big change in direction for Lucasfilm – and as with Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise, this could be very indicative of what's going on behind the scenes at Lucasfilm. Star Wars tried to follow the very controversial sequel trilogy films (The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker), by branching the franchise into spin-off Skywalker Saga content (The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, Obi-Wan, Andor) or into entirely new areas of myth and storytelling (The High Republic, The Acolyte, Tales of the Jedi, Star Wars Visions).

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Ultimately, nothing in this expanded portfolio of content was as big a success as the Skywalker Saga films TROS earned $1.077 billion at the box office, and the sequel films (despite their split) spawned lucrative new merchandise and established popular new groundbreaking characters (Kylo Ren, Rey) for the franchise. Disney's returning CEO Bob Iger has made his changes to the Marvel/Star Wars brands clear, and major blockbuster films centered around trusted brand names are the order of the day. Returning to the Skywalker saga definitely fits within these parameters – the question is, how do you do it?

Source: Deadline