Rogue Squadron marks a creative pivot for the Star Wars franchise after the conclusion of the Skywalker Saga in 2019. It’s a whole other way of working that I’m getting up to speed on.” I’m fairly free to do the story that we want to do, but you really need to know who’s done what, who’s doing what, where it goes and how it works, and what designs have been done before. I’m on the phone with all of them and doing Zoom meetings with everybody involved in Star Wars all the time.
“It’s an entirely different way of working. Jenkins, who revealed in the Rogue Squadron announcement video that she has a personal connection to the story, her father was an Air Force pilot, also added that she is “ fairly free” to make the film that she wants to. I’m so excited about the story and excited that we’re the next chapter of Star Wars, which is such a responsibility and such an opportunity to really start some new things. We’re finishing a script, crewing up, and it’s all going wonderful. I had been on it already for six months before I even announced that, so we’re pretty deep into it.
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