Star Wars finds itself at a crossroads in 2024

star wars It came in 2024 Hoping to achieve the victories that the franchise struggled to achieve during five years of distress after the release of The Rise of Skywalker. Across books, movies, and television, the horizon looked bright: Supreme Republic He was preparing for the final chapter with a renewed collection of books and comic strips – work that was set to culminate in one of two new big moves on television, assistantwhich he was scheduled to join Skeleton crew In drawing the paths I looked at star wars Through new eyes and new perspectives.

Although it still doesn’t exist star wars A movie is on the way anytime soon, the first of Three major theatrical projects—Sharmaine Obaid-Chinoy’s new Jedi Order film, directed by Daisy Ridley returning as Jedi Master Rey Skywalker — was set to begin filming, paving the way for the return of the galaxy far, far away to the big screen, part of an extensive slate refocusing after years of rumors Declaration and ambition canceled.

instead of, star wars The year closes full of uncertainty. One such project was publicly canceled while Lucasfilm and Disney both remained silent while the cast and crew survived A storm of harassment. The other is still tentatively navigating that tightrope, made all the more precarious by its child stars (at least for now, one). Failed manufactured hysteria Gay parents aside, it doesn’t seem to rock this particular boat). The list of films has swelled again and Re-expand with projectsas well as delay Creative transformations Lucasfilm pushed back its most famous cinematic project and produced another: a remastered cinematic film. The Mandalorian Instead of a new season to lead the attack instead, retreat to the familiar. star wars As a vast entity that can’t help but feel rudderless, the franchise is still figuring out what it is and what it wants to be after the Skywalker Saga ends, but it’s not quite ready to take the steps forward to figure it out.

It left behind a turbulent five years of announced and rumored film projects that either faded into the ether or were canceled entirely. star wars He is in the unenviable position of having people actively care about his future. outside The Mandalorian and Grogu-the first star wars Film project since then The Rise of Skywalker In fact, publicly Prove its existence In some capacity – there’s nothing else Lucasfilm has discussed that seems concrete in any way. And with assistant Being the rare project that The studio was actively cancelledInstead of leaving it vaguely open to continue, star wars Fans have been trained to see almost any announcement about the future, no matter if it comes from trade reports or even Lucasfilm itself, at its glamorous conventions, through… Lens of doubt. Why invest in something that can be scrapped and left dangling? Why be excited about a movie that might be locked in development hell for years and years or might be canceled altogether? What exactly is active vision for? star wars When her most solid project in years is a cinematic continuation of a TV show that has found its star waning with each one An increasingly complex veil?

star wars It’s a series about hope, yet a sense of despair is how the year 2024 has been defined, and a lack of conviction to give any of the sentiment it gives off about its future time to flourish. It wasn’t all bad. On the literary front, Marvel’s star wars comics and Supreme Republic The Initiative has gone from strength to strength, reveling in their own turf to push and expand the galaxy far beyond. Bad batch came to Friendly ending This year, paving the way for any new chapter of star wars Animation will follow in her legacy. With everything in it Disparity as a symptom– Putting those disputes of bad faith aside –assistant You’ve engaged new audiences star warswhile challenging the form and structure of the franchise. In the here and now, while it’s still early, Skeleton crewA charming old-fashioned sense of adventure (which, at the very least, reflects a nostalgia for cinematic inspirations beyond mere love star wars itself) acquired itself Critical and general evaluation.

There are things we hope to move forward as well. Even if Lucasfilm as a studio is no longer confident in exploring the world assistantIts publishing arm is Planning A collection of novels and comic stories Weaving in place helped ground her novels in the first place. After a long delay, Andor He will come back to her Season 2 in 2025bears the unenviable burden of following up on what can be said to be some of the Most famous worldwide star wars Material from the past decade, let alone recent memory.

But a lot of star warsThe future, as the wise Capricorn once said, remains in constant motion. In 2025, as that future gets closer and closer, star wars She faces a reckoning about exactly what it must be like when she seeks her way back to cinematic success: one where she is, even temporarily, willing to side with new visions of herself (particularly in the face of rising rogues in the culture war). Their “victory” encouraged them to do so assistant) And looking beyond the boundaries of the main films, or to other films where they pin all their hopes on the familiar, and cling to it. It nods to the past Reliable.

The path it takes should become clearer in 2025, with all eyes on it star wars Japan celebration To start lighting the way. All we can do now is wait.

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