Rumor: Damon Lindelof and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s ‘Star Wars’ Film To Start Shooting in April
Happy New Year! We are kicking off 2023 with an exciting rumor for all Star Wars fans, particularly for those who’ve been longing for a return to the big screen. For those who haven’t been keeping up for the past few months, Lucasfilm is actively working on a new feature film that will be co-written by Watchmen and The Leftovers creator Damon Lindelof, and directed by Ms. Marvel veteran Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
According to the website World of Reel, the upcoming project would be gearing up for a production start this April. News about the film, which has yet to be confirmed by Lucasfilm, first started circulating back in March 2022. The project started picking up some steam after the summer, when, according to reports, Lucasfilm set up a writers’ room that Dave Filoni may have visited. Justin Britt-Gibson (Counterpart) will be co-writing with Lindelof.
The film will reportedly be set after the events of The Rise of Skywalker, and characters from the sequel trilogy could even make an appearance. (Daisy Ridley has been suspiciously posting pictures from the Lucasfilm headquarters in recent months — she is rumored to have popped by numerous times.) Another rumor from renowned insider Daniel Richtman pointed out that the film will feature a new set of leads, with the filmmakers looking to cast a woman of color as the lead.
World of Reel is a reputable website in the world of independent and low-budget movies, though they also cover the entire film industry. We are taking this as a rumor for now until more evidence appears, but the project has been in the oven for at least a year, so the timeline seems to match up. If it is indeed true that they will be filming this spring, other Hollywood trades will surely get wind of it quickly, and we’ll have more news to report in the coming weeks. It wouldn’t be the first time in recent memory Lucasfilm starts filming a project without the world knowing anything about it — news on The Book of Boba Fett first came out no more than 2-3 weeks before cameras started rolling, and while Skeleton Crew had been in the news cycle for a few months by that point, it wasn’t until late May, during Star Wars Celebration, that we learned about the title, lead actor, and timeline. That was one month before they started filming.
If nothing else, this marks the beginning of an exciting year for Star Wars. We’ve got The Bad Batch season 2 hitting Disney Plus in just a few days, plus The Mandalorian season 3 coming out in two months. Star Wars Celebration is coming to Europe in early April, where Lindelof and Obaid-Chinoy’s film will surely be officially announced. Ahsoka and Skeleton Crew are coming later in the year, and Star Wars: Visions is making a comeback during the spring with a second batch of animated non-canon stories.
We are already getting ready for a wild ride of news and content coming down the pipeline, so make sure to stay tuned to StarWarsNewsNet.com to learn all about it with us!
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as movies from Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.
