With its release date of 22nd December 2023 announced back in 2020, it’s sad news that Rogue Squadron from Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins is to be delayed indefinitely due to scheduling conflicts, meaning the film has now been taken off the production schedule.
Jenkins and writer Matthew Robinson have been developing Squadron for Lucasfilm for over a year, with the goal of starting production in 2022. It was to have gone into preproduction by the end of this year.
However, sources say the producers and filmmaking team came to the realization that Jenkins’ schedule and other commitments wouldn’t allow for the window needed to make the movie in 2022.
Thus, Squadron has been taken off the production schedule. The hope is that once Jenkins’ fulfills her previous commitments, she will be able to return to the project.
The date of 22nd December 2023 remains as a slot for a future Star Wars film; what that release will be is unknown, but with Disney Plus Day arriving on Friday, perhaps we will learn more then – could the film shift back in the schedules, or like the Boba Fett and Obi-Wan Kenobi film projects become a Disney Plus series? Either way, we will be discussing this on the next episode of Making Tracks.