Mara Jade is one of the most popular Star Wars characters excluded from the official continuity. Now, writers working within Disney’s established timeline say Lucasfilm is not permitting her adaptation. While those comments apply primarily to the literary side of the galaxy far, far away, they reinforce a broader impression. Mara Jade appears to have little chance of making the jump to the screen.
When Disney purchased Lucasfilm in 2012 for $4.05 billion, George Lucas handed over more than just a company — he handed over his mythology to Disney CEO Bob Iger.
Fans can now add another title to the long list of Star Wars projects that failed to launch. In an interview with the Associated Press, Adam Driver, who played Kylo Ren (later revealed to be Ben Solo) in the Star Wars sequels that started with The Force Awakens, said he and director Steven Soderbergh spent two years independently developing a Star Wars movie called The Hunt for Ben Solo before presenting it to Lucasfilm and Disney executives.
In a staggering new report from Forbes journalist Caroline Reid, Disney has officially revealed that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker cost $593.7 million to produce—making it the third most expensive movie ever made. That number places it behind only The Force Awakens and Jurassic World: Dominion in the all-time rankings of cinematic spending.
When Variety publishes a major profile on a filmmaker, readers tend to notice not only what’s included — but what’s missing. In the case of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, the two-time Oscar-winning director who was once announced to helm a new Star Wars movie centered on Daisy Ridley’s Rey, a major omission might be the biggest story of all.
Mark Hamill is warning Hollywood about the “terrifying” future of AI performers. In a new Variety interview, the Star Wars veteran blasted the rise of synthetic actors as “ghastly,” “ghoulish,” and “weird.”
But the same man now decrying artificial actors has already been turned into one — at least partially — by Disney.
Lucasfilm’s next theatrical entry in the galaxy far, far away, Star Wars: Starfighter, is now filming with a release date locked for 2027. The movie is being helmed by Shawn Levy, best known for Deadpool & Wolverine, with a cast that includes Ryan Gosling, Amy Adams, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, and more. With excitement building, one question has already sparked fan speculation: could the Starfighter movie return to the lush and iconic Star Wars prequel world of Naboo?
James Mangold has just inked a major deal with Paramount Pictures to develop, direct, and produce feature films for the studio. It’s a career win for Mangold, but the news comes with ripple effects—particularly for Lucasfilm. The director was announced last year as the creative force behind Dawn of the Jedi, a Star Wars project that was supposedly set to explore the origins of the Force.
The galaxy far, far away may be headed in a direction few fans ever expected. According to a new rumor, Starfighter—the upcoming Star Wars film from Shawn Levy starring Ryan Gosling and Amy Adams—may revolve around Mara Jade from the Expanded Universe (EU) attempting to get Luke Skywalker’s son to none other than…Rey.
President Donald J. Trump made waves this morning by announcing a 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the United States. This trump movie tariff, framed as a way to bring the movie business back to American soil, could have the largest impact on Disney—Hollywood’s biggest player and one that has increasingly shifted its production to the United Kingdom.
When That Park Place first reported in September that the cost of the short-lived Disney Star Wars show The Acolyte’s had ballooned past $230 million according to U.K. tax filings, many readers wondered just how high the tab really climbed. Now we have the answer.
Pedro Pascal is speaking out against Disney ABC pulling Jimmy Kimmel off the air in a way he never did for his co-star Gina Carano when the same company terminated her for sharing a meme.
It is one of the strangest stories we’ve covered, perhaps ever, on That Park Place. Billy Dee Williams, known for his role in the original Star Wars trilogy as Lando, came out with amazing responses to the Charlie Kirk tragedy via his Facebook page. They were pro-human, pro-living, and fully empathetic. Yet days later, Williams has released a statement claiming his page was “hacked” and none of those views are his own.