We figured the Rogue Squadron movie we first heard about during a Disney investor's broadcast back in 2020 was well and truly dead in the water at this stage, but it seems the project is still set to take flight with Patty Jenkins at the helm.
Jenkins reportedly parted ways with the movie to focus on directing the now defunct Wonder Woman 3 amid rumored creative differences with Kathleen Kennedy, and it was officially taken off Lucasfilm's release schedule back in 2022.
However, Jenkins has now revealed that Rogue Squadron is still very much alive.
"So, when I left Star Wars to do Wonder Woman 3, I thought maybe I'll come back to Star Wars after Wonder Woman 3," the filmmaker explained to Collider. "So we did a deal for that to happen, started a deal, but I thought I was doing Wonder Woman. When that went away, Lucasfilm and I were like, oh, we gotta finish this deal. We finished the deal right as the strike was happening. So I now owe a draft of Star Wars and so we will see what happens there. You know, like, who knows? "
"It's hard, they have a hard job in front of them of what's the first movie they're gonna do," she continued. "They have other directors who have been working, but I am now, you know, I'm back on doing Rogue Squadron and we'll see what happens. We need to develop, you know, get it to where we're both super happy with it."
So, while the project is technically back in development, it doesn't sound like anything is set in stone just yet, and, as Jenkins points out, it will likely be quite some time before Rogue Squadron sees the light of day with everything else Lucasfilm has in the pipeline at the moment.
Even so, it's nice to hear that Jenkins will (hopefully) still get the opportunity to see this movie to fruition, since she has such a personal connection to the material.
"When [my father] lost his life in service to [the United States], it ignited a desire in me to turn all of that tragedy and thrill into one day making the greatest fighter pilot movie of all time," she said back when the project was first announced. "But try as I might and look as I did, I couldn't find the right story ever. I kept looking and looking, but I just couldn't find the right one. Now I found a story about two things I love."