Matthew Robinson recently spoke to Polygon.com about the Rogue Squadron script he wrote with Patty Jenkins, sharing “It was a great thrill to write that, and especially to work with Patty, who made it a very personal story”, but he doesn’t know if it will go on to film.
While chatting with screenwriter Matthew Robinson about his upcoming sci-fi comedy movie directed by Gore Verbinski, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, we had to ask about Rogue Squadron, which he wrote alongside Jenkins. Despite the secrecy typically shrouding any unreleased Star Wars project, Robinson offered up a surprisingly unvarnished answer about both the status and concept of his script.
“I had a great time writing it,” he said. “Patty Jenkins is one of my favorite artists in the world. I think she’s absolutely brilliant. We had a great time working together. I don’t currently know what Lucasfilm wants to do with it. They’re in a pretty big state of flux at the moment, after Kathleen [Kennedy] leaving, and who knows what the future holds for them theatrically.”
Robinson then touched on why, as a longtime Star Wars fan, Rogue Squadron was so important to him. “It was a great thrill to write that, and especially to work with Patty, who made it a very personal story,” he said. “It was very much a movie about fighter pilots. Her father was a fighter pilot. It was very personal to her, and we were trying to tell a really great personal story about fighter pilots and Rogue Squadron pilots in the Star Wars universe. I think we did a great job with it, and I really hope one day we get to see a version of that.”
Robinson also addressed the current state of the Star Wars universe, saying Lucasfilm is “doing fine on TV.” That certainly tracks, especially if Grogu and The Mandalorian — Star Wars’ next theatrical release and a direct expansion of the Disney Plus series — is any indication. However, the franchise is still in dire need of a new story that’s able to rekindle the flames of dying interest, given the lackluster conclusion that was The Rise of Skywalker.
Read the article here. Would you still like to Rogue Squadron on the big screen? Share your thought on our social media channels.
