The team over at Boba Fett Fan Club bring us a recap of the various pieces of info and rumour that have come in lately regarding the Boba Fett standalone movie. Much of the list is conjecture, and only a few are confirmed, but none confirm that there’s definitely a Fett movie in the offing.
The latest rumour is that Lawrence Kasdan is writing the Fett film, a rumour played up as fact over at Schmoes Know.
Head on over to the Boba Fett Fan Club to read the complete list and here’s a bullet list of the confirmed news.
- February 5, 2013: Less than a week after announcing Episode 7, the official Star Wars website confirmed there will be two spin-off films. No mention of Boba Fett.
- September 12, 2013: Variety reports that Disney CFO Jay Rasul confirmed on an investor conference call that we’ll see “origin” stories in these spin-off films. No mention of Boba Fett.
- May 6, 2014: Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed on an investor conference call that at least three spin-off films are being targeted by 2020. In other words, we’re to expect one “saga” film (e.g. Episode 7), then one off-saga film (e.g. spin-off) every year. No further details were mentioned.
- May 22, 2014: Lucasfilm confirmed Gareth Edwards is the director of a stand-alone Star Wars film. No title was mentioned.
- June 4, 2014: Lucasfilm confirmed John Trank is the director of a second stand-along Star Wars film. No title or screenwriter is mentioned.