Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic film within the works
With the Skywalker saga concluding this December, Lucasfilm has begun to map out what the subsequent decade of Star Wars movies will appear like. Although the studio plans to take a self-mandated breather, they intend to return again arduous.
In 2022, the primary in a trilogy of movies from Sport of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will arrive, all whereas The Final Jedi writer-director Rian Johnson works on his personal trilogy. Now comes phrase from BuzzFeed of a beforehand unreported third challenge within the works from Laeta Kalogridis, and it’s one positive to intrigue diehard followers.
Kalogridis, creator of the Netflix collection Altered Carbon and author of movies Shutter Island and Terminator Genisys, is alleged to be penning a screenplay primarily based on the Star Wars online game Knights of the Outdated Republic.
The beloved recreation is ready four,000 years earlier than the occasions of Star Wars: A New Hope, the place Darth Malak, a Darkish Lord of the Sith, has unleashed a Sith armada in opposition to the Republic. Taking part in as a Jedi, players enterprise to totally different planets within the galaxy of their quest to defeat Malak. Alongside the way in which, they hyperlink up with Wookies, droids, and, most notably, Bastila Shan, a Jedi Knight and probably the most revered feminine characters within the Star Wars universe.
Kalogridis is the primary girl to pen a Star Wars movie since 1980’s The Empire Strikes Again, which the late Leigh Brackett obtained a writing credit score on. What’s extra, Kalogridis’ involvement will not be a one-off both as BuzzFeed experiences that her script may set the stage for a possible Knights of the Outdated Republic trilogy.
Watch a walkthrough of the unique Knights of the Republic online game: