Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (project)
After the "Unleashed" franchise was discontinued following Disney's decision to refresh the "Star Wars" canon in favor of producing a sequel trilogy, Sam Witwer, Marek's voice actor, revealed that Dave Filoni, the creator of the "Star Wars Rebels" animated series, considered bringing Marek back into the new canon and having him appear in that series, but ultimately decided against it because he could not find a way to do so without compromising either the new canon's quality or the character's unique distinctions.
List of Star Wars films and television series
In late 2012, it was reported that Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg would write and produce Episodes "VIII" and "IX". Kasdan and Kinberg were later confirmed as consultants on those films. In addition, John Williams, who wrote the music for the previous six episodes, was hired to compose the music for Episodes "VII", "VIII" and "IX". On March 12, 2015, Lucasfilm announced that "Looper" director Rian Johnson would direct "Episode VIII" with Ram Bergman as producer for Ram Bergman Productions. When asked about "Episode VIII" in mid-2014, Johnson said "I'm just happy. I don't have the terror I kind of expected I would... I'm sure I will at some point." Principal photography began in February 2016 and wrapped in July 2016. Carrie Fisher had finished filming her scenes, but died on December 27, 2016, approximately a year before the film's release.
Production on "" was scheduled to begin in 2017. Carrie Fisher was originally slated for a key role in the film, but after her death, her role had to be modified. In January 2017, Lucasfilm stated they would not digitally generate Fisher's performance for the film. In April 2017, Fisher's brother Todd and daughter Billie Lourd gave Disney permission to use unreleased footage from the first two films of the sequel trilogy. Principal photography of "Star Wars: Episode IX" began on August 1, 2018. J.J. Abrams returned to direct, and the film alongside Chris Terrio. Most of the cast of "The Last Jedi" is set to return, including "Star Wars" veterans Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels. They will be joined by Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian, on screen for the first time since 1983's "Return of the Jedi".