Ever since we found out that there were going to be standalone movies that focus on a single playing our favorite Star Wars characters? 451r3g
Although the first major announcement about these spin-offs came almost two years ago, we still haven’t learned a lot. We have director Gareth Edwards‘ public thanks to him for writing.
As for who will play the young Solo. We’ll just have to wait and see.
As for a release date, the recent Hasbro leak suggests that Solo’s movie will be out in 2018.
The other standalone that we’ve heard of is one that will focus on probably has a 2016 release date.
Some have speculated that it could be a sort of coming-of-age tale, in which Fett goes from the little boy we saw in Episode II to the ruthless Boba Fett plot yet.
The Hasbro leak also listed a very interesting third standalone called Red Five, which has seen very few rumors. It seems likely to focus on X-wing pilots, though the owner of the callsign Red Five could be just about anyone. Both Luke and Anakin have had the title in the past, and there’s no reason to believe that someone else couldn’t hold it as well.
The Rogue Squadron books provided a lot of material that could potentially be used to influence the standalone spin-offs, but with the release of the film five years away, we’ll have to wait a while to see what rumors and leaks tell us about the characters and the plot. The expected release date is 2020, so it could be a while.
As for the near future.
Which spin-off are you most excited about? What other standalone films would you like to see? Share your thoughts below!
