With so many rumours circulating about Disney’s various Star Wars projects, it’s hard to distinguish between those with a shred of truth to them, and those which have just been plucked from thin air. However, this past week threw up a new rumour about a potential spin-off movie which may belong to the former camp, seeing as various Star Wars fan sites have been asked to remove said posts.
So, according to German site Star Wars Union a Hasbro marketing event supposedly revealed Disney’s Star Wars release plans through to 2020, which included confirmation of the long-rumoured spin-off movies for Boba Fett and Han Solo, as well as a previously unmentioned spin-off entitled Red Five.
Red Five is of course Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing call sign in Episode IV, so presumably this spin-off would centre on Red Squadron, and perhaps even a young Luke Skywalker. If that is the case, then Red Five would surely need to take place between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back (seeing as Red Squadron has been replaced by Rogue Squadron by Episode V), which doesn’t really give them much room to maneuver plot-wise.
If the report is true (and as always, take this with a pinch of salt until we get official confirmation), then Disney’s Star Wars release schedule through to 2020 is as follows…
2014: Star Wars Rebels
2015: Star Wars: Episode VII
2016: Star Wars: Boba Fett
2017: Star Wars: Episode VIII
2018: Star Wars: Solo
2019: Star Wars: Episode IX
2020: Star Wars: Red Five
With Star Wars Rebels also included on the release schedule, there’s also a chance Red Five could be another animated series, perhaps taking place within the timeframe of the Original Trilogy?
Throw in the Darth Vader TV special, and that’s a lot of Star Wars to look forward to… although I have to say, with so much scope to explore the galaxy far, far away, it’s a pity they’re focusing everything around established characters rather than giving us something new.
Originally published May 18, 2014. Updated April 12, 2018.
