Patty Jenkins is directing Star Wars: Rogue Squadron for Lucasfilm, but the film won’t retell the stories in the popular video games or books of the same name. Lucasfilm revealed the new Star Wars movie project during this week’s Walt Disney Company Investor Day presentation. During an interview with IGN ahead of the debut of Wonder Woman 1984 on HBO Max and in theaters, Jenkins clarified that she’s not basing her film on those popular past Rogue Squadron stories. “[In the Star Wars: Rogue Squadron movie] we’re doing something original with great influence from the games and the books,” Jenkins said. “There’s a lot of things being acknowledged and understood about the greatness of all of those things, but yes, it’s an original story and I’m so psyched to do it.”

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