Michael Waldron, one of the screenwriters behindDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, confirmed that he is currently working on the script for a newStar Warsmovie.
Doctor Strange 2is currently making waves at the box office, adding another layer of multiversal madness to the MCU. While Waldron would have made a reasonable choice to spearheadLokiseason 2 after his success with the first chapter, it appears his ties toStar Warsmade that impossible.
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Waldron was recently featured on Deadline’sHero Nation Podcast,where he discussedStar Wars,Doctor Strange 2,and the next season of the Marvel Disney Plus seriesLoki. “Eric Martin has taken over as head writer for season two,” said Waldron. “Eric was my second-in-command through season one; he’s a brilliant writer and a close friend of mine.” Waldron also confirmed that the reason for this was because he’s “busy off writing this Star Wars movie.” In the interview, Waldron also explains whyKang the Conquer(Jonathan Majors) wasn’t inDoctor Strange 2.
After his appearance at the end of season 1 ofLoki, many fans expected the character to appear in the newDoctor Strangesequel since he’s so heavily tied to the multiverse. However, according to Waldron, they were afraid that would make the movie too overstuffed and that he and director Sam Raimi wanted to focus more onElizabeth Olsen’s Wanda. “To me, it felt like we had the biggest best bullet in Wanda,” said Waldron. “When working with Sam, I said we should really make the decision to make Wanda the antagonist in this film. We can’t let another movie have that fun.”
Waldron doesn’t say much about the mysteriousStar Warsproject he’s working on, but he is confirmed to be writing the script for theStar Warsfilm thatMarvel Studios head Kevin Feigeis producing. While Feige has had insurmountable success helping to shape the MCU, this will be his first project in the Galaxy far, far away. Disney and Lucasfilm have not produced aStar Warsfilm since 2019’sThe Rise Of Skywalker. While several newStar Warsfilms have been announced, many of them have been scrapped or postponed indefinitely. This includesWonder Woman 84director Patty Jenkins' X-Wing fighter film,Rogue Squadron, andKnives Outdirector Rian Johnson’s planned trilogy.
Instead, Lucasfilm and Disney have been hard at work producing TV shows on Disney Plus.Lucasfilm has found a lot of recent success on the small screen starting withThe Mandalorian,which has now spun off into several different Disney Plus original series, includingThe Book of Boba Fettand the upcomingAhsokaseries. There’s also the highly anticipatedObi-Wan Kenobiseries,which premieres May 27th on Disney Plus and features the return of actor Ewan McGregor as the Jedi master.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessis now playing in theatres.
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