Lucasfilm has hired writer Matthew Robinson to pen filmmaker Patty Jenkins' upcoming Star Wars movie Rogue Squadron.
According to Deadline, Robinson is best known for co-writing and co-directing the 2009 comedy The Invention of Lying with Ricky Gervais.
Rogue Squadron will be the first feature film in the long-running franchise to be directed by a woman.
The movie will introduce a new generation of starfighter pilots as they earn their wings and risk their lives in a boundary-pushing, high-speed thrill-ride, and move the saga into the future era of the galaxy, as per the official plotline released by Lucasfilm.
It is said to be loosely based on the X-wing novels that were released by Bantam Spectra and Del Rey between 1996-2012.
Disney-owned Lucasfilm had announced the movie in December 2020.
At the time, Jenkins, known for directing Wonder Woman movies for Warner Bros, had posted a clip on Twitter, revealing that her fighter pilot father inspired her to join the project.
"When he lost his life in service to this country, it ignited a desire in me to turn all of that tragedy and thrill into one day making the greatest fighter pilot movie of all-time,” the filmmaker had said.
Rogue Squadron will release 22 December, 2023.
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