


Josh Trank was briefly attached to the project before his was cancelled due to the troubled nature of Fantastic Four's production, with James Mangold signing on in May 2018 to co-write and direct with Simon Kinberg, though the decision to make a film was ultimately scrapped following the financial failure of Solo: A Star Wars Story, with the studio shifting their attention to finishing the Skywalker Saga and launching The Mandalorian. The series will see the duo working to make a name for themselves in the galaxy's underworld with a power vacuum left by Jabba the Hutt's death years before.ĭevelopment on The Book of Boba Fett has taken various forms over the years, originally beginning as a standalone spin-off films as Disney and Lucasfilm began work on multiple of said films. The latest installment in Disney+ Star Wars universe serves as a spin-off from The Manadalorian, in which Temuera Morrison's titular character was revealed to have survived the events of Return of the Jedi and rescued Wen's left-for-dead mercenary Fennec Shand.

The Book of Boba Fett star Ming-Na Wen takes to Twitter to welcome co-star Jennifer Beals to the Star Wars universe with the Disney+ series.
