The player eventually joins forces with Bastila Shan, a Jedi Knight and one of the most revered women characters in the Star Wars extended universe. In the KOTOR game, the player helps fight an uprising against the Republic led by the villainous Darth Malak, a Sith Lord. While there are many corners of the formidable Star Wars internet that have speculated that Benioff and Weiss will be the stewards of KOTOR, Kalogridis was hired in spring 2018 to develop the property. Weiss, will be the first of a new trilogy, and, according to Disney, will come out 'pre-Christmas weekend every other year.' That film, by Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Abrams' new Star Wars movie - The Rise of Skywalker, which will close out the nine-film Skywalker family saga in December - the next film in the franchise will be released in December 2022. Representatives for Kalogridis, Lucasfilm, and Disney did not respond to BuzzFeed News' requests for comment.ĭisney announced earlier this month that after J.J. Lucasfilm has been criticized for hiring only white men to shepherd the world of Star Wars. She is the first woman writer of a Star Wars movie since The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, when Leigh Brackett received a cowriting credit with Lawrence Kasdan. Kalogridis is close to finishing the first script of a potential KOTOR trilogy, according to the three sources.

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