Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy assures that Star Wars' famous opening crawl will return for future films.

At Star Wars Celebration in London, Kennedy confirmed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that the slew of newly-slated Star Wars films will indeed include the iconic opening crawl, which has become a staple of the franchise since its inception in 1977. "The crawl's coming back," Kennedy said, further clarifying that it will appear in all future movies, not just the first one.

The opening crawl introduces every entry in the main, nine-film Skywalker Saga. However, it is not featured in the standalone anthology films Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Solo: A Star Wars Story (though the latter has its own opening text format). The crawl is also not used in the various live-action Star Wars streaming series, meaning fans haven't seen it since the 2019 film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. This has led some to wonder if it will appear in the upcoming films. Kennedy's confirmation of the crawl's return may suggest that the upcoming Star Wars films should indeed be viewed in the same light as those that make up the Skywalker Saga, rather than as anthology films.

What Star Wars Films Are Coming?

The first of the next batch of Star Wars films will be titled Dawn of the Jedi. While details about the project are still sparse, it is expected that the film, which will be written and directed by Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny helmer James Mangold, will aptly take place tens of thousands of years before the events of the original films, around the era of the "dawn of the Force." The next film, written and directed by Dave Filoni, is currently untitled, but will showcase a "climactic" culmination of events surrounding The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett and Filoni's Ahsoka series.

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Kennedy is set to serve as producer of all the upcoming films, a role she has filled for every theatrical Star Wars release since Disney's 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm.

Source: Entertainment Weekly