Every Cancelled Star Wars Movie Ranked

The Star Wars saga has been with us for a whopping 43 years, creating a vast media empire of films, TV shows, novels, and games. With the Skywalker saga finally at a close, there’s plenty of room on the horizon for new stories and quests. In its near half-century run, however, many movie instalments have been left on the cutting-room floor.

It’s interesting the various reasons why these ill-fated flicks never got to see the light of day. Sometimes, it was to take the franchise in a different direction. Many are due to Disney’s re-evaluation of Star Wars’ cinematic future after Solo’s disappointing box-office performance. In one instance, the box-office success profoundly changed Star Wars’ direction!

Whatever the case, it can be bittersweet thinking about what could have been. On the other hand, some Star Wars film ideas were probably best left as pipe-dreams. So, which of these cancelled instalments were the most sorely missed by fans?

To be clear, any movie confirmed at the time of writing is a no-go. I'm just hoping there’s a small glimmer of hope that Rian Johnson’s Trilogy will pave the way for a Knights of the Old Republic adaptation. Please, Rian, I beg of you.

No, that ‘III’ mark isn't a typo. It may come as a shock to some that not one, but two Ewok films were released direct-to-television, based on stories by George Lucas. The films focus on the Towani family stranded on Endor, facing against dangerous creatures that inhabit the forest moon. Even Warwick Davis returns as Wicket in both direct-to-TV instalments.

The two films cater to a younger audience’s appeal, despite a pretty graphic genocide in the second film. However, human characters having to repeat most of what the Ewoks are saying can become tedious, and the acting isn’t exactly Oscar-worthy.

So, what happened to the third film? In truth, nobody knows. Warwick Davis revealed in the 1980s that a sequel with the working title ‘Ewoks III’ was in development. Daniel Frishman, another prominent Ewok cast member, said in a 2010 interview that he’d never heard about a third instalment. Perhaps it isn’t the end of the world that it didn’t come to light…