Star Wars Rumor: Lucasfilm Was Developing Mos Eisley Spinoff

Amid reports that Disney and Lucasfilm have postponed futureStar Warsspinoff cinema , a new hearsay suggest the companies had been develop one spinoff centered on the infamous Mos Eisley spaceport . It was described by Obi - Wan Kenobi with the renowned line , " You will never find a more pitiable beehive of scum and villainy . We must be conservative . " The Mos Eisley spaceport , a central setting of the original 1977Star Wars , would go on to become one of the most iconic venue in all movie history .

Luke Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi met Han Solo and Chewbacca there , and commissioned his ship the Millennium Falcon . It was there that Obi - Wan first flashed his lightsaber , take off the arm of an extraterrestrial who threaten the youthful Luke . It was there that fans get their first taste of euphony in a galaxy far , far away thanks to the Cantina dance band . And it was there thatHan Solo scene first .

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Now according to a new rumour , there were plans for Lucasfilm and Disney to spread out upon the already rich mythology of Mos Eisley … until the companies decided to shelve their spinoff series in the wake ofSolo : A Star Wars Storyandits soft box office returns . puddle Star Warshas the low - down on the Mos Eisley movie hearsay , suppose Lucasfilm had gone so far as to reserve time at Pinewood Studios with the intention of begin workplace on the unannounced - and indeed altogether unsuspected - spinoff . But that arriere pensee has now been delete the site says , and the moving picture is off .

But more than just account on the Mos Eisley rumor , make Star Warsgoes on to evoke this " news " means beneficial thing for those reportedBoba FettandObi - Wan Kenobifilms . It was reported this week that Lucasfilm and Disney have actuallyput all next " A Star Wars Story " anthology movie on holdafterSolofailed to achieve blockbuster status . ButMaking Star Warsspeculates that people in the know at Pinewood Studios may have heard about the Mos Eisley studio apartment time reservation being call off and simply assumed it have in mind Boba Fett and Obi - Wan Kenobi were off , and pass this erroneous information on toCollider .

Star Warsfans who long to see those Boba Fett and Obi - Wan movies come to fruition may find heartened by this raw rumor , which suggests those movie are still on , andCollider ’s report was free-base upon incomplete data . But at the remainder of the mean solar day , none of this really has a lot of substance to it . In fact , neither the Boba Fett nor Obi - Wan movies have ever been acknowledged to be substantial by Lucasfilm or Disney , despite numerous reportsabout confiscate directors and writers . This raw Mos Eisley rumor just adds another bed of uncertainty to something that was far from certain to begin with .

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Is it impossible that Disney and Lucasfilm were developing a Mos Eisley movie ? Indeed , no . In fact , in a way it would make a wad of good sense to revisit that setting . For one matter , it would be a instinctive position for Han Solo to down up again , particularly after all the public lecture of him heading off to Tatooine to hook up with a " big time gangster " ( take on to be Jabba the Hutt ) at the end ofSolo . And just as a mise en scene itself , leaving aside its connections to the original movies , Mos Eisley has hatful of story potential difference . From a perfect fan service point - of - aspect , fewStar Warslocales are as appealing as Tatooine ’s seediest and most grave spaceport . But if the Mos Eisley movie ever was really in ontogeny , at least according to this rumor , it is no longer on the docket for Lucasfilm .