Star Wars Disney+ series coming from 'Russian Doll' co-creator Leslye Headland
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Per a report from Variety, a new female-centric Star Wars series is headed to Disney+ with Emmy-nominated Russian Doll showrunner and co-creator Leslye Headland at the helm.
Headland will become the second woman to lead a major Star Wars TV project after Deborah Chow, who was tapped to direct the streaming service's untitled Obi-Wan Kenobi series last fall.
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Representatives for Disney did not immediately respond to Mashable's request for comment. Headland herself has yet to confirm the news, but FWIW, she currently identifies as a "chaotic-neutral jedi-sith" in her Twitter bio. So, we know she's a fan.
Other than Headland's role as showrunner and writer, details about the untitled project are scarce. According to Variety's sources, it will likely take place in a different timeline from other Star Wars stories, opening up a whole host of possibilities (all perfectly suited to Headland's reality-bending wheelhouse) in our galaxy far, far away.
Headland's project would join two other Star Wars series in-development at Disney+, including Chow's Obi-Wan series and a Rogue One prequel led by showrunner Stephen Schiff. Season 2 of The Mandalorian is slated to arrive this October; Season 3 has already begun pre-production.
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