Star Wars: ABC’s Clayton Sandell Teases Project Luminous – UPDATED
UPDATE: Earlier today, January 30, ABC News’ Claton Sandell added:
What is #ProjectLuminous? As already announced, it's a PUBLISHING effort to tell a big, interconnected #StarWars story. KEY: Don't hold your breath for any movie/TV/game tie-ins. On 2/24 we'll learn about stories, characters, release dates & MOST intriguing: the ERA!🤔#NoSpoilers https://t.co/BKVJkrYA6Q
— Clayton Sandell (@Clayton_Sandell) January 30, 2020
The key point being, “PUBLISHING.”
Original Post, January 29
“Luminous beings are we… Not this crude matter.”
Just a few of the important words said by Master Yoda to Luke Skywalker on Dagobah.
At the moment, young Skywalker had little idea exactly what that meant.
The Countdown to Project Luminous
Sorta like all of us Star Wars fans right now, as we wait for Lucasfilm’s Project Luminous.
The countdown is on.
Star Wars: PROJECT LUMINOUS.
02/24/20#StarWars #ProjectLuminous pic.twitter.com/IIfFfPPVUC
— Clayton Sandell (@Clayton_Sandell) January 29, 2020
Star Wars: Project Luminous is a big, mysterious initiative in the works at Lucasfilm and could be bringing us the future of the franchise. At present, details regarding the Star Wars project are being guarded tightly. Quite a few rumors are floating around online (and we’ll dig into that in a moment) but it will be quite a bit more than just rumors in a few weeks, as details on the project are set to be revealed next month.
The news comes from reporter Clayton Sandell, who took to Twitter to deliver the information. Sandell specializes in Star Wars news and works for ABC, which is owned by Disney, as is Lucasfilm. So it would seem this information is genuine.
This is spot on. When there is a big Star Wars rumor, it’s Sandell’s timeline that I watch. If he doesn’t comment, retweet, or otherwise geek out, the chances are good whatever is being said elsewhere isn’t worth the “010101” it’s printed on.
Anyway, there’s nothing official yet, but the speculation from MovieWeb.com makes sense:
So mark your calendars, Star Wars fans. So far as I can tell, there is no specific significance to the date Monday, February 24 in a galaxy far, far away. Now let’s dig into the big question, what exactly is Project Luminous? Well, the broad answer is that this very well could be a window into the next major phase of Star Wars storytelling. Does that mean we’re going to get a new movie or trilogy announcement next month? That seems highly unlikely, as The Rise of Skywalker is still in theaters and Lucasfilm is still focused on the fact that the Skywalker saga is wrapping up after more than 40 years.
What’s most likely is that this will be, at least at first, a publishing initiative that will bring us new novels, and probably comics. Rumors have been floating around suggesting that Project Luminous will be telling stories in the High Republic era. This is a period of time that is set roughly 400 years before the original trilogy. For what it’s worth, we’ve also heard rumors that a High Republic era movie is in the works as well, so it would make sense for Lucasfilm to tie the publishing side of things into the future of the franchise on the big screen.
Whatever the truth, from my point of view it’s all good.