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=== Standalone films ===
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! scope="row"| ''[[Rogue One|Rogue One: A Star Wars Story]]''
| style="text-align:left"| {{Start date|2016|12|16}}
| [[Gareth Edwards (filmmaker)|Gareth Edwards]]
| [[Chris Weitz]] and [[Tony Gilroy]]
| [[John Knoll]] and [[Gary Whitta]]
| rowspan="2"| Kathleen Kennedy, [[Allison Shearmur]] and Simon Emanuel
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/star-wars-rogue-one-re-shoots-no-test-screening-release-date-1201765101/|title='Rogue One': Re-Shoots But No Test Screening; Release Date Not Impacted|date=May 31, 2016|first=Anita|last=Busch|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=October 15, 2020|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111163604/https://deadline.com/2016/05/star-wars-rogue-one-re-shoots-no-test-screening-release-date-1201765101/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | ''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story]]''
| style="text-align:left"| {{Start date|2018|05|25}}
| [[Ron Howard]]
| colspan="2"| [[Jonathan Kasdan]] & [[Lawrence Kasdan]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/solo-star-wars-story-review-alden-ehrenreich-donald-glover-ron-howard-lucasfilm-disney-1202397776/|title='Solo: A Star Wars Story' Review: Han, Chewy & Lando Save The Day In Rip-Roarin' Origin Story|date=May 24, 2018|first=Pete|last=Hammond|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=October 15, 2020|archive-date=June 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615111118/https://deadline.com/2018/05/solo-star-wars-story-review-alden-ehrenreich-donald-glover-ron-howard-lucasfilm-disney-1202397776/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Several ''Star Wars'' films have been produced separately from the Skywalker Saga. In 2008, Lucasfilm released the animated film ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)|The Clone Wars]]'', which is set during the prequel trilogy and serves as the theatrical pilot of the [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|television series of the same name]].<ref name="CWQA">{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/theclonewars/news/news20080317.html |title=George Lucas Talks 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' |publisher=Starwars.com |date=March 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604040751/http://www.starwars.com/theclonewars/news/news20080317.html |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref> Following Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012, an "anthology" film series set between the main episodes of the Skywalker Saga entered development in parallel with the production of the sequel trilogy,<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a849876/george-lucas-solo-a-star-wars-story-han-solo-movie-disney-lucasfilm/|title=Lucas had been developing a Han Solo movie for ages|website=[[Digital Spy]]|first=Louise|last=McCreesh|date=February 13, 2018|access-date=March 14, 2018|archive-date=March 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314181430/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a849876/george-lucas-solo-a-star-wars-story-han-solo-movie-disney-lucasfilm/|url-status=live}}</ref> described by Disney chief financial officer [[Jay Rasulo]] as [[origin story|origin stories]].<ref name="Graser">{{cite news|last=Graser|first=Marc|title=''Star Wars'': The 'Sky's the Limit' for Disney's Spinoff Opportunities|url=https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/star-wars-skies-the-limit-for-disney-when-it-comes-to-opportunities-1200609291/|access-date=September 13, 2013|newspaper=Variety|date=September 12, 2013|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114043220/https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/star-wars-skys-the-limit-for-disney-when-it-comes-to-opportunities-1200609291/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| footer = The anthology films' main casts include (from left to right) [[Felicity Jones]] ([[Jyn Erso]]) and [[Diego Luna]] ([[Cassian Andor]]) from ''[[Rogue One]]'' and [[Alden Ehrenreich]] (Han Solo) and [[Woody Harrelson]] ([[Tobias Beckett]]) from ''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story|Solo]]''.
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The first film released was 2016's ''[[Rogue One]]'', which tells the story of the [[Rebel Alliance (Star Wars)|rebels]] who steal the plans for the [[Death Star]], the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]]'s superweapon, just before the events of the original ''Star Wars'' film.<ref name="Entertainment Weekly">{{cite magazine|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|author-link=Anthony Breznican|title=Star Wars: Rogue One and mystery standalone movie take center stage|url=https://ew.com/article/2015/04/19/star-wars-rogue-one-and-mystery-stand-alone-movie-take-center-stage|access-date=April 19, 2015|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=April 19, 2015|archive-date=April 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420013720/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/19/star-wars-rogue-one-and-mystery-stand-alone-movie-take-center-stage|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/11/22/rogue-one-lucasfilm-new-star-wars-movies|title=As Rogue One looms, Lucasfilm develops secret plans for new Star Wars movies|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 22, 2016|access-date=December 7, 2019|archive-date=January 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107235510/https://ew.com/article/2016/11/22/rogue-one-lucasfilm-new-star-wars-movies/|url-status=live}}</ref> A second film, 2018's ''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story|Solo]]'', tells Han Solo's backstory, set 10 years prior to ''[[Star Wars (film)|A New Hope]]''.<ref>{{Cite video|title = [[Solo: A Star Wars Story]]|publisher=[[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]]|date=2018|medium=Blu-ray}}</ref> The series ''[[Obi-Wan Kenobi (miniseries)|Obi-Wan Kenobi]]'' was originally planned as a film, but changed to a miniseries due to ''Solo'' underperforming at the box office.<ref name="Obi-Wan Solo">{{Cite web |author=Analysis by Brian Lowry |title=As 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' heads to Disney+, just remember: It's Han Solo's fault |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/entertainment/obi-wan-column/index.html |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=CNN |date=March 9, 2022 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311232231/https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/entertainment/obi-wan-column/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>