LOGAN WRITER/DIRECTOR JAMES MANGOLD TAPPED FOR BOBA FETT SPINOFF

Until three years ago, one of the Star Wars Story solo projects closest to happening was a prequel focusing on the pre-Empire Strikes Back adventures of the bounty hunter called Boba Fett. It's now back on. To revive the project, Lucasfilm has recruited director James Mangold, who is coming off a hot two-film run with Fox on Hugh Jackman’s two most recent X-Men spinoffs, Wolverine and Logan. It has not yet been confirmed whether Mangold’s Boba Fett will remain a prequel, but that’s the general presumption online, since Rogue One and Solo both were. It should be noted that the film is presumably a few years away from happening, as the director’s next project is still expected to be Ford v. Ferrari, about the automotive rivalry behind the scenes at the Le Mans race in 1966.