George Lucas Gave His Blessing For Disney+’s Willow Series During A Conversation On Solo: A Star Wars Story’s Set – Looper

On November 17, 2022, Looper and several other publications attended a press event with the cast and crew of Disney+’s “Willow.” During the event, the show’s developer, Jonathan Kasdan — son of prolific Lucasfilm collaborator Lawrence Kasdan — revealed the extent of George Lucas’ input. As he recalls, Lucas stopped by the “Solo: A Star Wars Story” set in 2017 and devoted quite a bit of time to guiding the project in its early stages. “He ended up staying for six hours and answering all our questions and being nothing but lovely,” he said, noting that Lucas didn’t hide his excitement over a new “Willow” adventure.

Kasdan adds that Lucas mentioned he’d spent years trying to tell another chapter in the story of “Willow,” but he never got the chance to do so. As it turns out, Kasdan himself has also spent years wishing “Willow” got a sequel or two, as he told Entertainment Weekly in August 2022. “I just wanted to know what happened to that baby and what was going to become of the world in which she grew up…I just thought everything about it lent itself to more stories in that world,” Kasdan stated, and it’s this love for the 1988 classic that drove him to take on the upcoming Disney+ series.

“Willow” premieres exclusively on Disney+ on November 30, 2022.