The Star Wars film from Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi is expected to be released towards the end of 2023.

In an interview with Total Film, LucasFilm president Kathleen Kennedy was asked if the Waititi project will be the next Star Wars film released (it will) and if that will be next year.

"Yeah. Well, not 2023, but late 2023," Kennedy said, adding that "we haven't locked anything in".

This is the first new piece of information LucasFilm has given on the Waititi project since it was announced in May 2020, though Waititi was reportedly approached to work on the film in January of that year.

Despite not giving an exact date to appear in cinemas, Kennedy revealing a late 2023 release window is a relatively 'detailed' answer compared to how little we know about the rest of the film.

The movie is still lacking an official title, plot synopsis, or position in the overarching Star Wars universe, though Waititi did say last August that he has a story locked in that matches his signature style.

While last weekend's Star Wars Celebration was a little lacking in film news, we did learn a lot about the new Andor Disney+ series, Jedi: Survivor video game, and confirmation that The Mandalorian Season 3 is coming next year.

For absolutely every piece of new Star Wars news, check out IGN's round-up of everything announced at Star Wars Celebration 2022.

Thumbnail Image by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

The Star Wars film from Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi is expected to be released towards the end of 2023.

In an interview with Total Film, LucasFilm president Kathleen Kennedy was asked if the Waititi project will be the next Star Wars film released (it will) and if that will be next year.

"Yeah. Well, not 2023, but late 2023," Kennedy said, adding that "we haven't locked anything in".

This is the first new piece of information LucasFilm has given on the Waititi project since it was announced in May 2020, though Waititi was reportedly approached to work on the film in January of that year.

Despite not giving an exact date to appear in cinemas, Kennedy revealing a late 2023 release window is a relatively 'detailed' answer compared to how little we know about the rest of the film.

The movie is still lacking an official title, plot synopsis, or position in the overarching Star Wars universe, though Waititi did say last August that he has a story locked in that matches his signature style.

While last weekend's Star Wars Celebration was a little lacking in film news, we did learn a lot about the new Andor Disney+ series, Jedi: Survivor video game, and confirmation that The Mandalorian Season 3 is coming next year.

For absolutely every piece of new Star Wars news, check out IGN's round-up of everything announced at Star Wars Celebration 2022.

Thumbnail Image by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Nintendo is shutting down the Pokémon Sound Library later this week, just three months after the service was launched.

As reported by Eurogamer, the Pokémon DP Sound Library - which lets content creators download and legally use sound effects and music from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl - will cease to exist as of May 31.

The move is quite unexpected as Nintendo heavily promoted the Sound Library when it launched in February, even collaborating with Japanese performer and DJ Alan Shirahama to have a single released that solely used Pokémon music.

Though not confirmed to be related, the service was also launched shortly after Nintendo removed several videos from video game music YouTube channel GilvaSunner, prompting its owner to delete the channel completely. The Pokémon Sound Library was therefore seen as a viable, safe, and completely legal way for Nintendo fans to enjoy otherwise hard-to-find music.

No reason for the shutdown was given, with the Sound Library now simply displaying a message that states users can no longer stream or download sounds after 2am PT on May 31.

Users who have already downloaded files from the website can continue to use them as long as that use adheres to the Sound Library's terms and conditions, though it's currently unclear if these will change following the website's closure.

The Sound Library has 149 different tracks and sound effects from the original 2006 versions of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl but doesn't feature any of the updated music from last year's remakes, and fans can continue to download these files until the service closes.

We've contacted The Pokémon Company for comment.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Nintendo is shutting down the Pokémon Sound Library later this week, just three months after the service was launched.

As reported by Eurogamer, the Pokémon DP Sound Library - which lets content creators download and legally use sound effects and music from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl - will cease to exist as of May 31.

The move is quite unexpected as Nintendo heavily promoted the Sound Library when it launched in February, even collaborating with Japanese performer and DJ Alan Shirahama to have a single released that solely used Pokémon music.

Though not confirmed to be related, the service was also launched shortly after Nintendo removed several videos from video game music YouTube channel GilvaSunner, prompting its owner to delete the channel completely. The Pokémon Sound Library was therefore seen as a viable, safe, and completely legal way for Nintendo fans to enjoy otherwise hard-to-find music.

No reason for the shutdown was given, with the Sound Library now simply displaying a message that states users can no longer stream or download sounds after 2am PT on May 31.

Users who have already downloaded files from the website can continue to use them as long as that use adheres to the Sound Library's terms and conditions, though it's currently unclear if these will change following the website's closure.

The Sound Library has 149 different tracks and sound effects from the original 2006 versions of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl but doesn't feature any of the updated music from last year's remakes, and fans can continue to download these files until the service closes.

We've contacted The Pokémon Company for comment.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau has confirmed that Season 4 of the Star Wars series is already in development, even though the third season won't arrive until 2023.

Speaking to CinemaBlend at Star Wars Celebration, Favreau indicated that he has started writing the scripts for the fourth season of The Mandalorian. The producer was sharing his love for the television format and the growing number of shows that will be coming from the galaxy far, far away when he touched on how those projects are affecting his writing process.

"With television, we're very lucky that we don't have to rush things through into an hour-and-a-half, two hours. We get to tell stories slowly," Favreau said, highlighting the benefits of episodic TV. "So now, as Dave [Filoni]'s doing Ahsoka, it's very much informing the writing that I'm doing for [The Mandalorian] Season 4. It becomes – how should I put it – more precise."

The third season of the popular Star Wars series is slated to be released in February 2023, and it is expected to continue the story of Din Djarin and Grogu following their reunion in The Book of Boba Fett. Favreau explained how the connection between these two series' creates a "very fertile ground for imagination," with many more considerations to factor in.

"When I was writing the first season of Mandalorian, I could do anything, set it anywhere," he admitted. "Now we have to figure out why there are certain Mandalorians who wear helmets, certain ones who don't wear helmets, what's happening on Mandalore, what's Bo-Katan doing at the time? How does she feel about that? Where is the Darksaber?"

Disney unveiled the first footage from The Mandalorian Season 3 at Star Wars Celebration, providing fans with a sizzle reel of sorts that reintroduced a handful of characters we've already met like Emily Swallow's Armorer, Carl Weathers' Greef Karga, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee's Captain Carson Teva, Amy Sedaris' Pelli Moto, and Katee Sackhoff's Bo-Katan Kryze.

There was also lots of other news at Star Wars Celebration about future and forthcoming shows, including the announcement of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew next year and Andor in August, together with a first look at the live-action Disney+ Ahsoka series. IGN also has a list of every upcoming Star Wars movie and show if you're still craving more information.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau has confirmed that Season 4 of the Star Wars series is already in development, even though the third season won't arrive until 2023.

Speaking to CinemaBlend at Star Wars Celebration, Favreau indicated that he has started writing the scripts for the fourth season of The Mandalorian. The producer was sharing his love for the television format and the growing number of shows that will be coming from the galaxy far, far away when he touched on how those projects are affecting his writing process.

"With television, we're very lucky that we don't have to rush things through into an hour-and-a-half, two hours. We get to tell stories slowly," Favreau said, highlighting the benefits of episodic TV. "So now, as Dave [Filoni]'s doing Ahsoka, it's very much informing the writing that I'm doing for [The Mandalorian] Season 4. It becomes – how should I put it – more precise."

The third season of the popular Star Wars series is slated to be released in February 2023, and it is expected to continue the story of Din Djarin and Grogu following their reunion in The Book of Boba Fett. Favreau explained how the connection between these two series' creates a "very fertile ground for imagination," with many more considerations to factor in.

"When I was writing the first season of Mandalorian, I could do anything, set it anywhere," he admitted. "Now we have to figure out why there are certain Mandalorians who wear helmets, certain ones who don't wear helmets, what's happening on Mandalore, what's Bo-Katan doing at the time? How does she feel about that? Where is the Darksaber?"

Disney unveiled the first footage from The Mandalorian Season 3 at Star Wars Celebration, providing fans with a sizzle reel of sorts that reintroduced a handful of characters we've already met like Emily Swallow's Armorer, Carl Weathers' Greef Karga, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee's Captain Carson Teva, Amy Sedaris' Pelli Moto, and Katee Sackhoff's Bo-Katan Kryze.

There was also lots of other news at Star Wars Celebration about future and forthcoming shows, including the announcement of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew next year and Andor in August, together with a first look at the live-action Disney+ Ahsoka series. IGN also has a list of every upcoming Star Wars movie and show if you're still craving more information.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Screenshots from the character creation menus of a scrapped Marvel MMO have appeared online following its cancellation last week.

Designer Ramiro Galan shared the screenshots (below) on his Artstation portfolio and revealed gameplay elements as well as the game's Into the Spider-Verse inspiration. "Emphasis was on rich and vibrant colours with stylistic tones that pay homage to Spider-Man Into the Spiderverse," Galan said in the post.

The screenshots also show how players could fully customise their character's look, choose between four factions - the X-Men, Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D, or Fantastic Four - and also pick their type of super power, such as electricity manipulation.

Other hero creation options seems to be gender selection, body shape, face style (which included make-up options), and costumes with differing stats. One option seems to point to there being preset heroes, and store-bought elements on top of the custimozation menus.

The cancelled game seemingly leaned heavily into a comic book aesthetic, with various text boxes and speech bubbles seemingly appearing around the character throughout the creation process, while the final scene places them on a comic book cover stamped with "Issue #1".

The Marvel MMO was scrapped last week after being announced just six months earlier. Coming from Daybreak Studios, the co-publisher of DC Universe Online, the game was being led by City of Heroes designer Jack Emmert. It was cancelled by parent company Enad Global 7, after a "re-evaluation of the development risk profile, size of investment, and the long-term product portfolio strategy for the group."

The 500 million Swedish krona investment (around $50 million) will instead be put into "multiple, smaller projects" including continued support for its other games like The Lord of the Rings Online and DC Universe Online alongside "new game opportunities" based on its own IPs.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Screenshots from the character creation menus of a scrapped Marvel MMO have appeared online following its cancellation last week.

Designer Ramiro Galan shared the screenshots (below) on his Artstation portfolio and revealed gameplay elements as well as the game's Into the Spider-Verse inspiration. "Emphasis was on rich and vibrant colours with stylistic tones that pay homage to Spider-Man Into the Spiderverse," Galan said in the post.

The screenshots also show how players could fully customise their character's look, choose between four factions - the X-Men, Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D, or Fantastic Four - and also pick their type of super power, such as electricity manipulation.

Other hero creation options seems to be gender selection, body shape, face style (which included make-up options), and costumes with differing stats. One option seems to point to there being preset heroes, and store-bought elements on top of the custimozation menus.

The cancelled game seemingly leaned heavily into a comic book aesthetic, with various text boxes and speech bubbles seemingly appearing around the character throughout the creation process, while the final scene places them on a comic book cover stamped with "Issue #1".

The Marvel MMO was scrapped last week after being announced just six months earlier. Coming from Daybreak Studios, the co-publisher of DC Universe Online, the game was being led by City of Heroes designer Jack Emmert. It was cancelled by parent company Enad Global 7, after a "re-evaluation of the development risk profile, size of investment, and the long-term product portfolio strategy for the group."

The 500 million Swedish krona investment (around $50 million) will instead be put into "multiple, smaller projects" including continued support for its other games like The Lord of the Rings Online and DC Universe Online alongside "new game opportunities" based on its own IPs.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

A $100,000 tournament hosted by Dr Disrespect had Twitch streamers following some absurd rules to not mention him as he was previously banned from the platform.

Full Squad Gaming's Jake Lucky shared a recap of these Twitch community guidelines that were posted in-house by the organizer of the event, BoomTV.

"It is prohibited to use your channel to knowingly feature or advertise a suspended user," the message reads. "We understand that there may be instances where suspended users may appear on your stream due to circumstances beyond your control, such as through third-party gaming tournaments, but we expect that you make a good faith effort to remove them from your broadcast, mute them, or otherwise limit their interactions with your stream."

The message then shared a "few helpful tips to navigate this tournament if you are a Twitch streamer:"

• Use "Hot Shot Duo Drop featuring Fortnite" to refer to the event.
• User other Names for DrDisrespect, example the "two-time", "Blockbuster video game champion."
• Hide images, videos and streams of DrDisrespect from your stream.
• Mute DrDisrespect in game.
• Be mindful of showing the tournament/bracket page on stream.

As previously mentioned, this is a recap of sorts of the Twitch community guidelines for Suspension Evasion.

"In addition, it is prohibited to use your channel to knowingly feature or advertise a suspended user," the guidelines say. "We understand that there may be instances where suspended users may appear on your stream due to circumstances beyond your control, such as through third-party gaming tournaments, but we expect that you make a good faith effort to remove them from your broadcast, mute them, or otherwise limit their interactions with your stream."

Dr Disrespect was banned from Twitch in June 2020, but the official reason as to why still has not been revealed. In response, Dr Disrespect sued Twitch. He would eventually resolve the lawsuit, but said he had no intention of returning to the platform.

Dr Disrespect now streams on YouTube and also formed a AAA game studio with ex-Halo and Call of Duty devs.

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

A $100,000 tournament hosted by Dr Disrespect had Twitch streamers following some absurd rules to not mention him as he was previously banned from the platform.

Full Squad Gaming's Jake Lucky shared a recap of these Twitch community guidelines that were posted in-house by the organizer of the event, BoomTV.

"It is prohibited to use your channel to knowingly feature or advertise a suspended user," the message reads. "We understand that there may be instances where suspended users may appear on your stream due to circumstances beyond your control, such as through third-party gaming tournaments, but we expect that you make a good faith effort to remove them from your broadcast, mute them, or otherwise limit their interactions with your stream."

The message then shared a "few helpful tips to navigate this tournament if you are a Twitch streamer:"

• Use "Hot Shot Duo Drop featuring Fortnite" to refer to the event.
• User other Names for DrDisrespect, example the "two-time", "Blockbuster video game champion."
• Hide images, videos and streams of DrDisrespect from your stream.
• Mute DrDisrespect in game.
• Be mindful of showing the tournament/bracket page on stream.

As previously mentioned, this is a recap of sorts of the Twitch community guidelines for Suspension Evasion.

"In addition, it is prohibited to use your channel to knowingly feature or advertise a suspended user," the guidelines say. "We understand that there may be instances where suspended users may appear on your stream due to circumstances beyond your control, such as through third-party gaming tournaments, but we expect that you make a good faith effort to remove them from your broadcast, mute them, or otherwise limit their interactions with your stream."

Dr Disrespect was banned from Twitch in June 2020, but the official reason as to why still has not been revealed. In response, Dr Disrespect sued Twitch. He would eventually resolve the lawsuit, but said he had no intention of returning to the platform.

Dr Disrespect now streams on YouTube and also formed a AAA game studio with ex-Halo and Call of Duty devs.

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.