Star Wars is expanding its universe with a new series at streaming service, Disney+ It has been announced that Russian Doll co-creator, Leslye Headland, will develop a new live-action Star Wars series with a female-centric point of view.
Headland will write and act as showrunner for the project and the deal was actually closed several months ago, which is why Headland attended the premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The new Star Wars series is one of the multiple projects in the works at Disney+, which has season two of The Mandalorian set for an October release and is also developing a Diego Luna-led Rogue One prequel series, as well as a show starring Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi. The animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars is set to wrap up with season seven on May 4.
Headland is quite the talent to score. She received two Emmy nominations last year for Russian Doll, the Netflix series starring Natasha Lyonne as a game coder who keeps dying and reliving her 36th birthday. The show received 13 nominations in total and won three awards. She is also known for writing and directing the 2015 film Sleeping With Other People after making her feature debut with the 2012 romantic comedy Bachelorette.
