Disney+ reportedly working on new ‘female-centric’ Star Wars series from Russian Doll’s Leslye Headland

Report suggests the series takes place in a whole new part of the Star Wars timeline

Another new Star Wars streaming series is currently in the works, according to the US magazine Variety.

The series, which will debut on Disney+, will reportedly be helmed by Leslye Headland, who is best known for co-creating the Netflix series Russian Doll.

Variety‘s report states that the show will be ”a female-centric series that takes place in a different part of the “Star Wars” timeline than other projects”, and that Headland is attached to write and serve as showrunner.

Disney+ already have several Star Wars projects in the works, including a series based around the adventures of Obi Wan Kenobi, which will star Ewan McGregor.

The streaming service is simultaneously developing a series based on Diego Luna’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story character Cassian Andor. Neither project has a confirmed release date.

There’s also a second season of The Mandalorian in the works, which will see Pedro Pascal reprise the role of Din Djarin, the Mandalorian bounty hunter who discovers a young child of Yoda’s species.

The Mandalorian debuted on Disney+ last year, recieving strong reviews for its fresh take on George Lucas’s beloved sci-fi universe.