Bryce Dallas Howard Just Dropped A Big Hint About ‘Star Wars’ Live-Action Future
Bryce Dallas Howard has quietly become one of the most trusted names behind the camera in the galaxy far, far away, and fans are paying close attention to everything she says about where the franchise goes next. Over the past several years, the actress turned director has built a reputation for delivering some of the most memorable episodes across Disney Plus, working alongside creative forces who shaped the modern era of the saga.
Her résumé speaks for itself at this point. Howard has directed episodes across multiple Star Wars shows including ‘Ahsoka’, ‘The Mandalorian’, ‘The Book of Boba Fett’, and ‘Skeleton Crew’, giving her more live-action directing credits than any other filmmaker in the franchise’s history. That track record has made her something of an insider voice on where live-action Star Wars storytelling could head in the coming years.
Now, according to Star Wars Holocron, Howard has weighed in again, this time expressing hope that there will be more live-action Star Wars shows in the future. The comment reportedly came via Rebel Scum Con, and it lines up with a pattern of Howard consistently voicing her enthusiasm for staying embedded in the franchise. Howard attended the third annual Rebel Scum Con at the Frisco Convention Center in Texas between August 7th and 9th, 2026.
This is not the first time Howard has made her feelings clear about wanting to keep working within the Star Wars universe. She told PEOPLE that she loves directing within the Star Wars universe so much that she wants to stay on that path, grow, learn, and keep challenging herself. She added that it is not just about her personally, but about the medium itself, since so many people want to work in Star Wars.
Howard has also spoken about the collaborative culture on Lucasfilm sets, praising how the studio empowers individual directors. She explained that Star Wars creatives are efficient with resources because they want every dollar to end up onscreen, and that limitations often give birth to the greatest ideas. She has said that when a filmmaker needs something to happen, it can happen on a Star Wars set, calling it a privilege unlike any other.
Her enthusiasm for the franchise stretches beyond directing gigs too. Howard has previously discussed the idea of a Mace Windu spinoff with Lucasfilm’s Dave Filoni, revealing she went directly to him to ask about the character’s fate. That kind of behind the scenes curiosity only adds weight to her latest comments about wanting more live-action projects to exist in the first place.
With ‘Ahsoka’ season two on the way and Howard having just wrapped directing duties on two of its episodes, the timing of her Rebel Scum Con remarks feels far from random. Fans have watched Disney Plus expand its Star Wars slate for years now, and any signal from someone as embedded in the process as Howard tends to carry extra weight in the fandom.
Whether this hints at future series announcements or simply reflects her personal wish list remains to be seen, but it is clear Howard is not ready to step away from a galaxy far, far away anytime soon. Do you think Lucasfilm should keep expanding its live-action slate, or is it time to slow down and focus on quality over quantity?
