Despite the closure of an ILM division, a Lucasfilm animator has confirmed Star Wars animation will continue with Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 3 and Tales of the Jedi season 2 in the near future. Lucasfilm announced that ILM Singapore will be closing, marking an end to the branch founded to help with the development of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The Singapore ILM team pivoted towards doing CG shots for Hollywood productions, but ultimately fell victim to economic circumstances.

Lucasfilm Animation Director of Cinematography Lighting & VFX Joel Aron quelled concerns of a Star Wars animated shutdown.

Aron clarified that Lucasfilm Animation is located at Skywalker Ranch and now in San Francisco, and ILM Singapore's role in animation waned over the years. Lucasfilm Animation partners with the Taiwanese studio CGCG for the 3D-animated series, including The Bad Batch and Tales of the Jedi.

Bad Batch & Tales of the Jedi Are On The Way

While there were concerns that future animated Star Wars series would be at risk, ILM Singapore's closure will have no impact on new content. The Bad Batch season 3 will be the end of the series, and is currently slated for release sometime in 2024. The same can be said for Tales of the Jedi season 2, which creator Dave Filoni will have more direct oversight on. Which Jedi will be the subjects of the anthology's second run have yet to be announced, and their stories can span any era in the Star Wars timeline.

Also of note is that the animated projects appear to be unaffected by the current Hollywood strikes. While the animators themselves aren't part of the striking guilds, writers like Filoni and The Bad Batch's showrunners are. Continued work on the projects indicates that writing and line recording was completed before the strikes, which could be up to a year ago given the length of the animation process. Star Wars animation will continue as normal, with The Bad Batch and Tales of the Jedi set to deliver a new wave of adventures next year.

Source: Joel Aron