New Star Wars series in works; to be helmed by Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland

Netflix's Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland is said to be helming a new Star Wars series at Disney Plus. 

Though no official announcement has been made yet, it is said that the plot will be female-centric and set in a new Star Wars timeline.

Headland will write and be the showrunner of the series. She has directed several episodes of Russian Doll series, which won three Emmy Awards.

On a related note, recently news emerged that the third season of Mandalorian is also in works at Disney Plus. There are two other live-action Star Wars shows in development at Disney Plus - an Obi-Wan Kenobi series and a Rogue One prequel series.