‘Star Wars’ Film Canceled, Director Reportedly Fired

The event of a highly-anticipated Star Wars film has come to a halt and has been canceled.

Star Wars has grow to be one of the vital acclaimed franchises of all time, spawning a complete of 12 motion pictures and 9 tv collection, however that doesn’t imply Disney and Lucasfilms are able to decelerate simply but. As followers anticipate the following season of The Mandalorian, they’re additionally wanting towards the way forward for what is perhaps anticipated for brand spanking new movies down the highway.

Although we thought we had an concept of what was subsequent to come back for the Star Wars franchise, plainly these plans have taken a step again.

Final yr, acclaimed Author and Director J.D. Dillard was pegged to be the following to direct a brand new Star Wars mission, which was rumored to potentially be exploring the dark side of the force.

The 2021 report from  THR read:

…a brand new Star Wars mission is within the works: J.D. Dillard, finest recognized for writing and directing the sci-fi thriller Sleight, and Matt Owens, a author on the Marvel exhibits Luke Cage and Brokers of SHIELD, have been tapped to develop it. However insiders say it’s undecided whether or not the mission shall be for the massive display or for Disney’s extremely prioritized streaming platform.

Plot, character and setting particulars are unknown and are being saved within the murky underworld of Exegol. It is also unclear whether or not Dillard would direct, ought to the mission transfer ahead. The Dillard mission is known to be unrelated to a Star Wars movie pitch by Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige and potential work from Final Jedi director Rian Johnson. 

Nevertheless, we’ve realized through his latest comments that this mission has been canceled.

Dillard shared that his father was an aviator and that the premise for the film may’ve really included a extra in-depth take a look at TIE fighters and the like.

“My dad being an aviator, we had a bunch of flight simulators, together with TIE Fighter,” Dillard stated. “I’m taking part in this sport for months. And my dad’s flying it with me. And I’m like, ‘Man, this sport is simply so cool.’ And he’s like, ‘Properly, you understand, this sport comes from a collection of films.’ And I used to be like, ‘You’re kidding me.’ That’s the place I watched Star Wars for the primary time and realized the total scope of what it meant to world construct as a result of I’d been taking part in this pseudo-16-bit sport.”

Along with the cancellation of this movie, we additionally beforehand reported that Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, which was supposed to be a spinoff film released in 2023, has been faraway from Disney’s launch calendar. It has not been confirmed as “canceled,” however all indicators point out that it’ll, on the very least, not be occurring for an prolonged time period.

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