Taika Waititi doesn’t want to rush his Star Wars film so thinks it might not release until after he’s finished four other projects currently being worked on.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, the Thor Ragnarok director assured fans he’s still working on the Star Wars entry with Lucasfilm, but it’s seemingly not a priority for either of them.
“At the moment I’m still developing something with them,” Waititi said. “Like me, they have a lot of projects going on. I think they’re gonna push it until I finish these other projects. I’ve got about four other scripts that I’m trying to finish. My thing is I want to take my time with that and get it right. I don’t want to rush this movie.”
My thing is I want to take my time with that and get it right. I don’t want to rush this movie.
Waititi is currently working on an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguru’s Klara and the Sun, which he says will likely be his next movie, and he recently said he likely won’t be involved in another Thor film because his current projects will span six or seven years.
As he estimates Star Wars will be worked on after his current projects, that perhaps puts it at the end of that time period, meaning it might not hit cinemas until around 2030.
Fans had grown concerned over the state of the film as, like Rian Johnson’s trilogy of Star Wars films, years have passed since its announcement without Lucasfilm showing much progression. Waititi’s project was revealed in May 2020 but, outside of the occasional comment from the writer and director himself or Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, has remained out of the limelight. Now, it seems that could be the case for several more years at least.
Waititi said in April 2023 he was “still working away” on the film, but as of June 2023 it was missing a middle despite him claiming the story was finished two years prior. The Star Wars schedule is otherwise full of holes, with some like Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige’s project being cancelled after years of similarly receiving few updates.
The three most likely films to actually come out next were announced at Star Wars Celebration 2023, though still lack actual release dates and titles. One comes from The Mandalorian and Ahsoka’s Dave Filoni and will likely wrap up the stories which began in those Star Wars TV shows, while another from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny director James Mangold looks to tell the story of the beginning of The Force.
Finally, Sequel Trilogy star Daisy Ridley is set to return as Rey Skywalker in a movie directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, taking place 15 years after Star Wars: Episode 9 – The Rise of Skywalker.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.
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