Less than a week after Damon Lindelof spoke about the pressures and concerns surrounding the delivery of a new Star Wars movie , new reports indicate that the filmmaker, along with Justin Britt-Gibson, have left the project. According to Above the Line , while Lindelof and Britt-Gibson have dropped out, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is still directing, with the film set to begin production in February 2024. The release is still projected for December 2025.
According to the report, Lindelof and Britt-Gibson submitted a draft script in mid-February and parted ways with the as-yet-untitled Star Wars project a few days later . The report indicates that Lucasfilm already has a new screenwriter on board, although it is not yet known who he is. Lindelof’s Star Wars was first announced in March last year. No details about the plot or development of the project have ever been revealed.
All I will say is that for reasons I cannot comment on this Sunday morning, the degree of difficulty is extremely, extremely, extremely high on this day. If it can’t be great, it shouldn’t work. That’s all I’m going to say because I have the same association with it as you, that is, it’s the first movie I saw sitting on my dad’s lap, four years, May 1977. I think to myself, maybe sometimes, when you have something so much respect and reverence, you start walking into the kitchen and you just think, ‘Maybe I shouldn’t cook. Maybe I should just eat.’ Let’s just leave it at this point.
Lindelof said.
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That’s not all this month’s behind-the-scenes news. It was previously reported that both Patty Jenkins’ Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and the untitled film by Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige have been canceled by Lucasfilm. At that time, Lindelof’s Star Wars , as well as Taiki Waititi’s Star Wars, known thanks to Thor: Love and Thunder, were still being worked on.