Taika Waititi Creating Original Characters and Stories for His ‘Star Wars’ Movie

Taika Waititi was recently interviewed by Total Film to promote the new movie Lightyear, from Pixar, and the topic of his Star Wars film was brought up. The director said that he’s creating an entirely new ensemble of characters for his movie and expanding the galaxy with it.

 

When asked about Kathleen Kennedy’s comments from last month, where she said that Star Wars needs to expand beyond the Skywalker Saga, Taika Waititi said the following:

 

“Look, I think for the Star Wars universe to expand, it has to expand. I don’t think that I’m any use in the Star Wars universe making a film where everyone’s like, ‘Oh great, well that’s the blueprints to the Millennium Falcon, ah that’s Chewbacca’s grandmother.’ That all stands alone, that’s great, though I would like to take something new and create some new characters and just expand the world, otherwise it feels like it’s a very small story.”

 

Waititi also revealed recently that he’s still writing and developing the storyline of his movie, which is not great news for those who were hoping filming would begin this year. Kennedy also said last month that internally they are aiming to release it by December 2023, though they are not attaching themselves to that date just yet. A recent report hinted that the movie could be gearing up to film in L.A., which makes sense — the city has three Volumes, and Waititi has already worked with the StageCraft technology on his episode of The Mandalorian season 1 and while filming the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder.

 

The Mandalorian
Taika Waititi on the set of THE MANDALORIAN

 

Waititi is currently promoting Pixar’s Lightyear, followed by Thor: Love and Thunder, so expect him to be asked more about his Star Wars movie in the weeks ahead, and as always we’ll keep you updated on the latest.

 

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Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as movies from Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.

Miguel Fernandez

Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as movies from Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.

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