We’ve got an update on Taika Waititi’s untitled Star Wars project, as Hollywood insider/scooper Daniel Richtman says that the film has been shelved indefinitely.
I’m not surprised as Lucasfilm doesn’t have the best track record with following through with the Star Wars film project that they put in development.
No title or story details were ever disclosed, but Waititi did talk about the project several times, saying: “I’ve been developing [the Star Wars film] for a few years, but I think with any film, but that one in particular, it’s something I’d really like to get right, so I don’t want to rush it. It’s going to bubble along on the side.”
He added, “I wanna capture that joy and entertainment of those early ones like The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi and all those ones, so I’m trying to figure that out. It’ll happen.”
The director also came out and said: “It will be…dramatic pause…a Taika Waititi film. It’s gonna piss people off.”
Waititi has explained that he’s looking to create something new with the franchise and expand the universe beyond all of the characters and locations that we’re familiar with.
He has said that he’s still trying to figure out an idea for the movie and that he’s “still throwing everything at the wall.” He also explained that he still hasn’t quite figured out his idea.
The filmmaker also talked about what he is looking to bring to the franchise, saying: “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.”
There’s a chance that this movie can be taken back off the shelf and put back into development, but as of right now, it’s doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere.
