During Star Wars Celebration Anaheim a few weeks ago it was revealed that Taika Waititi’s Star Wars movie is likely heading to cinemas for Christmas 2023 and it would be a whole new story not relying on anything in Star Wars we’ve seen or visited before (here), however, on the press tour for Thor: Love and Thunder, Waititi cast a little bit of a shadow on the movie even happening.
But don’t worry, we’re pretty sure it’ll happen. Probably.
“I’m trying to write the ‘Star Wars’ idea at the moment,” Waititi said.
“I’ve got to see how that goes, because once I submit it, that might determine when it gets made or if it gets made, even.”
Now, this could reflect Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy’s comment that nothing was “locked in yet”.
Now, while I love Waititi’s work in general – Jojo Rabbit is one of my favourite movies of the last few years – I’m worried about him getting Star Wars as his humour is very overpowering and, if you look at his Thor movies, he lets it dominate the tone of the movie; as much as I love the visuals of Thor: Ragnarok, I felt it made a joke of Thor and made the movie feel disjointed from the rest of the MCU.
That said…
Waititi has also worked on The Mandalorian, including on directing duties, and that show is the current cornerstone of the Star Wars universe, so he certainly has that going for him.
So, with all that said, while I’m a little apprehensive, I also excited to see what he would do with Star Wars… what say you all?
Source: New York
Marc
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