A Rey-focused Star Wars sequel centered on rebuilding a new Jedi Order has remained stalled for years. Multiple writers attempted to develop a script without success. Damon Lindelof, previously hired and later fired from the project, described being asked what a Star Wars movie should be and then removed two years later. He said the intended approach balanced nostalgia and revision, aiming to perform a “Protestant Reformation” inside Star Wars, but it did not work. Lindelof suggested Lucasfilm seemed to like the premise, yet Star Wars lacks a center and a clear focus. Expanding the franchise beyond Episode 9 while maintaining the right tone and telling a coherent story remains a major challenge.
"“Just to talk about the Bantha in the room,” said Lindelof. “I was fired off of a Star Wars movie. They asked me, 'What do you think a Star Wars movie should be?' And I said, 'Here's what it should be.' And they said, 'Great, you're hired!' Then two years later, I was fired. And so I was wrong. At least through that prism. But what we were attempting to do, my partners Justin Britt-Gibson, Rayna McClendon, and I, what we were attempting to do [with the film was say] there is a Force of nostalgia, and there is a Force of revision, and they are at odds with one another. Let's do the Protestant Reformation inside Star Wars. And it didn't work.”"
"Lindelof further explained that he's not sure he was fired just because the script wasn't working, adding that Lucasfilm really seemed to “like the premise,” but that Star Wars lacks a center right now. A focus. And trying to figure that out, expand the franchise, continue on past Episode 9 Rise of Skywalker, and still tell a story that has the right tone is a massive challenge."
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