We can feel a disturbance in the Force already. Taika Waititi says his new Star Wars movie might just make audiences mad – which wouldn’t be the first time that’s happened in a galaxy far, far away.
"It will be … dramatic pause… a Taika Waititi film," Waititi told Variety, jokingly adding: "It’s gonna piss people off."
Taika Waititi’s Star Wars movie has been in (relative) limbo since its announcement back in 2020. Recently, the Thor: Love and Thunder and Next Goal Wins director told Insider that he’s currently “writing it” but didn’t offer anything in the way of plot, characters, or a release window.
Previously, Waititi outlined his mission statement to GamesRadar+, "Look, I think for the Star Wars universe to expand, it has to expand.”
He continued, "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."
