Damon Lindelof Says He Was ‘Asked to Leave’ the ‘Star Wars’ Universe (Video)
thewrap.comExplain This” video) that “I was in more than talks to join the ‘Star Wars’ universe. I joined the ‘Star Wars’ universe and was asked to leave.” Ouch.Still, Lindelof admits that he would still be up for tackling a story set in a galaxy far, far away. “Will I get back in line outside the club and try to get back in again?
Absolutely,” Lindelof says in the video posted Friday. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” The project that Lindelof and Britt-Gibson were writing is the untitled movie announced at Star Wars Celebration earlier this month, to be directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, a documentarian who had helmed episodes of Disney+ and Marvel Studios’ “Ms.
Marvel.” During that announcement, it was revealed that Daisy Ridley would return to play Rey, the young Jedi introduced in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” the first film in the so-called sequel trilogy (directed by Lindelof’s friend and frequent collaborator J.J.
Abrams). The project is now being written by “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight.News broke of Lindelof and Britt-Gibson’s script last fall, and before this year’s Star Wars Celebration, news emerged that Lindelof and Britt-Gibson were off the project.
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