New Star Wars movie to be made by Thor: Ragnarok director ?, Ars Technica

****************** Aurich Mandalorian Ragnarok****************************************************** Over the past few years, New Zealand’s Taika Waititi has become one of our favorite directors here at Ars. And with good reason — his back catalog of feature films includesEagle vs Shark,Boy,What We Do in the Shadows,Thor: Ragnarok, and last year**************** controversial-but-excellent, Oscar-nominatedJojo Rabbit. And soon, we’ll be able to add a Star Wars movie to that list. Unnamed sources have toldthe Hollywood Reporterthat Waititi has been approached by Lucasfilm to develop a film that takes place in that galaxy far, far away.

This news follows a surprise tweet earlier this week from Phil Tippett, the stop-motion innovator whose work could be found all over the original Star Wars trilogy. He used the social media platform to laud the first season of Disney exclusiveThe Mandalorian, then implored showrunner Jon Favreau to hire Tippett to work on future episodes. As massive fans of Tippett’s workand ofThe Mandalorian‘s focus on practical effects, we hope Favreau takes the tweet seriously.

Congrats******************** @ Jon_Favreauon the amazing success of @ themandalorian. It’s really something. Reminds me of our adventures making the original trilogy back in the day, shootin ’from the hip. I tell you, I’d love to come back on board and get my hands dirty with you guys!

– Phil Tippett (@PhilTippett)****************** (January) ***************************************************************, ****************************************************************************************

Meanwhile, Waititi is no stranger to the Star Wars universe. He not only appears inThe Mandalorian– as assassin droid IG – 18 – He also directed the final episode of the first series. The Hollywood Reporter also speculates thatThe Mandalorianis being used by Lucasfilm and Disney as a training ground for new talent; Director Deborah Chow directed episodes 3 and 7 of thespace western / space roninshow and is now going to direct anObi-Wan Kenobi seriesstaring Ewan McGregor, which will also air on Disney .

Obviously, Waititi’s fans here in the Ars Orbiting HQ are excited for the prospect of a Star Wars film under his direction. But will Disney see it through? The studio the famously firedsimilarly quirky directorsPhilip Lord and Christopher Millerfrom the movie(Solo) ************, replacing them with Ron Howard to the film’s detriment. We might also be in for a bit of a wait if it does happen. Waititi first has to directThor: Love and Thunder, which is set to be released in November and is also linked to an adaptation of the nerd-canon animeAkirafor Warner Brothers.                                  

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