Lucasfilm is handing the keys to the next Star Wars trilogy to Jon Watts, the director who steered Marvel's Spider-Man reboot, with plans to bring back Daisy Ridley's Rey and continue the Skywalker Saga that audiences largely rejected the first time around—and Disney hasn't even greenlit the project yet.
Why it matters: A franchise built by ordinary Americans who lined up around city blocks in 1977 is now a corporate vessel serving ideological priorities over the audience that made it a cultural institution. The sequel trilogy alienated the core fanbase with progressive posturing and incoherent storytelling. Now Lucasfilm is doubling down—same saga, same Rey, new director.
Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter both confirm Watts is attached to direct the first installment of a new Skywalker Saga trilogy penned by Simon Kinberg. Kinberg's credits include X-Men: Dark Phoenix—a notorious critical and commercial flop—and the DisneyXD animated series Star Wars Rebels. Per THR, the project would serve as Episode X, with Rey Skywalker appearing
