Remember when Shawn Levy was just that guy who did the Night at the Museum movies? Well, he’s entered another stratosphere with the gigantic success of Deadpool & Wolverine. But let’s not forget that he’s also got a Star Wars movie in the works, and while on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Levy talked a little bit about it without really giving much away.
It’s still early days with the script still being written, but Levy says his Star Wars film will set its own course and not look to repeat what has already been done…
“There’s only so many times that ‘Star Wars’ movies can revisit the same section of the timeline,” said Levy. “I don’t want to do a ‘Star Wars’ film that is redundant to others. Nor am I interested in doing one that has to serve another movie.”
It sounds as if Levy plans to tackle an unexplored point in Star Wars history, which could be pretty exciting. We just saw something similar take place in The Acolyte, set during the High Republic era and disconnected from the Skywalker Saga.
Other Star Wars films in the works include one that returns Daisy Ridley to the role of Rey, another directed by James Mangold set during the early days of the Force, and The Mandalorian & Grogu which is self-explanatory.
A lot can change at Lucasfilm and we’ll see if Levy gets his chance to operate in the galaxy far far away.
