• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • Star Wars Theory
  • Star Wars
    • Quizzes
    • News
    • Podcast
    • Videos
    • Games
    • Forum
      • Register
      • Lost Password
  • Cobra Kai
    • Quizzes
    • News
    • Cobra Kai Videos
  • Store
  • Contact
  • Login
  • SWT Instagram
    • Star Wars Theory
    • Harry Potter Theory
    • Cobra Kai Theory
  • Youtube
    • Star Wars Theory
    • Harry Potter Theory
    • Cobra Kai Theory

Star Wars Theory

Star Wars News Articles, Videos, Quizzes, Forum & More!


You are here: Home / Latest Posts / NEW Star Wars Film Announced – To Be Directed by Taika Waititi

NEW Star Wars Film Announced – To Be Directed by Taika Waititi

May 4, 2020 By SWT Admin

Just when we thought things were wrapping up, Disney and Lucasfilm hit us with big, big news. The ending to the Star Wars saga, ‘The Rise of Skywalker’, premiered Dec 2019, and it was only yesterday that we saw the Clone Wars series come to an end as well, with the final episode ‘Victory and Death’ wrapping up the show.

But as is common in life, when one door closes, another usually opens, and that’s exactly what happened today on this iconic May 4th. Star Wars Day.

Academy Award® winner Taika Waititi, the man behind Thor Ragnarok, Jojo Rabbit, and numerous other critically acclaimed films, will be directing and co-writing the newly announced Star Wars Film. Waititi first entered the Star Wars space just recently, when he directed the season finale of The Mandalorian, which premiered on Disney+ last December.

The Mandalorian finale was no disappointment, and I’m interested to see how Waititi approaches this next step in to the Star Wars universe. Waititi has a reputation for flushing out characters eccentricities, making them relatable and helping the audience to empathize. I’m fascinated to find out how Waititi’s humourous and idiosyncratic approach to filmmaking will meld with Star Wars canon.

It has also been stated that Academy Award nominee Krysty Wilson Cairns will assist with the screenplay. Cairns’ most recent success was her work on 1917, a film focusing on the story of two young soldiers during the first world war.

Incoming news from a galaxy far, far away….

Academy Award winner @TaikaWaititi to direct and co-write a new Star Wars feature film for theatrical release; Academy Award nominee Krysty Wilson-Cairns (@WeWriteAtDawn) to co-write screenplay with Waititi: https://t.co/o3Exz8ndy9 pic.twitter.com/Yrt0LQbi7B

— Star Wars (@starwars) May 4, 2020

While we don’t have much information on the film yet, I’m sure we will be provided with much-anticipated developments over the coming weeks.

May the fourth be with you.

Filed Under: Latest Posts, Star Wars News Tagged With: clone wars finale, may 4th, may fourth, new star wars film, new star wars movie, rise of skywalker, star wars day, Star Wars Film, Star Wars News, Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7, taika waititi, taika waititi direct star wars, taika waititi star wars

Register for Site Updates

Footer

Categories

  • Cobra Kai Quizzes
  • Featured Quizzes
  • Latest Posts
  • Star Wars Games
  • Star Wars News
  • Star Wars Podcast
  • Star Wars Polls
  • Star Wars Quizzes
  • Star Wars Theory Fan Film
  • Star Wars Video
  • Welcome
JOIN

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Copyright © 2025 · Magazine Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

Please support this website by adding us to your whitelist in your ad blocker. Ads are what helps us bring you premium content! Thank you!