Lucasfilm ran into some major setbacks with its next theatrical release in the Star Wars universe.
Fans haven’t seen a Star Wars movie on the big screen since 2019’s Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker as Lucasfilm attempts to move into new adventures outside of the Skywalker Saga.
Those efforts haven’t been easy, however, as an already planned Star Wars movie set for 2025 has been facing more than its fair share of problems while multiple new Disney+ properties have been produced and relased in the last few years.
And with two other new movies from the galaxy far, far away already facing the ax with no signs of improvement on the horizon, the new 2025 outing is now facing a whole new set of issues with its production crew.
Above the Line revealed that both Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson have left their upcoming Star Wars movie, which both of them were initially set to write ahead of the film’s 2025 release.
The pair reportedly gave a draft of the film to Disney and Lucasfilm in mid-February but left the project only days after that happened.
It appears that Lucasfilm already has a new writer in line for this mystery movie, although the name wasn’t revealed yet.
This new story, which will be directed by Ms. Marvel‘s Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, is currently slated to start production in February 2024 ahead of its December 19, 2025 release date.
Above the Line’s Jeff Sneider also clarified further on Twitter, explaining that Obaid-Chinoy is still in line to direct the film and that it will still be Lucasfilm’s next Star Wars movie.
