GAME OF THRONES Showrunners Confirm They Have No Intention To Return To Lucasfilm For Their STAR WARS Trilogy

GAME OF THRONES Showrunners Confirm They Have No Intention To Return To Lucasfilm For Their STAR WARS Trilogy

Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss have explained why they don't want to return to Lucasfilm to make their planned Star Wars trilogy about the "First Jedi." Read on for details...

By JoshWilding - Mar 24, 2024 09:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Games Radar (via SFFGazette.com)

Lucasfilm first announced plans for a new Star Wars trilogy from Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss in 2018. The news generated a great deal of excitement among fans, but the duo never got to travel from Westeros to a Galaxy Far, Far Away and parted ways with Lucasfilm the following year.

The duo has only shared a few scant details about what they had planned and, beyond a $200 million deal with Netflix which has so far only given us 3 Body Problem, they gave up on what should have been a dream job. 

Talking to Games Radar (via SFFGazette.com), the duo was asked whether they're still keen to work with Lucasfilm on their Star Wars trilogy, presumably when their current working relationship with Netflix ends. For the time being, though, it doesn't sound like they're keen to work on any pre-existing franchises.

"No, I don't think so," Benioff says. "I think you know, when you've got a franchise that's already so well established, like Star Wars or James Bond or so forth, I think there's less independence when you come in to try to tell a story that you want to tell and so I think what Dan [Weiss] and I have learned is that it's more fun for us to start something afresh."

"Obviously, we're coming in on the shoulders of [author] Cixin Liu here, he's the one who created these novels and everything but because we're the ones adapting them, at least for the English language," he says of how 3 Body Problem differs. "We have a lot of flexibility in terms of the story we want to tell and that's a lot more fun for us than the other version."

Weiss, meanwhile, was quick to point out that they're already mulling over ideas to continue this specific story, so it's no wonder they haven't given Star Wars much thought. "We don't have a second season, but we need to keep pushing forward full steam ahead as if we did. Because if we do get a second season, we'll need to hit the ground running in terms of pre-production and production to get it out to people in some kind of reasonable time."

Earlier this year, Benioff finally shed some light on the premise of their trilogy when he said, "We wanted to do The First Jedi. Basically how the Jedi Order came to be, why it came to be, the first lightsaber..."

"[Lucasfilm] ended up not wanting to do a First Jedi story," he continued. "We had a very specific story idea in mind, and ultimately they decided they didn’t want to do that. And we totally get it. It’s their company and their IP, but we weren’t the droids they were looking for."

Do you think the former Game of Thrones showrunners made the right call by giving up their Star Wars movies?

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Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 3/24/2024, 9:12 AM
But then again...your phone ain't exactly ringing either, right? Heh.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 3/24/2024, 9:14 AM
I hear theyve pissed off all of China with their new series.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 3/24/2024, 10:31 AM
@McMurdo - really? What series?
McMurdo
McMurdo - 3/24/2024, 1:03 PM
@RegularPoochie - all the best character are made white, black, etc and are just watered down essentially is what my buddy who read the books told me. But I couldn't say for sure. Id have to look into it more. I'm lazy
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 3/24/2024, 9:47 PM
@McMurdo - daaaamn
Evansly
Evansly - 3/24/2024, 9:15 AM
While I think they have a talent for adapting things with a clear story, the way they handled the ending of Game of Thrones by rushing it instead of handing the reigns over to a showrunner who us invested makes me not want to watch anything they put out.

Doesn't really instill confidence that they can see something through to the end
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/24/2024, 12:01 PM
@Evansly -i feel like it wouldn’t instill confidence if they couldn’t see something through to the end if they had handed over the reigns to aninvested showrunner and gone off to do their other obligations but they didn’t and stuck with the series that raised their profiles.

Maybe they can’t see something through to the end well lol but that’s a different story
SuperCat
SuperCat - 3/24/2024, 9:28 AM
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krayzeman
krayzeman - 3/24/2024, 9:34 AM
3 Body Problem is pretty interesting. I'm curious on where this all goes...
Drace24
Drace24 - 3/24/2024, 9:43 AM
Sure, guys. It was a choice, right?
whoknows
whoknows - 3/24/2024, 10:40 PM
@Drace24 - didn’t you read the second excerpt in the article from the earlier interview. They said Lucas film didn’t want to do their first jedi story, they weren’t “the droids they were looking for.” So they are indeed admitting their idea was rejected and they were firm on that specific idea.
Drace24
Drace24 - 3/25/2024, 5:30 PM
@whoknows - They lost their jobs because they are responsible for the most infamous disaster in TV history. Duh.
Gmoney84
Gmoney84 - 3/24/2024, 9:43 AM
I’d still like to see a story centered around the first Jedi. Let’s hope what’s his face delivers.
KaioKen
KaioKen - 3/24/2024, 9:44 AM
These two hacks shouldn’t be writing anything
MarvelousMarty
MarvelousMarty - 3/24/2024, 9:51 AM
Don't let them near anything people love.
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/24/2024, 9:56 AM
Because you've got a cock and balls is why Disney doesn't want anything to do with you.
Evansly
Evansly - 3/24/2024, 10:05 AM
@marvel72 - Nah, I'm pretty sure it's them fumbling the ending to one of the biggest television phenomenons and losing faith of a significant portion of the audience.

I don't see Disney wanting to take the financial risk on them since they have 0 draw.

To me it's like when I see Jared Leto or Ezra Miller in a movie, I just lose interest
bobevanz
bobevanz - 3/24/2024, 10:10 AM
@marvel72 - mental illness is a tragedy
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 3/24/2024, 10:41 AM
@marvel72 - Perpetual victim.
RedFury
RedFury - 3/24/2024, 11:11 AM
@marvel72 - are Mangold, Feloni, Favreau, and so on not men all of a sudden?
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/24/2024, 11:54 AM
@Evansly - So everyone that Disney has hired for Star Wars recently hasn't dropped the ball.
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/24/2024, 11:55 AM
@bobevanz - Yes it is.
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/24/2024, 11:56 AM
@EskimoJ - Just saying what I think.
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/24/2024, 11:57 AM
@RedFury - Yes they have been hired but they follow the rules of the women in charge.
RedFury
RedFury - 3/24/2024, 3:44 PM
@marvel72 - sounds like a good way to keep their jobs if you ask me haha.
Rastarapha
Rastarapha - 3/24/2024, 10:10 PM
@Evansly -

The [frick] are you saying... ?!?
Rastarapha
Rastarapha - 3/24/2024, 10:13 PM
@RedFury -

Mangold was on boba project first (and we stil didn't see his work for the saga)

Favreau and Feloni don't deviate from the formula, and that's why star wars is in this situation now
RedFury
RedFury - 3/25/2024, 4:50 AM
@Rastarapha - too each their own, but I actually enjoy what Favreau has given us with Mando for the most part, and I thought Feloni did a good job with the Ahsoka series. Especially with the character Baylan.

I enjoy Mangolds films, so I'm looking forward to seeing what he does with the first Jedi film he's supposed to make. If it ever gets made of course.
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 3/24/2024, 10:21 AM
An AI thumbnail again huh? Dickhead.
TheyDont
TheyDont - 3/24/2024, 10:31 AM
@BritishMonkey - Why are you butthurt?
Scarilian
Scarilian - 3/24/2024, 2:15 PM
@BritishMonkey -
Just don't click his articles. No point giving him money for it.
TheLight
TheLight - 3/24/2024, 10:25 AM
Like anyone would even want them after what they did😂.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 3/24/2024, 10:50 AM
Yeah, I think no one asked you donkeys to come back.
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DocSpock
DocSpock - 3/24/2024, 11:23 AM
@RegularPoochie -

That's one cute donkey. But I'm not that drunk yet, and she hasn't even made dinner for me yet.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 3/24/2024, 11:28 AM
@DocSpock - lol
DocSpock
DocSpock - 3/24/2024, 11:25 AM

No one wants these bozos back for Star Wars.

But then again, could anyone possibly do worse than this last sh!tty trilogy? A few chimps with a camera & a bottle of tequila could've made something better.
Dunejedi
Dunejedi - 3/24/2024, 11:49 AM
I have no intention to impregnate Sydney Sweeney.
S8R8M
S8R8M - 3/24/2024, 12:06 PM
@Dunejedi - anal or just just pull out?
S8R8M
S8R8M - 3/24/2024, 12:05 PM
I am so happy that they are not joining SW.
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