Star Wars: Dropped Directors and Unwanted Origin Movies

There’s a new Star Wars movie out in December… but what the heck is going on with the other two films currently in production? In the past six months, both the Han Solo origin movie and Star Wars Episode 9 have lost their directors. How has this happened? Who is to blame? And is the Star Wars franchise struggling with the weight of expectation for these new movies?

Christian Cawley and James McLean mull over the facts.

Shownotes

• The Han Solo Origins movie
• Star Wars 8: The Last Jedi
• Star Wars 9
• Heir to the Empire/Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn
• Kenobi by John Jackson Miller
• Doctor Who first incarnation recast
• JJ Abrams on the “mystery box”