This past September, Colin Trevorrow became the latest director to run foul of Lucasfilm when the Jurassic World helmer was fired from next year’s Star Wars: Episode IX due to creative differences.
Various rumours have circulated as to what exactly these creative differences were – from Lucasfilm being disappointed with the script, Trevorrow’s alleged unhappiness with Star Wars: The Last Jedi killing off Snoke and Luke, or the studio finding him “unbearable” – and now the filmmaker has spoken about his departure from the sequel during an interview with Empire.
“I don’t want to talk too much about it because I don’t want to affect the way that fans get to see these films,” said Trevorrow. “When we were kids, these movies came to us from far away. They were a gift. And the more we talk about how they’re made, the more it reveals that they’re just movies. But they’re not just movies, they’re more than that. Beyond that, I got the opportunity to tell a story that is a celebration of everything I believe in, I got to tell it to George Lucas and I got to tell it to Luke Skywalker, and those are experiences I will cherish for the rest of my life.”
Following the split, Lucasfilm turned to Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ J.J. Abrams as his replacement on Episode IX, which is set to begin filming this summer. Trevorrow meanwhile opted for a return to the Jurassic Park franchise and will be back in the director’s chair for Jurassic World 3, which he’s recently described as a “science thriller”.
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