Game of Thronesshowrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss have finally broken their vow of silence regarding their mysteriously canceledStar Warsproject.
It may seem like a lifetime has passed but it wasn’t too long ago Benioff and Weiss were on top of the world. Steering the ship for HBO’s most successful property at the time, a peerless cultural phenomenon in Game of Thrones, the duo all but had the film and TV industry in the palm of their hand.
Among their first projects after Thrones was set to be in collaboration with Disney and Lucasfilm on yet another blockbuster IP, Star Wars. D&D were effectively given the green light for their own trilogy in a galaxy far, far away, though progress quickly came to a screeching halt.
“We wanted to do The First Jedi,” Benioff saidin conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, their first major interview in years. The first film in their trilogy was allegedly set to track “how the Jedi Order came to be, why it came to be,” and the creation of “the first lightsaber.”
However, the project simply didn’t pan out at the time. Benioff claimed it was Lucasfilm’s decision not to head in that direction, as they “ended up not wanting to do a First Jedi story.”
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“We had a very specific story idea in mind,” Benioff continued, “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.”
It’s unclear why D&D’s version of this tale was canceled while Mangold’s was locked in on theupcoming slate of Star Wars productions. Perhaps we’ll never know for certain.
Though with D&D’s 3 Body Problem looking to turn heads in the coming months on Netflix, the acclaimed duo is set to be back in the spotlight once again, so it could just be a matter of time before further details surface.
Brad Norton is Dexerto’s Editor on the Australia team. He is a journalism graduate and Call of Duty expert, covering Warzone, Black Ops, and Modern Warfare. Brad also covers Star Wars, Twitch, YouTube, first-person shooter games, and single-player games. He also has bylines at Gamurs Group. You can contact him at: brad.norton@dexerto.com
