Lucasfilm Was Unhappy With Colin Trevorrow's Star Wars 9 Script

It appears Lucasfilm remove Colin Trevorrow fromStar war : Episode IXover issues with his first draft . While the corner billet achiever of Disney ’s newStar Warsmovies ca n’t be deny , the studio apartment has developed something of an image job when it comes to form with directors . Tony Gilroy has since confirmed he was bring on to fix director Gareth EdwardsRogue One : A Star Wars Story , with the film apparently being a ' mess ' and in ' terrible hassle ' when he came onboard in place - production to oversee all-embracing reshoots and re - edit .

Then came the news originalSolo : A Star Wars Storyhelmers Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired when the celluloid was mere hebdomad away from completing principal picture taking . Their vision ofSoloapparently collide with that of Lucasfilm , and director Ron Howard was quick hiredto reshoot the huge absolute majority of the movie . Finally , Colin Trevorrow was charter to write and directStar Wars : Episode IX , only to taken off the projectand supercede withThe Force Awakensdirector J.J. Abrams in late 2017 .

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Reports surrounding Trevorrow ’s going cite storieshe could be difficult to work withand the failure of his dramaThe Book Of Henryas potential reason for his replacement . Now a news report by theWall Street Journal(viaComicBook ) suggest the actual reason was down to his first potation for the moving picture . Apparently , Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy was n’t glad with his work , with Trevorrow himself obviously being bedevil with the story . While he take for a fortune to rewrite it , Lucasfilm decided to let him go .

It ’s potential that in the years in advance the real , plain story behind the yield issues on bothTrevorrow’sEpisode IXand Lord & Miller’sSolo : A Star Wars Storywill come out , but for now , all sides are staying professional about the situation . If Lucasfilm was distressed with Trevorrow ’s workplace on the script that sounds like a plausible reason to part ways , but if there were potential other factors involved in the determination beyond that .