Star Wars: IX director Colin Trevorrow leaves franchise

WHAT on Earth is going on over in the Star Wars camp? The franchise has just lost another director in a very dramatic fashion.

Lucasfilm has announced the company and director Colin Trevorrow have mutually chosen to part ways. (Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File

IT SEEMS the Star Wars movies can’t catch a break when it comes to finding directors.

Disney and Lucasfilm have announced that they’ve parted ways with Colin Trevorrow and will seek a new director for the yet untitled Star Wars: Episode IX.

The news came from the official Star Wars website, where a statement on the matter was posted to the public.

“Lucasfilm and Colin Trevorrow have mutually chosen to part ways on Star Wars: Episode IX. Colin has been a wonderful collaborator throughout the development process but we have all come to the conclusion that our visions for the project differ,” it read. “We wish Colin the best and will be sharing more information about the film soon.”

Trevorrow has been cut from the project. Photo: Valerie Macon

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Trevorrow’s role with the film has been in question following the poor reception of his movie The Book of Henry as well as various script problems.

The publication claims he had repeated stabs at multiple drafts of the script.

Sources tell the outlet that the director’s working relationship with Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy became unmanageable.

This isn’t the first time that the Star Wars franchise has had creative differences with Lucasfilm. Recently, Ron Howard was brought in to helm the upcoming spin-off film focused on the adventures of a young Han Solo.

According to Variety, conflicts between directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller and Kennedy lead to the duo being outed from the project.

Lord and Miller were fired from Star Wars. Photo: AFP/Ben Stansall

The difference was reportedly over creative control of the movie, with the directing duo hoping to add a comedic spin to the Han Solo character and open the project up to an improvisational element. Lucasfilm and the writers allegedly had a different idea for the execution of the stand-alone film.

“Unfortunately, our vision and process weren’t aligned with our partners on this project. We normally aren’t fans of the phrase ‘creative differences’ but for once this cliche is true. We are really proud of the amazing and world-class work of our cast and crew,” stated Lord and Miller at the time.

There’s no word yet on who will replace Trevorrow on the project, which will be a follow up to Star Wars: The Last Jedi and complete the trilogy started by Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

This story originally appeared in Fox News and is republished here with permission.

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