J.J. Abrams otti vastaan Star Wars: Episode IX:n ohjaajan pestin sen jälkeen, kun Colin Trevorrow jätti paikkansa. Huhujen mukaan hänen kanssaan oli hankala työskennellä, ja lisäksi hänen draamaelokuvansa The Book of Henry floppasi pahasti.
Nyt Star Wars -pomo Kathlyn Kennedy on kuitenkin paljastanut, että Trevorrowin lähtö johtui siitä, ettei hän ollut mukana elokuvatrilogian alusta asti. Näin ollen Trevorrowin elokuvaidea ei sopinut yhteen aiempien osien painopisteen kanssa.
"Colin was at a huge disadvantage not having been a part of Force Awakens and in part of those early conversations because we had a general sense of where the story was going. Like any development process, it was only in the development that we're looking at a first draft and realizing that it was perhaps heading in a direction that many of us didn't feel was really quite where we wanted it to go."
Kyse oli myös aikataulutuksista.
"We were on a schedule, as we often are with these movies, and had to make a tough decision as to whether or not we thought we could get there in the time or not. And as I said, Colin was at a disadvantage because he hadn't been immersed in everything that we all had starting out with Episode VII."
Toivottavasti 18. joulukuuta ensi-iltaan saapuva Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker kykenee vastaamaan fanikunnan odotuksiin.
Kiitokset, Gizmodo