Watchmen Creator Damon Lindelof “Was Requested To Go away The Star Wars Universe”

Damon Lindelof, creator of The Leftovers and Watchmen on HBO, was once one in every of writers on the screenplay for the upcoming Star Wars movie that focuses on Rey’s Jedi academy after the the occasions of the brand new trilogy. Now he is not.

“I joined the ‘Star Wars’ universe, and was requested to depart the Star Wars universe,” Lindelof quipped in a video interview on Esquire. However he needed to be clear that he isn’t holding a grudge about it.

“Will I get again in line exterior the membership and attempt to get again in once more? Completely.”

The Rey film, which was introduced at Star Wars Celebration earlier this month, can be directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy from a screenplay by Steven Knight, creator of TV sequence like Peaky Blinders and Taboo, and author and director on the Tom Hardy movie Locke.

Regardless of principally being fired from this gig, Lindelof mentioned he’d be pleased to take one other crack at a Star Wars venture sooner or later.

“This film was the alpha and the omega,” he mentioned, referring to the unique Star Wars movie. “It was the primary film I noticed in a movie show. I like all of the storytelling in that world. And if at first you don’t succeed, try to attempt once more. Or once more once more attempt, as Yoda would say.”

Final week, Lindelof advised Selection that his scrapped screenplay, written with Justin Britt-Gibson, was a “labor of affection.”

“I want all of them the perfect of luck. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is an unimaginable director, and I can’t wait to see what she comes up with.”

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