While there have been endless rumours swirling around ever since it was announced a new Star Wars movie was coming and George Lucas had sold the franchise to Disney, there’s been very little that’s official. One of the few things we’ve had from the horse’s mouth – that is, Lucas and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy – was a video interview that was released on the day the Disney deal was announced.
Now it appears that’s going to be an ongoing thing as a second part of the chat has been released, where they talk about the difficult process of finding a director, as many people are too daunted at the prospect of taking on such an important project. Lucas also talks about what being a ‘creative consultant’ on the new movie actually means. You can take a look at that above.
And in other confirmed Star Wars news, just yesterday it was reported that Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3) had written extensive treatments for a new Star Wars trilogy, featuring Luke, Leia and Han Solo as older characters. It wasn’t clear at the time if Arndt would write the actual screenplays, but now it’s been officially confirmed on the unimpeachable source that is StarWars.com. Kennedy and Lucas have had several story conferences with Arndt, and are confident he is the best writer to tackle the next chapter in the series.