WBD - 'Game Of Thrones' Creators Spill Secrets On Axed 'Star Wars' Project: 'We Weren't The Droids They Were Looking For' | Benzinga
David Benioff and Dan Weiss, the creators of the "Game of Thrones" HBO show from Warner Bros. Discovery Inc (NASDAQ: WBD) shed light on their scrapped Star Wars film project.
Initially hired by The Walt Disney Company's (NYSE: DIS) Lucasfilm in 2018 to direct a series of films with the first premiere scheduled for 2022, the collaboration was terminated in 2019 due to scheduling conflicts.
Contrary to initial reports of an amicable split, Benioff revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that Lucasfilm decided against their proposed storyline, which centered around the origins of the Jedi Order, the first lightsabers, and the concept of "The First ...