David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are going from Winterfell to a galaxy far, far away.
It was announced today that Benioff and Weiss, creators of the smash-hit, Emmy Award-winning television series Game of Thrones, will write and produce a new series of Star Wars films.
These new films will be separate from both the episodic Skywalker saga and the recently-announced trilogy being developed by Rian Johnson, writer-director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
“David and Dan are some of the best storytellers working today,” said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm. “Their command of complex characters, depth of story and richness of mythology will break new ground and boldly push Star Wars in ways I find incredibly exciting.”
“In the summer of 1977 we traveled to a galaxy far, far away, and we’ve been dreaming of it ever since,” Benioff and Weiss said in a joint statement. “We are honored by the opportunity, a little terrified by the responsibility, and so excited to get started as soon as the final season of Game of Thrones is complete.”
No release dates have been set for the new films, and there have (thankfully) been no sightings of White Walkers around Lucasfilm.
This is peculiar news/timing from Disney, particularly as there has been so much media attention regarding the diminishing returns on recent Star Wars movies and the onset of Star Wars fatigue among moviegoers.
This is what is going to kill the Star Wars story and legacy. Enough with pumping this stuff out. Kids are already NOT buying the toys…
These guys did not create Game of Thrones, they adapted it for television. The guy who actually wrote the story and created all of the characters is George R. R. Martin
They created the show…
They should have gotten the director from Wonder Woman. That was a great action movie.