Date 06/09/2017 - News People
Lucasfilm announced that Star Wars: Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow would be stepping down following creative differences. While Star Wars has come back with the full force of its fandom since The Force Awakens in 2015, Lucasfilm has struggled to strike a balance between individual directors? voices and the franchise?s brand. First, Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton, The Bourne Legacy) came in for expensive reshoots for Gareth Edwards? Rogue One. Then, earlier this year, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street) left Lucasfilm?s untitled Han Solo movie mid-production and were replaced by Ron Howard (Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind).
