To paraphrase the great Oscar Wilde, to lose one may be regarded as a misfortune, to lose two looks like carelessness. What does it mean when almost every creative you have ever engaged has walked? It points to deep-rooted, poisonous rot within your organization. This is no longer speculation, it is fact. Star Wars is dead, and Lucasfilm killed it.
With tedious inevitability, yet another creative has decided their sanity is more important than dealing with the venomous harridan cabal of current Lucasfilm.
Industry stalwart, experienced hand on Eastern Promises, Locke, Spencer, Taboo, See, SAS Rogue Heroes and Peaky Blinders, Steven Knight has walked away.
He joins (deep breath) Colin Trevorrow, David Benioff and D.B.Weiss, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Josh Trank, Patty Jenkins, Kevin Feige, and Damon Lidelhof (among others) who have found it simply impossible to get their Star Wars projects off the ground in the way they wanted.
This speaks of a culture revolving around a dark pit of creative despair that few can escape.
Knight was writing the Star Wars: New Jedi Order movie that has already been lavishly announced (just like the others) across multiple channels and must now be judged as likely to join yet another damn Star Wars project on the “failed in development” scrap heap.
Lucasfilm will suggest that Daisy Ridley’s return as Rey is still locked while the December 2026 release is yet to be quietly shelved.
The report came from Puck News.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy remains attached to direct the project, that seems as likely, in reality, as a new Blade movie ever seeing the light of day.