Directed by James Mangold, the upcoming Star Wars film, Dawn of the Jedi, is set incredibly far in the past in order to avoid getting bogged down in the plot.
When you’re working on something like Star Wars, these days you’re just going to be inherently held back because everything has to fit with everything else. Why would The Mandalorian become so great and not the fun adventure of the week it started in a different way? There always has to be some connection to something. However, all entries into the Star Wars universe have been TV shows since The Rise of Skywalker. the past, you know, the dawn of the Jedi. And the reason why this is so distant in the past? The director doesn’t want to be “chained” by the entire plot of the series.
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Honestly, I can’t really blame him. The director has previously made it clear that he’s not a fan of cinematic universes, despite two of them entering the world of Star Wars and the DCU with Swamp Thing, but from this angle he can basically ignore most of the baggage that usually comes with working in such a universe. Still, I’m sure Disney will figure out how to squeeze some nonsense in somewhere to sell some toys.
