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Taika Waititi’s movie not even getting a single mention turns out to be the real ‘Star Wars’ celebration

The filmmaker's complete absence from the entire panel has gone down a treat.

As expected, the announcement of three new Star Wars movies has already split the fandom right down the middle, but it’s the one that didn’t even get so much as a single mention that led to an outpouring of joy and near-delirium.

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Daisy Ridley will be picking up the pieces of the Jedi Order in a new blockbuster from Ms. Marvel director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, with Logan and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’s James Mangold diving deep into the past to focus on the formation of the lightsaber-wielding knights, while Dave Filoni gets to bring the small screen mythos to a big screen close.

Throughout it all, though, where was Taika Waititi? When Kevin Feige’s mysterious film and Patty Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron were scrapped, it was confirmed that the Thor: Love and Thunder director’s feature wasn’t just still on the cards, but he was potentially planning to star in it, too.

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Folks haven’t been too thrilled with the prospect of seeing his signature stylings applied to a galaxy far, far away, so you can only imagine how they reacted when Star Wars Celebration came and went without a peep from his in-development offering.

It sounds harsh for folks to celebrate wildly when Waititi was completely omitted from the proceedings, but it does give a hint as to what the overall sentiment is towards even the prospect of having him tackle Star Wars. Maybe Lucasfilm will quietly sweep it under the rug, or maybe it’s the next in line when the aforementioned trio have been given some time to breathe.


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