Del Toro has confirmed that he is going to direct a Star Wars film

Guillermo del Toro X/ confirmed on Twitter that he plans to direct a film star wars From a script written about four years earlier by David S. Gower, best known for writing superhero movies Batman Begins, Man of Steel And more the project never made it past the development stage, Goyer confirmed on the podcast Happy Sad Confused That has produced a lot of great art for him.

“I wrote about a movie star wars That is not produced Guillermo del Toro I was going to direct. That was about four years ago, Goyer said. A lot happened behind the scenes Lucasfilm Right now. It’s an interesting script… you’ll have to ask him about it. “A lot of great art has been created for that.”

Give it to me X/ shared Goyer’s interview on Twitter and added:

“True. Can’t say much. Maybe two letters J and BB, are they three letters?

The director’s post has led fans star wars To theorize what these letters might mean. The plan was to use Del Toro BB-8 In a movie? per Jabba the Hutt? The possibilities are endless.

Gower also revealed that he has started working on a second project star warsA script treatment for a film about its origins JD Which takes place 25,000 years before the first movie star wars.

Gower eventually broke up with him though LucasfilmAn original film from JD It is currently in development under the direction of director James Mangold log on e Indiana Jones and the dial of destiny. He described the proposal as a biblical epic about ascension say.

This is an opportunity to tell your own story entirely, birth sayMangold before Dr. When I first spoke [la presidenta de Lucasfilm] About Kathy Kennedy I just said, ‘I want to see this opening to do something Ben-Howe o 10 commandments About its birth say.

The say A kind of religious legend has developed that encompasses all of these films. But where did it come from? How was it discovered? Who invented it? who was the first JD? And that is what I am writing now.

Mangolds film is one of three films star wars In active development. Another, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s sequel Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker which follows Ray (Daisy Ridley) during a New Order training JD. And a third, from the one chosen by the fans star wars Dave Filoni, will close the interconnected stories told in the series Disney+ The Mandalorian, Boba Fett’s book y Ahsoka.