Rumor: Lucasfilm Wants A ‘Star Wars Story’ Written By ‘Mr. Robot’ Creator Sam Esmail
As of now, there areStar Warsmovies scheduled through the summer of 2019.Star Wars: The Last Jediarrives on July 28, 2025, the Han Solo spin-off starring Alden Ehrenreich takesStar Warsback to summer on June 06, 2025, and thenStar Wars: Episode IXwill hit theaters on July 18, 2025. Anything after that is unknown, and it’s anyone’s guess as to what Disney and Lucasfilm have in mind. But now we may have a line on who will be writing one of the movies coming after 2019.
A new rumor says that Lucasfilm has been meeting withMr. RobotcreatorSam Esmailto write an upcoming installment of theStar Wars Storyspin-off movies that tell standalone stories in theStar Warsuniverse likeRogue One: A Star Wars Story. In addition, there is even word on what the project might be. Find out more about theMr Robotcreator writingStar Warsafter the jump.
Omega Underground, who usually has some reliable insiders feeding them information, has two separate sources telling them about Sam Esmail taking pitch meetings with Lucasfilm. Of course, plenty of filmmakers have been taking pitch meetings ever since Disney picked up Lucasfilm and revived the Star Wars saga, so this may not turn into anything. What makes this rumor a little more compelling is what project Lucasfilm has been supposedly meeting with Esmail about.
The rumor indicates that Lucasfilm is interested in having Esmail write theStar Wars Storythat will focus on Obi-Wan Kenobi during the years betweenRevenge of the SithandA New Hope. Again, the existence of this movie has been something that’s been rumored for years, so it’s still important to take this news with a grain of salt. But because it’s the one story fans have been clamoring for the most, not to mention having interest from Ewan McGregor to reprise his role as Obi-Wan, it feels likely to come to fruition.
One of the other possibilities for a newStar Warsmovie could be the Boba Fett spin-off thatwas almost announcedback at Star Wars Celebration in 2015 when Josh Trank was still involved. But all the poor publicity that came out of Trank working onFantastic Fourconvinced Lucasfilm to hold back anymore hype for that movie at the time and heended up being removed from the project.
As of now, Esmail is being courted just to write the script for whatever thisStar Warsmovie will be. However, with Esmail having directed 15 episodes ofMr. Robotacross two seasons, as well as the soul-crushing indie romance Comet, he’s also a prime candidate for Lucasfilm to let him spread his wings on aStar Warsmovie as director. But again, there’s no indication that Lucasfilm wants him for anything besides writing at this point.
Funnily enough, Sam Esmail has an interesting connection toStar Warsthrough his representation. Esmail’s agent is Bryan Lourd, who is not only a powerful agent at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) but also the ex-boyfriend of the late Carrie Fisher and father to their daughter Billie Lourd, who has a role inThe Force AwakensandThe Last Jedi. So Esmail certainly has the right connections to get aStar Warsjob within his reach.
A new season ofMr. Robotiscoming to USA this October, and Esmail is supposed to beworking on a miniseries adaptationof Fritz Lang’s classic 1927 filmMetropolis(which just so happens to have inspiredStar Warsin several ways). But if aStar Warsproject were to come along, I’m sure he wouldn’t turn it down. Kathleen Kennedy has said an announcement about a newStar Warsspin-offshould be coming this summer(perhaps at San Diego Comic-Con?), so maybe we’ll get official word on this soon.
