Game of Thrones Showrunners Share How Deep Into Development Their Star Wars Films Got

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Game of Thrones and 3 Body Problem creators Benioff and Weiss reveal how far along their Star Wars movie The First Jedi got.

Games of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are back in the spotlight thanks to Netflix's 3 Body Problem, their latest book-to-TV adaptation. However, before Benioff and Weiss landed at Netflix, their career path was set to run through Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise.

During a recent appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Benioff and Weiss further elaborated about how far into development they were on The First Jedi before Lucasfilm pulled the plug: The conversation ventured into the awkward waters of how Lucasfilm has since gone ahead with a Dawn of the Jedi film, which is in active development with Logan and Indiana Jones 5 director James Mangold at the helm.

At Star Wars Celebration 2023, Mangold talked about his own vision for the beginnings of the Jedi, and has since teased that words like"Jedi" or"Force" may not be featured prominently in his film:

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