Josh Trank: Everything You Need To Know About 'Star Wars' Spin-off Director
Lucasfilm and Disney have announced that Chronicle director Josh Trank will direct one of the three standalone Star Wars movies that are planned. The plot for Trank’s film hasn’t been revealed yet, but it will feature Star Wars characters and won’t be part of JJ Abrams upcoming trilogy, the first of which, Star Wars Episode VII, is currently in production.
In his review of Chronicle, Entertainment Weekly’s Owen Gleiberman, praised Trank and predicted a bright future for the young director: “Based on Chronicle, it’s clear that Trank has the right stuff to move up to big-budget fantasy movies. If he wants to, that is. In a lot of ways, he has already beaten the studios at their game.”
It’s not clear yet what Trank’s standalone Star Wars film will be about, although we’d love to hear your ideas. We’re definitely hoping for some more Han Solo backstory from either Trank or Edwards. Hopefully including Lando Calrissian, who is still strangely absent from Episode VII’s lineup.