Jon Watts Is Making a ‘Star Wars’ TV Present

Jon Watts is off of Implausible 4, however he isn’t losing any time. As a substitute, he’ll be making a coming-of-age TV present for the Star Wars universe. Everyone knows he did one thing proper when directing Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Dwelling, and Spider-Man: No Approach Dwelling, so we’re actually hoping his Star Wars sequence is simply as properly obtained. Like Stranger Issues, the present is claimed to be closely influenced by Steven Spielberg’s journey movies of the ’80s, like The Goonies and E.T. the Additional-Terrestrial. 

In keeping with a report from Vainness Truthful:

The present takes place through the submit–Return of the Jedi reconstruction that follows the autumn of the Empire, the identical as The Mandalorian, however its plot stays a secret. It’s created and executive-produced by director Jon Watts and author Chris Ford, who made ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ for Marvel.

This sort of throwback strategy to Star Wars may actually blow up and attraction to each youngsters and adults alike, probably making a complete new technology of followers. As of now, no different actual particulars have been launched concerning the plot or casting. That being mentioned, we do know that he was auditioning some youngsters across the ages of 11 and 12. Proper now, the codename of the mission is “Grammar Rodeo”, a reference to a Season 7 Simpsons episode the place Bart and his associates inform their mother and father they will the “Nationwide Grammar Rodeo” after Bart manages to make a pretend driver’s license. They’re really occurring a highway journey to Knoxville.

It’s not clear if the present will mirror that plot, however it would not be the worst thought. A present about youngsters behind the controls of area ships they’re approach too younger to fly sounds enjoyable.

As extra information unfolds it will be reported right here, so be looking out! The following Disney+ present, Obi-Wan Kenobi, premieres on Might 27.

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