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‘Star Wars’ Is Continuing Skywalker Saga With ‘Spider-Man’ Director Jon Watts
After eight years and countless entries in the expanding onscreen universe, Star Wars is revisiting the Skywalker family with its next project.
Summary
After eight years and countless entries in the expanding onscreen universe, Star Wars is revisiting the Skywalker family with its next project. Deadline can confirm that Lucasfilm has tapped Skeleton Crew co-creator Jon Watts (director of Spider-Man: Homecoming , Spider-Man: Far From Home and Spider-Man: No Way Home ) to helm the first installment in a new trilogy of the Skywalker Saga, which is being penned by Simon Kinberg ( X-Men: Dark Phoenix , Prime’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith ).
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