Zack Snyder Working On New ‘Star Wars’ Film, But It Isn’t Episode VII

We’re still waiting for an announcement regarding what director will be helming Star Wars Episode VII, but now there’s word of another Star Wars film in development. According to Vulture, director Zack Snyder (Watchmen, Man Of Steel) is currently developing a Star Wars project for LucasFilm and Walt Disney. It’s not Episode VII, but the film is going to be set in that universe. However, it won’t be connected to the new trilogy:

” He is in fact developing a Star Wars project for Lucasfilm that is set within the series’ galaxy, though parallel to the next trilogy. It will be an as-yet-untitled Jedi epic loosely based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic Seven Samurai, with the ronin and katana being replaced by the Force-wielding knights and their iconic lightsabers.”

 

“…but one insider expects it will not be considered part of the “numbered” episodes, but rather a stand-alone film set sometime post–Episode VI events, meaning the next phase of the franchise development is much broader than previously thought. Our sources also say that Snyder’s would start production after Disney starts on its planned 2015 release of Star Wars: Episode VII.”

So, a new Star Wars film based on Kurosawa’s masterpiece Seven Samurai? That sounds like quite an interesting project. Could we be seeing Disney expanding upon their original plans to release a new Star Wars film every two years? Could they be establishing an expanded cinematic universe similar to what Marvel Studios has done? Only time will tell, but it definitely sounds like it.

Source: Vulture