Taika Waititi Teases Bold Vision for His Star Wars Movie — Here's What He Revealed
Five years after its announcement, Taika Waititi finally lifts the lid on his Star Wars movie in a new Variety interview, teasing a fresh story vision for the galaxy far, far away.
Taika Waititi has finally said something real about his Star Wars movie. Yes, it still exists. Yes, he is still steering it. And after more than five years of this thing floating in development-space, he just laid out what he is actually trying to make.
So what is Taika aiming for?
In a new interview, the Thor: Ragnarok director/Oscar winner says he wants his movie to feel different from the current lineup, but not so different that it forgets why people fell for Star Wars in the first place. Think high stakes and real consequences, but with some actual fun baked in — the balance those early films nailed before everything got extremely Serious Lore.
"I’m just trying to go back and harness a little bit more of the fun from the original films... The stakes are very high, and there’s serious things going on, but there’s also a lot of fun to be had in those films... For me to do something there, it would need to be a little different and a little bit more its own thing."
Translation: he wants to play in the galaxy far, far away, but just off to the side of the main traffic. There is a ton happening in Star Wars right now, so he is carving out his own corner rather than wedging his story into the busiest part of the timeline.
Where it stands right now
- Waititi is directing and shaping the story, aiming for a tone that mixes danger and playfulness.
- The script he is working from is by Tony McNamara, the Oscar-nominated writer behind things like The Favourite and The Great.
- A July 2025 report claimed the working title is 'Cosmic Doom' and that production would fly under the codename 'Ghost Truck 6' — classic secret-movie stuff.
- Kathleen Kennedy has called Waititi’s latest script pass 'hilarious and great.'
- Plot and character details are still locked up. No names, no era, no logline yet.
The read-between-the-lines version
This sounds like Taika trying to thread a needle: bring back the loose, adventurous vibe that made Star Wars fun to begin with, while also not stepping on the toes of the many other shows and movies Lucasfilm has in motion. The behind-the-scenes tidbits — those code names and working titles — suggest the machine is quietly moving, even if Lucasfilm is not ready to roll out the big reveal yet.