Taika Waititi Gives Update On His 'Star Wars' Movie, Teases Script He Turned In

Taika Waititi poses with Mia Wasikowska while attending the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theater on Saturday (January 24) in Park City, Utah.

The two co-stars were on hand to premiere their new movie Fing!, alongside co-stars Blake Harrison, Iona Bell, Yasmin Kassim and Skye Fellman, and director Jeffrey Walker.

While at the premiere, Taika dished on the Star Wars movie he wrote and is to direct, which has been in the works for several years.

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“I’m just trying to go back and harness a little bit more of the fun from the original films, which is what I remember [from] them,” he told Variety.

“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. That’s what I was trying to bring back,” Taika added. “I was trying to work in a world that was a little bit separate to that because they’ve got so many things going on within that space. For me to do something there, it would need to be a little different and a little bit more its own thing.”

Just last week, Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy told Deadline that Taika‘s movie was “still somewhat alive,” and she confirmed he “turned in a script that I think is hilarious and great.”

It was first revealed he was approached to develop a movie in the franchise in January 2020 and a few months later, he was confirmed to write and direct a film.

The last update we had on his Star Wars project was by now former Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy in 2023.

Browse through the gallery to see more photos of Taika Waititi and his Fing! co-stars at Sundance Film Festival…