With Star Wars more popular than ever these days, it would be crazy for people to turn down any offers from Lucasfilm and Disney. However, given their track record of being controlling when it comes to their films, look at the pre-production horror stories of Rogue One and Solo, that notion isn't as crazy as it once was. Whether it was due to that or something else, the writers of A Quiet Place have turned down offers to work on Star Wars and Indiana Jones.
Speaking with MovieWeb, writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods revealed that they would rather make new IPs or explore new ideas instead of banking on nostalgia. While those aren't their actual words, that's the kind of message you get when reading their response as to why they declined LucasFilm's offer to work on a new Star Wars or Indiana Jones film.
Here's Woods' response:
Now here's Beck's:
You have to admire these two for wanting to work on new ideas and not just recycling old ones, which is the main problem with Star Wars right now. While we are getting new trilogies from Rian Johnson, D.B. Weiss, and David Benioff, one can't help but feel like Kylo Ren and wish the past would just die.
Then again, I cry whenever I hear Butter-Fly from Digimon, so I'm kind of a hypocrite. Still, we wish these two writers luck with whatever IP they end up making since Hollywood really needs some new ideas right now.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be coming out on December 20.
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