Overview
- Multiple outlets reporting Sunday said Jon Watts has been chosen to direct Star Wars: Episode X and that the film is being presented as the first entry of a new trilogy.
- Sources name Simon Kinberg as the screenwriter for the new trilogy and say Daisy Ridley is expected to return as Rey, though no cast list has been announced.
- The reporting stresses that Lucasfilm and Disney have not formally confirmed Watts's hiring or granted a final production green light for the project.
- Industry coverage notes Watts's franchise experience—his Spider-Man films with Tom Holland and his work on the Disney+ series Skeleton Crew—as a key reason he is a leading candidate.
- Lucasfilm's theatrical plan places this project behind the already scheduled Starfighter (May 2027), making the Watts-led film the most advanced Star Wars movie in development after that release.