The rumors have been confirmed: Taika Waititi will helm a Star Wars feature film. Lucasfilm shared the news Monday, May the Fourth (Star Wars Day). He will co-write the film, along with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, an Academy Award nominee for 1917.
Waititi’s next project is Thor: Ragnarok, which will drop February 11, 2022. He previously directed the season 1 finale of The Mandalorian, and voiced the bounty droid, IG-11.
No release has been announced for the next Star Wars film.
