Disney Appoints Taika Waititi To Be The Director Of The Latest Star Wars Movie

Taika Waititi (Twitter @TaikaWaititi)

JAKARTA - Taika Waititi will sit in the director's chair for the latest Star Wars film. Tuesday, May 5, Disney and Lucasfilm confirmed Waititi after he became a voice actor in The Mandalorian series in January 2020. Then these rumors began to blow until finally answered today.

With this news, Waititi was declared to be working with Disney again after previously directing Thor: Ragnarok with Marvel Studios. He is even currently producing a Thor sequel, Thor: Love and Thunder.

Incoming news from a galaxy far, far away… .Academy Award winner @TaikaWaititi to direct and co-write a new Star Wars feature film for theatrical release; Academy Award nominee Krysty Wilson-Cairns (@WeWriteAtDawn) to co-write screenplay with Waititi: https://t.co/o3Exz8ndy9 pic.twitter.com/Yrt0LQbi7B

- Star Wars (starwars) May 4, 2020

The new Star Wars film will bring together the man who was born on August 16 with the 1917 scriptwriter, Krysty Wilson-Cairns. The collaboration between the two will be interesting considering that Waititi has also won an Oscar for Best Adapted Script for the film Jojo Rabbit.

Netizen reactions to this news were mixed. Some felt Waititi was too pop for a Star Wars film, but others were curious about how Taika Waititi fit into the biggest franchise series.

As well as voice acting, Waititi also directed eight episodes and the final season of The Mandalorian. He is assisted by Jon Favreau, who met a lot in Marvel Studios productions, namely Iron Man and Iron Man 2.

Waititi's latest Star Wars film will continue the story of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker which was released in December 2019. Besides Waititi, JD Dillard and Rian Johnson are also projected to be the directors of other Star Wars works.

Before watching his performance in the Star Wars film, you can watch Waititi's latest work through the film Next Goal Wins which is an adaptation of the 2014 British football documentary. Starring Michael Fassbender, Armie Harmer, and Elisabeth Moss, this film enters a post production session which is scheduled to be released This year.