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Taika Waititi To Direct And Co-Write New ‘Star Wars’ Movie

May 4, 2020, 12:07 PM | Updated: 12:09 pm

FILE: Taika Waititi (Photo by Rachel Luna/Getty Images)

(Photo by Rachel Luna/Getty Images)

BY CHLOE MELAS, CNN
KSLTV.com

(CNN) — “Star Wars” fans have even more reason to celebrate this May 4, unofficially known as “Star Wars Day.”

Walt Disney Studios announced Monday that Taika Waititi will direct a new “Star Wars” movie. He is also co-writing the screenplay alongside Krysty Wilson-Cairns.

Waititi recently won the Academy Award for best adapted screenplay for “Jojo Rabbit” and directed the first season finale of “The Mandalorian” on Disney+.

A new untitled “Star Wars” series is also in the works for Disney+, with Leslye Headland at the helm as the writer, executive producer and showrunner.

The two projects are part of a growing list of new “Star Wars” content at Disney. “The Mandalorian,” is currently in post-production on Season 2. There are also two other previously ordered “Star Wars” TV series in production, according to Disney.

May the force be with you today, indeed.

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