Colin Trevorrow, the director who was originally slated to helm Star Wars: Episode IX, recently addressed whether he would return to the franchise. While writing the script with Derek Connolly, the two were fired over reported creative differences with Lucasfilm head, Kathleen Kennedy. Trevorrow was then replaced with Star Wars: The Force Awakens writer-director, J.J. Abrams. However, both Trevorrow and Connolly received story credit on the final film.

Although Trevorrow was dropped from one of the biggest films of the decade, the director returned to the Jurassic World franchise where he concluded the film series with the wildly successful Jurassic World Dominion. However, following the release and poor reception of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, concept art and a draft of Trevorrow and Connolly's script, titled Duel of Fates, made its way on the internet. Although some fans had issues with the early draft, the overall consensus of the story was generally positive. This sparked questions regarding Trevorrow possibly returning to Star Wars to finally get his shot at contributing to the franchise.

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ComicBook recently caught up with Trevorrow who addressed his possible return to the Star Wars franchise after his removal from production of Episode IX. The director admitted that after completing his work on Jurassic World Dominion, he is done with big budget franchise features for the time being. Trevorrow desires to go back to smaller films and step away from the pressures of franchise tent-pole movies. Read what the director said below.

"I don't know. Not because of Star Wars, but because I've spent 8 or 9 making new versions of the things we love when we were kids. You know? In one place or another. There's not just a lot of pressure on that, but it also casts a shadow over everything else that you want to do… I made a small film after Jurassic World, and I was the 'Director of Star Wars' when I made it. And I think to be able to step out of that a little bit and not having everything I do be in the context of our belief systems is interesting to me."

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It is understandable that Trevorrow would like to go back to making smaller features following his stint in both the Jurassic Park and Star Wars franchises due to the enormous pressure to live up to expectations from both his corporate producers and loyal fans. Jumping into Jurassic World, the director was given a nearly impossible task of creating a film that would give audiences the same experience to that of Jurassic Park. The amount of pressure to commit to such an undertaking must have been immense. Undoubtedly, the experience likely paled in comparison to his endeavor as the director of the Star Wars saga's final film, the conclusion of a most-beloved franchise that has cultivated a devoted fan base around the world. He had to be able to deliver a film that honored all of the franchise media that came before while telling a successful compelling story that would wrap up the many loose ends of the sequel trilogy. After work in both properties, taking a step back to work on films outside of a franchise makes sense.

The response to his last two efforts possibly affected his confidence with big budget franchise films going forward. He was fired from his work on Star Wars: Episode IX and went back to the Jurassic Park franchise where the saga concluding film received the worst critical reception out of the previous films dating back to the original in 1993. However, Jurassic World Dominion did receive a positive Audience rating of 77% on Rotten Tomatoes and garnered nearly $1 billion at the box office. With Star Wars expanding further on the small screen, perhaps when the time is right for Trevorrow, he can take a chance on one of the many Disney+ television series the franchise has planned.

Source: ComicBook

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