Lucasfilm Sees Simon Kinberg as a "Safe Choice" for the New STAR WARS Trilogy

It was recently revealed that Lucasfilm and Kathleen Kennedy hired writer, director, and producer Simon Kinberg to write and produce a new Star Wars trilogy.

We don’t know what exactly this trilogy will be, but it was initially reported that it will not be a continuation of the Skywalker saga. The big surprise was Kinberg’s involvement, who has a spotty track record.

While he worked on Star Wars Rebels, he was also involved with X-Men: Apocalypse, Fantastic Four, X-Men: Dark Pheonix, and X-Men: Days of Future Past..

According to a new piece from Variety, the news of Kinberg’s hiring came as a surprise to executives at Lucasfilm and Disney, but he is "considered internally to be in deep development and not nearly ready to be made public."

The report points out that Kinberg’s history working on franchises means "Kinberg is seen on one level as a sensible and safe choice." 

"He’s said to understand how to talk to film executives about franchise filmmaking in a way that allays their concerns about creative decisions affecting the costly bottom line for these kinds of projects.”

Kinberg’s hiring is said to be due to his "continuing creative relationship with Lucasfilm creative executive Carrie Beck and chief creative officer Dave Filoni." 

They worked with him on Star Wars Rebels and Kennedy has made several attempts to bring him back into the fold.

Finally, it's said, "Kinberg’s efforts are meant to create a new saga, but as is the case with virtually all script development, specific plot details and characters are light years away from taking their final shape, let alone arrive in theaters."

So, we’ll just have to wait and see how this new Star Wars trilogy turns out… if it even ever gets off the ground. Lucasfilm doesn’t have the best track record with actually producing any of the Star Wars movies that they announce.