David Fincher’s STAR WARS movie could have changed the sequel trilogy

THE Star Wars The galaxy is full of stories that have never had a chance to be told, and one of them might come from a visionary filmmaker David Fincher. Recent reports have emerged revealing that Fincher once approached him Kathleen Kennedy to Lucasfilm with a proposal for a Star Wars film that would bridge the gap between Star Wars: The Last Jedi AND Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

This news comes soon after Steven Soderbergh AND Adam Driverhis unfulfilled project, The Hunt for Ben Solowhich was reportedly in development before Disney decided to kill it.

According to Soderbergh, the project was “close to the finish line when Disney pulled the plug, citing problems with the project’s premise.”

Fincher’s potential film, as reported by The Playlist, never made it past the conceptual stage. The director reportedly spoke to Kennedy directly about his idea, but both parties ultimately walked away before anything materialized.

However, the thinking of Fincher, known for his precise visual style and darker storytelling, is gaining traction Star Wars it’s enough to make fans wonder how the sequel trilogy could have turned out differently.

It’s no secret that the sequels suffered from a lack of unified direction. Each film had a different tone and the result was a trilogy that struggled to maintain narrative coherence. The Rise of Skywalker he tried to undo much of that The Last Jedi established, creating a disjointed ending that left fans divided.

A Fincher-directed film set between these two films could have provided the connective tissue the trilogy desperately needed.

Imagine a story centered on Kylo Ren grappling with his identity as the new supreme leader of the First Order, or a deeper look at Snoke’s mysterious past. The sequels famously failed to give Snoke a proper story arc before killing him off, only to hastily resurrect Palpatine.

A film that explores Snoke’s origins and Kylo’s internal struggle could have completely reshaped Episode IX, eliminating the need for another Emperor return and creating a more natural power struggle within the galaxy.

Of course, knowing Fincher’s reputation for subverting expectations, his version of a Star Wars the story could have gone in a completely different direction. Perhaps it would have focused on underutilized characters like Captain Phasma or Poe Dameron, expanding corners of the universe that the sequels had left underexplored.

In the end, Fincher’s Star Wars the tone is yet another “what if” in a long history of unrealized Lucasfilm projects. It’s interesting to think about how his vision might have deepened the emotional and thematic resonance of the sequel trilogy.