Summary
- Guillermo del Toro’s unmade Star Wars movie, which would have featured Jabba the Hutt, had a “cool script” and “cool artwork” before it was ultimately scrapped.
- The movie fell through in 2019 due to major changes at Lucasfilm and Disney’s corporate focus on streaming, resulting in the studio abandoning anthology movies in favor of live-action TV shows.
- While del Toro may not have seen his Star Wars movie come to fruition, the franchise’s future movies could potentially revive past ideas, leaving room for new opportunities.
Director Guillermo del Toro has revealed what his unmade Star Wars movie was about, along with new details as to what it would have entailed. There have been many Star Wars movies scrapped in the recent past, in part because of Lucasfilm’s pivot to streaming. Guillermo del Toro was one of the many who were ready to take on a movie in the franchise, just for that idea to get lost in history.
Now, years after its early development, details are emerging about the Star Wars movie that could have been. In speaking to Josh Horowitz, David Goyer discusses writing the Star Wars movie that Toro was set to direct. He shares that there was not only a “cool script,” but also “cool artwork” to go with it, revealing just how far the idea made it through the process before it was ultimately scrapped.
This has been confirmed to be true by Guillermo del Toro himself, who shares even more details on his Twitter account. He mentions the letters J and BB, both of which point towards none other than Jabba the Hutt himself.
This isn’t the first time Toro has mentioned wanting to bring Jabba into the spotlight. Back in 2015, he said that he wanted to make a Jabba the Hutt movie in the style of The Godfather, which would have given the iconic Tatooine daimyo a brand-new edge.
Why Did Guillermo Del Toro’s Star Wars Movie Fall Through?
According to Goyer, all of this happened in 2019, when two key things were happening for the Star Wars franchise. Major changes took place at Lucasfilm after the box office failure of Solo: A Star Wars Story, which led to the studio abandoning the anthology movies altogether. Meanwhile, Disney’s corporate focus on streaming meant Lucasfilm was expected to divert resources to the upcoming launch of Disney+; The Mandalorian would essentially become the streaming service’s flagship, leading Lucasfilm to focus on live-action TV shows.
Guillermo del Toro is sadly one of the many who didn’t get to see their Star Wars movies through. However, now that the franchise is preparing to launch more movies, it’s not impossible it could gain new momentum at Lucasfilm. It’s highly dubious, but if the new Star Wars movies prevail, there’s no telling what past ideas the franchise might bring to light. For now, these details of the lost movie can satisfy the curious minds of viewers, especially those who have always wondered exactly what Jabba the Hutt was up to.
Source: Josh Horowitz