Two of the biggest pop culture juggernauts — “Game of Thrones” and “Star Wars” — are joining forces.
Well, sort of. After “Game of Thrones” ends with its six-episode eighth season this May, show runners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are moving on to create several “Star Wars” films next.
Rumor has it the shoot begins this fall, the Mirror reports. Although little is known about the films, the timeline is reportedly hundreds of years prior to the Skywalkers, in the Old Republic. So think something along the lines of “Star Wars” meets “Lord of the Rings.”
The fanboys at Star Wars News Net claim an anonymous “contact who has worked on every Disney ‘Star Wars’ film” leaked some info their way. They are “95 percent confident” that it’s accurate.
“[I was] approached about working on the next movie this Autumn,” their secret source says. “It is not the Rian Johnson trilogy, it is the Game of Thrones guys’ first movie, and it is set during the Old Republic, as Disney wants to open up the Star Wars timeline and appeal to a more ‘Game of Thrones‘ style audience.”
Will there be a lot of major character deaths and resurrections? Time will tell.
