Colin Trevorrow has been looking back afresh on his nixed Star Wars trilogy-capper. The Jurassic World director originally developed Episode IX – formerly Duel of the Fates – alongside co-writer Jack Thorne, but reports indicated that their screenplay did not meet the standards of Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy. Rather than getting another shot at it, Force Awakens helmer J.J. Abrams and his team were brought aboard to replace the duo, and the rest is Rise of Skywalker-wallpapered history.
During the panel, Trevorrow also proceeded to unveil what he referred to as a ‘TIE Marauder’ model designed for Star Wars: Duel of the Fates, saying it was “the only one in the world” and that he and his then 9-year-old son had designed it together. “It’s an amazing memory for me when I got to do something that was an incredible experience from start to finish that I was able to make a Star Wars ship with my son.”
You can see the TIE Marauder at around the 46-minute mark in the video below…
Trevorrow has, for the most part, avoided revisiting him his time on Episode IX, telling Empire in 2018 that he tries to focus on the positive aspects of his experience with Lucasfilm.
“I don’t want to talk too much about it because I don’t want to affect the way that fans get to see these films,” he explained. “When we were kids, these movies came to us from far away. They were a gift. And the more we talk about how they’re made, the more it reveals that they’re just movies. But they’re not just movies, they’re more than that.”
He added “beyond that, I got the opportunity to tell a story that is a celebration of everything I believe in, I got to tell it to George Lucas and I got to tell it to Luke Skywalker, and those are experiences I will cherish for the rest of my life.”
