Abrams’ ‘Episode IX’ script will be the movie’s fourth. Burn it down and start over, makes sense

To note that Episode IX‘s production has been “slightly tumultuous” is akin to saying my post-pizza and Chez-It farts are “slightly nauseating”, to say the least. I mean good god, the movie is currently on its fourth fucking script. However, this news makes sense to me. The first script featured Leia, and was diarrhea’d out by Jurassic World Guy and his writing partner. The second was their stab at a script without her in it. The third, Sweet Christ the third, was a punch-up done by Jack Thorne.

With Abrams and his bland middling mediocrity coming aboard, and I’m being serious here, it makes sense to start with a fresh slate. Whatever existed before seems like a real fucking Frankenstein’s monster, and it is best to put it out to pasture.

CBR:

Following the announcement that writer-director J.J. Abrams and co-writer Chris Terrio will pen a new script for Star Wars: Episode IX, the much-anticipated final installment in the Star Wars sequel trilogy looks to be on its fourth script. While films generally undergo several rewrites, Episode IX‘s case may be somewhat unique in that it appears to have undergone several major revisions.

According to Screen Rant, the first version of an Episode IX script was penned by then-director Colin Trevorrow, along with his writing partner Derek Connolly. While we don’t know much about what this draft contained, largely due to Lucasfilm’s secretive approach to both script development and filmmaking, we do know that its direction was massively affected by the tragic death of Carrie Fisher in December 2016.

Per Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, Leia was originally intended to be at the forefront of Episode IX, which meant script changes were called for following her passing. After discussions on how best to proceed, Kennedy announced that Fisher’s character General Leia Organa would not appear in Episode IX following Fisher’s death. Trevorrow and Connolly subsequently produced a new script without Leia.

It appears as though this version still had some issues, as British screenwriter Jack Thorne was hired to rework the script. Again, the extent to which this version differed from the one that came before it is unknown. Following Trevorrow’s departure, neither Thorne nor Trevorrow are attached to the Episode IX script. As such, it seems Abrams and Terrio’s script will likely be largely its own original entity.