The thing James Mangold finds most appealing about his Dawn of the Jedi movie may also allow the film to chart a bold new future for Star Wars.

While not much is known about the plot of James Mangold‘s upcoming Star Wars movie, it has been confirmed that it will take place 25,000 years before the events of A New Hope. In a recent discussion,

Rise of the Jedi', director James Mangold explained that his prequel will deviate from the nearly 50-year old franchise.

James Mangold has recently been asked about his upcoming Star Wars movie, promising the fans something new for the decades-old franchise.

A Complete Unknown' director James Mangold has shared some of his plans for his upcoming project: 'Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi'.

James Mangold , the director behind Logan and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny , is currently developing an ambitious Star Wars project for Lucasfilm that will explore the origins of the Jedi. Tentatively referred to as Dawn of the Jedi ,

James Mangold, who just picked up a Directors Guild of America nomination for “A Complete Unknown,” recently told MovieWeb that his upcoming “Star Wars” movie is deliberately set thousands of years before any other movie in the long-running franchise so that he doesn’t have to deal with the canon and can thus avoid angering fans.

Beau and I, in relation to Star Wars, have been working on a script, and we'll see what happens [...] Again, it’s just a matter of, do we find a way on the page to say something original? The Star Wars movie would be taking place 25,