Anna Daniels
As news of Waititi’s latest blockbuster project spread, fans took to Twitter to express plenty of excitement over this huge Star Wars news. Some famous fans weighed in on Waititi’s Star Wars story, including Frozen star Josh Gad, who tweeted, “Okay. 2020 doesn’t completely blow.” Joe Hill, who created Locke & Key, felt similarly, writing, “Taika Waititi, you’re our only hope.”
Uproxx‘s Mike Ryan took a funnier approach, tweeting, “Taika Waititi’s 2017 prediction about what would happen if he were hired to direct a Star Wars movie…” and quoting Waititi’s own tweet from 2017, which simply read, “I’d be fired within a week.”
All in all, Star Wars fans are going crazy over this exciting news. As user @joneberlejr said, in all caps, “TAIKA WAITITI IS DIRECTING AND WRITING A STAR WARS FEATURE FILM OH MY GOD IM SO F***ING HAPPY,” while @teresaxlynn10 wrote, “So now not only do we have a new Thor movie directed by @TaikaWaititi to look forward to, we also have a new Star Wars movie directed by Taika to look forward to?!” User @MichaelOrdona expressed his biggest hope for the project, tweeting, “Very excited to hear @TaikaWaititi and @WeWriteAtDawn will make a #StarWars movie together. If the powers that be will be smart, they’ll get out of the way and let these two do their thing.” Meanwhile, @MHanich79 kept it short and sweet: “This is the best thing ever!!”
Thanks to Waititi’s work on Thor and his beloved dry, extremely sharp sense of humor, his Star Wars story is sure to be a huge success, so check back with Looper for any further forthcoming details. In the meantime, you can stream The Mandalorian and catch Waititi’s turn as IG-11 on Disney+ now.
Written by: Looper
