In the latest episode of Esquire’s “Explain This,” Damon Lindelof has revealed for the first time that he did not leave the Star Wars galaxy on his own accord.
“I was in more than talks to join the Star Wars universe,” Lindelof says. “I joined the Star Wars universe and was asked to leave.”
Previously, he told Variety that his axed script was a “true labor of love,” and that there would still be a new film, “but unfortunately not with me.”
“Will I get back in line outside the club and try to get back in again?” Lindelof asks himself in the interview. “Absolutely.” The original Star Wars was the first film the director ever saw in theaters, and he’s still in love with the storytelling. “If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again,” he jokes, “or again again try, as Yoda would say.”
Lindelof is currently working on a new Peacock original series titled Mrs. Davis, about a woman who goes on a quest to destroy a controlling A.I. that influences the entire world.
