Rian Johnson wants to move beyond 'legacy characters' with new 'Star Wars' trilogy

Filmmaker Rian Johnson has teased that his new 'Star Wars' trilogy will explore stories of new characters in galaxy far, far away. 45-year-old director, who directed franchise's 2017 blockbuster ' Last Jedi', will be making a whole new trilogy for Lucasfilm after current series wraps post this year's ' Rise of Skywalker'.

His trilogy will be separate from one being developed by 'Game of Thrones' creators David Benioff and D B Weiss.

In an interview with Observer, Johnson said he plans to go beyond "legacy characters", an apparent reference to Skywalker saga which has dominated franchise since first film.

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"I think that fun and challenging part of it is to dive in, figure out what's exciting and n figure out what it's going to be. We're doing something that steps beyond legacy characters. What does that look like? To me, blue sky element of it is what was most striking about it. I kw way that I'm coming at it, and what's fun about it for everyone in George Lucas' films, is figuring out, 'What's next step?' It really makes you think and figure out what essence of 'Star Wars' is for me and what that will look like moving forward," director said.

Disney, which owns Lucasfilm, has t yet officially anunced Johnson's trilogy, but producer Kathleen Kennedy h recently hinted that studio has planned 'Star War' films for next dece.

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Johnson's next directorial is 'Knives Out', which features an ensemble cast of Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Michael Shann, Lakeith Stanfield, and Karine Langford. 

film will have its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival next month.