The “Star Wars” universe lost two super producers before they could even get a project onto the silver screen.

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, creators of the blockbuster “Game of Thrones” on HBO, are reportedly stepping away from their deal with Disney’s Lucasfilm for “Star Wars” movies so they can instead focus on their partnership with Netflix.

“We love ‘Star Wars,’” Mr. Benioff and Mr. Weiss said in a statement, according to Deadline. “When George Lucas built it, he built us too. Getting to talk about ‘Star Wars’ with him and the current ‘Star Wars’ team was the thrill of a lifetime, and we will always be indebted to the saga that changed everything.”

“There are only so many hours in the day, and we felt we could not do justice to both ‘Star Wars’ and our Netflix projects,” the statement said. “So we are regretfully stepping away.”