It's perhaps no surprise that Joss Whedon wants to make a Star Wars film - I mean, unless you're Steven Spielberg , who wouldn't - but the man behind Buffy, Firefly and the Avengers movies has a very specific wish for any potential jaunt to a galaxy far, far away.

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"I mean, it’s a fun thing to do, to put yourself in the service of something if you think you can add an interpretation", Whedon explains to Complex . "It’s no different than any other storytelling [...] Do I want to make a Star Wars movie? Yeah."I was like, 'I don’t want to make a Star Wars movie. Like, god dammit, why?' But I saw the trailer for Rogue [One: A Star Wars Story] awhile ago and I was like, 'I want to do that.' To make a Star Wars movie and not be wed to the bigger picture."The Star Wars anthology films will fill in the two-year gaps between the new trilogy of main Star Wars episodes. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Phil Lord and Chris Miller's Young Han Solo film are so far the only confirmed entries in the sub-series, perhaps alongside the rumoured Boba Fett origin story (although that could have been rolled into the Han Solo project).Joss Whedon has stepped away from Hollywood productions since Avengers: Age of Ultron, which apparently left him feeling like a "miserable failure" , but between this news and the fact that he'd make a Black Widow film if Marvel asked , he's clearly not ruling out Disney-owned franchises.Rogue One, directed by Gareth Edwards will be the first Star Wars anthology film, and is due for release on December 16.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he wants Whedon to make a Wookiee film - try putting whip-smart, sassy dialogue in that one, smart guy. Follow him on Twitter