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Can you believe it’s been little over a month since news broke out that Lucasfilm was developing a new Star Wars film? Since then we’ve seen a barrage of rumors from the film, from casting rumors to director choices and everything in between. Well we have our own personal choice of who we want to see tackle Star Wars: Episode VII, it seems that most big time directors don’t want the gig. But believe it or not, one of the biggest ones you can probably think of might actually be interested.

Nestled deep within the bowels of a seemingly unrelated Deadline editorial (which is pretty good in its own right) is news that David Fincher, director of such beloved films as Seven, Fight Club, and The Social Network, might be interested in pursuing the directing gig for one of the new Star Wars movies. In addition, Deadline has some more details on who’s in the final mix to direct the film; more specifically, Matthew Vaughn, Jon Favreau, and now David Fincher:

As much as I’ve heard the Vaughn rumor, I’ve also heard Jon Favreau is panting after this job, and even that David Fincher, who apparently worked for Lucas’s ILM in a menial job as a teen, might be game for one of these new films. Unfortunately, we are getting nothing out of Lucas Land on what they call speculation. I broke a story recently that Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg will write future Star Wars installments, most likely the second and third installments of the new trilogy, I’d heard. Lucas, through Disney, denied every speck of this, but I ran it anyway. They won’t comment or clarify these things because they want to announce it themselves on their own Twitter or website or whatever they’ve got.

Yeah, in no means is this a confirmation of Fincher’s involvement, but Deadline has been mostly solid when it comes to news like this, so I trust that they know what they are talking about. And they’re correct in one point: Fincher did in fact work at ILM in his youth, as a cameraman on Episode VI. Here’s video proof of his involvement during an interview he made a couple years back (via Slashfilm):

In regards to Fincher’s directing though…uh, yes? Honestly, why wouldn’t you want an ace director like Fincher behind this film? Sure he’s never tackled a product such as this magnitude, but I’m more than certain he could. Whether or not he wanted to was really the big question and, although I didn’t think he would, apparently he’s game for it. And well I would be fine if Vaughn did it, I really don’t want Favreau behind this one. After the disaster that was Cowboys and Aliens, I really don’t trust him to tackle this project.

Chances are we’ll find out soon enough who will tackle it though, as the film’s May 2015 release day approaches.

-Matthew