In the wake of Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss stepping away from their Star Wars trilogy , new details surrounding the project have come to light. Variety reports that the intended focus of their series of movies was going to be the origin of the Jedi

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“The ‘Star Wars’ period the pair was interested in exploring was how the Jedi came to exist,” reads Variety ’s report.The report, along with one from THR, helps explain the factors that led to Benioff and Weiss exiting , largely centered on their deal with Netflix and negative fan reception to the final season of Game of Thrones.Reputable story details on the duo’s trilogy had been virtually nonexistent, until now. Rumors swirled that Benioff and Weiss' Star Wars movies would be set in the Old Republic , a time when Jedi and Sith were active in large numbers and were engaged in a war for the fate of the galaxy. That would have been around 3,600 years before the Battle of Yavin, the time of the Skywalker Saga. Given that the Jedi Order first formed long, long before that time period -- around 25,000 BBY -- it’s probably safe to assume those rumors were false.The origins of the Jedi were once covered in the no-longer-canon comic book series from Dark Horse titled Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi. The series followed the “Je'daii,” Force users who went on to form the Jedi Order. That story has since been relegated to the “Legends” label, which would have left Benioff and Weiss to offer a fresh take on where the Jedi came from.Would you have been interested to watch a trilogy about the origin of the Jedi? Do you want Lucasfilm to still develop that idea into a series of movies with new creators? Let us know in the comments.For more on Star Wars, check out all of the plot clues and Easter eggs we found in the final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in the video below:

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