Taika Waititi’s Star Wars film is NOT scrapped and prior to the strikes, was still in development, OTN has confirmed with multiple sources.

The rumor, which originated from scooper DanielRPK and reposted by World of Reel, was possibly misunderstood by a joke Waititi made while presenting a TIFF Tribute Award to Shawn Levy, who is also working on his own Star Wars film. Waititi took a jab at Lucasfilm’s unlucky history with seeing Star Wars films come to fruition recently, saying,  “Unlike me, let’s hope [Shawn] manages to finish a script for [Star Wars]”

This is a developing story…