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Taika Waititi announced as director and co-writer of new Star Wars film

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Taika Waititi will write and direct a new Star Wars film, it has been announced. The Jojo Rabbit director, who won an Oscar for adapting the screenplay of the anti-hate satire, will pen the script with 1917 co-writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns.

Waititi, who also directed Thor: Ragnarok, is no stranger to a galaxy far, far away and recently directed the final episode of the first series of The Mandalorian on streaming service Disney+.The news was announced on May 4, known to fans as Star Wars Day.

A post on the official Star Wars Twitter account said: "Incoming news from a galaxy far, far away... Academy Award winner @TaikaWaititi to direct and co-write a new Star Wars feature film for theatrical release; Academy Award nominee Krysty Wilson-Cairns

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