While not much is known about the plot of James Mangold‘s upcoming Star Wars movie, it has been confirmed that it will take place 25,000 years before the events of A New Hope. In a recent discussion,

A new Star Wars movie is on the way from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny director James Mangold, and it's going to be set tens of thousands of years back on the Star Wars timeline. Why set it so far in the past? Well, it's because Mangold doesn't want his hands tied by Star Wars's formidable canon.

James Mangold certainly isn't afraid of a challenge, that's for sure. From directing Walk the Line, a Johnny Cash biopic, to turning Hugh Jackman's brash, loud-mouthed Wolverine into a tragic hero in Logan,

James Mangold , the director behind Logan and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny , is currently developing an ambitious Star Wars project for Lucasfilm that will explore the origins of the Jedi. Tentatively referred to as Dawn of the Jedi ,

James Mangold remains hard at work on a Star Wars movie set 25,000 years in the past and, in a new interview, the filmmaker explains how that's freed him from lore and fan expectations. Check it

Director James Mangold says he is "not that interested in being handcuffed by so much lore" for his Star Wars film because there is no pleasing everyone.

James Mangold has recently been asked about his upcoming Star Wars movie, promising the fans something new for the decades-old franchise.