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I always turn to my team and say, \u2018Good practice, guys. Good practice. We designed a great world. We designed great stuff. We learned.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cYou can never be ungrateful with life. Whatever life sends you, there\u2019s something to be learned from it. So, you know, I trust the universe, I do. When something doesn\u2019t happen, I go, \u2018Why?\u2019 I try to have a dialogue with myself. \u2018Why didn\u2019t it happen?\u2019 And the more you swim upstream with the universe, the less you\u2019re gonna realize where you\u2019re going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Del Toro initially hinted in September via social media that he was once in line to helm a <em>Star Wars<\/em> film, but did not confirm the storyline until now. Screenwriter David S. Goyer first broke the news during a podcast interview and revealed that the planning took place four years ago. \u201cThere was a lot of behind the scenes stuff going on at Lucasfilm at the time. It\u2019s a cool script\u2026 you have to ask him about it,&#8221; he said, with Del Toro reaffirming the news on X and writing, \u201cTrue. Can\u2019t say much. Maybe two letters \u2018J\u2019 and \u2018BB\u2019 is that three letters?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in entertainment, Chad Stahelski revealed that he has ideas for up to nine\u00a0<em>John Wick\u00a0<\/em>films.<br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/2023\/10\/guillermo-del-toro-discusses-scrapped-star-wars-jabba-the-hutt-film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guillermo del Toro confirmed that he was attached to direct a Star Wars film about Jabba the Hutt, however the movie was ultimately axed. 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