Star Wars Celebration only wrapped up this weekend, but that hasn’t stopped the Star Wars news from flowing.
According to TheInseider.com (Jeff Sneider), a very reputable industry journalist and insider, Carlton Cuse, along with his son, Nick Cuse, are currently writing an unknown Star Wars series for Disney+.
Sneider did not provide any additional details on what the project the pair are penning is, but it’s good to hear nonetheless that Lucasfilm are actively working more live-action Star Wars series considering Andor wraps up within the next month and the only other live-action Star Wars series we know about is the second season of Ahsoka, which will likely debut sometime on Disney+ next year.
Carlton Cuse is probably best known for his work on Lost, a series JJ Abrams was an executive producer on and was written by Damon Lindelof, who worked on New Jedi Order before he was let go from the project and replaced by Stephen Knight (Peaky Blinders), who was later replaced by George Nolfi (The Bourne Ultimatum).
Other well known series that Carlton Cuse has been involved with include Nash Bridges, Martial Law, Bates Motel and more recently Locke & Key for Netflix, the Jon Krasinski led Jack Ryan for Amazon Prime Video and Pulse, Netflix’s most recent medical drama.
Honestly, I’m not much of a fan of Carlton Cuse’s work outside of Lost, so his name being attached to this new Star Wars series doesn’t fill me with much excitement, though he is a classic and proven television writer. However, Nick Cuse does have some cause for excitement with his work.
Just like his daddy, Nick Cuse has worked with Damon Lindelof previously, and it was on Lindelof’s best work in my opinion, the two HBO series, The Leftovers and Watchmen. Nick Cuse wrote two episodes of Watchmen and eleven of The Leftovers. In addition, he’s also worked on the series Maniac for Netflix, which I enjoyed, and more recently, Station Eleven for Max, which I haven’t seen.
Hopefully this series makes it out of the development stage and is a series we can all look forward too. Hopefully we get more details coming our way now that Jeff Sneider has broken the seal so to speak.
