10 (Realistic) Directors Who Should Direct A Star Wars Spin-Off Film

With news breaking that Disney are planning another Star Wars 'anthology' movie for 2020 it now seems clear that the mega corporation is not quite content with Star Wars merely being a franchise, but want it to be an entire genre instead.

Star Wars fans will no doubt be split down the middle upon hearing this news, just as they were after seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with many hailing it for feeling like Star Wars, and many (understandably) dismissing it as a rehash of A New Hope.

Will the anthology films flop, or will they soar? Upcoming release Rogue One will probably give us a good indication, but Disney clearly isn't prepared to wait and see how well it does at the box office and amongst fans.

Like it or not there are many more Star Wars films coming quicker and faster than Han's infamous Kessel Run record, so instead of wondering whether they will be awesome or not we will take a look at the directors working in the film industry today who could realistically take up the helm, and more importantly do a good job at it.

So, as much as many of us would love to see a dark take on the galaxy far, far away by someone like David Fincher, the chances of that happening are about as likely as a Stormtrooper hitting his target on the first attempt.

Here are those 10 directors that could direct future Star Wars tales...

Duncan Jones is a hugely accomplished science-fiction film director with both Moon and Source Code impressing critics and general movie-goers alike. And although Warcraft was mauled by most critics it was (eventually) a financial success, for which Jones must feel indebted to Chinese film fans.

Jones is clearly a talented filmmaker with a big imagination, and he definitely isn't short of ambition, encapsulated by the fact that a Warcraft adaptation was always going to be a massive risk. Like most people Jones is a fan of the franchise, so it would be hard to imagine him passing up the chance to direct a spin-off film. Hopefully he'll introduce a primitive droid character voiced by Kevin Spacey.

However, Jones is busy next with his hotly anticipated science-fiction thriller Mute, and after that he could still yet sign onto a Warcraft sequel if it were to be green lit off the back of its Chinese success.

Disney would likely have reservations after Warcraft's poor box office performance in the US, and they probably wouldn't be too impressed with his jokey yet hilariously passive-aggressive Twitter argument with Rian Johnson, which if you haven't read already you need to do so immediately.