Colin Trevorrow on Duel of the Fates: “What could be in Star Wars is kind of part of the joy”

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Speaking at the 2026 Writers Guild Awards last weekend at the Edison Ballroom in New York, Colin Trevorrow was asked about the potential for reworking his ‘Duel of the Fates‘ version of Star Wars Episode IX (which became the Rise of Skywalker), and while pointing out that the story was specifically tailored to be the third part of the third trilogy, he did make an interesting observation regarding the nature of unmade Star Wars projects.

 

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and has been a presence online since webpage Fanta War in 1996. He is the EiC and Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, Star Wars – Das Offizielle Magazin, Journal of the Whills and Starburst Magazine, having previously contributed to magazines Star Wars Insider, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, partworks Build Darth Vader, Star Wars Encyclopedia, and Build The Millennium Falcon, and websites Jedi.net, Jedi News, StarWars.com, Lightsabre.co.uk, and Wirezone. He is the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015 (hosting it four times), and is the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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Speaking at the 2026 Writers Guild Awards last weekend at the Edison Ballroom in New York, Colin Trevorrow was asked about the potential for reworking his ‘Duel of the Fates‘ version of Star Wars Episode IX (which became the Rise of Skywalker), and while pointing out that the story was specifically tailored to be the third part of the third trilogy, he did make an interesting observation regarding the nature of unmade Star Wars projects.

 

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and has been a presence online since webpage Fanta War in 1996. He is the EiC and Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, Star Wars – Das Offizielle Magazin, Journal of the Whills and Starburst Magazine, having previously contributed to magazines Star Wars Insider, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, partworks Build Darth Vader, Star Wars Encyclopedia, and Build The Millennium Falcon, and websites Jedi.net, Jedi News, StarWars.com, Lightsabre.co.uk, and Wirezone. He is the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015 (hosting it four times), and is the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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