When asked about being part of this group of filmmakers who have been removed from Star Wars projects, Trevorrow had this to say.
Later this summer, director J.J. Abrams will return to direct Star Wars 9, which was originally slated to be directed by Colin Trevorrow before he was surprisingly removed from the project.
There has long been speculation that, despite getting full credit, Gareth Edwards was actually fired from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
After the massive success that LucasFilm had with J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the studio has had issues with most of their directors since then.