Fans React on Twitter to the Announcement of John Watts Directing a New Star Wars: Skywalker Saga, and They all Agree That the Force is Turning to the Dark Side

Giuliana Tiscioni • Writer

Sep 30, 2026 11:30 AM EDT

It's already down on the floor; why do they keep kicking it?

Apparently, Disney never learned to leave it well enough alone, and we're seeing the results as we speak. A few days ago, it was confirmed that John Watts is set to be the director of episode 10 of the new Skywalker saga, and people on Twitter were, to put it mildly, not very happy about it.

I confess that all I've ever seen from this director is the last Spider-Man trilogy, so you'll have to recommend other movies for me to watch. What I do know more extensively is the Star Wars universe, and I can tell you that a sequel on the Skywalkers might not be the best idea. We all saw the prequels. The Skywalkers are gone, and no matter how Rey chooses to introduce herself, she's a Palpatine and has nothing to do with Luke and Leia. Very few people actually enjoyed the course the story took, but the rest of us felt disappointed. Even more so after finding out that George Lucas's wishes and plot for those sequels were discarded and disrespected. We could have had a completely different plotline, one that actually honoured the originals and their protagonists.

That's the general issue with sequels and book adaptations. They have the same problem: they think they can take the foundation of an already well-established story, seize it, leave their mark, and make it better. That's when they fail, because yes, they do make the story their own; they change some details and give new interpretations, but they are never better. Most times, they are not even good on their own.

We've been over this with Star Wars already, being given a set of prequels that flushed down the toilet everything the previous movies had built. They took away all the work the Rebellion did and all of their achievements. They brought back our favourite characters just to take them away from under our noses, like they meant nothing. The Skywalkers do not exist anymore.

There are hundreds of other stories and worlds that could be explored. They have never given us an appropriate exploration of the times of the Old Republic (like I said, appropriate; The Acolyte doesn't count), or the golden age of the Jedi. We've never seen the temples and their guardians functioning at their peak, at least not on the big screen. We already profited enough from the Skywalker name, don't you think? The goose that laide the golden eggs has already exhausted its resources.

All we can hope for is that they treat the sequels this time with more respect. They don't have a script yet, so who knows; perhaps they'll change their minds completely. In the meantime, here's what people on Twitter have to say about it.