'Game of Thrones' creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss walk away from 'Star Wars' trilogy

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• David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the showrunners behind "Game of Thrones," have walked away from their much-publicized deal with Disney's Lucasfilm to launch a feature film trilogy in 2022.
• Benioff and Weiss were supposed to usher in the post-Skywalker era of the Star Wars brand with a 2022 new-start story that would stake out a new frontier for the era-defining cinema brand created by George Lucas.
• In August, Deadline broke the news that the GOT duo had signed a nine-figure deal with Netflix and, on Monday, that commitment was the one that brought about the end of the Great Westeros Experiment by Disney and Lucasfilm.
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David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the duo who in 2011 launched the singular screen sensation known as 'Game of Thrones,' have walked away from their much-publicized deal with Disney's Lucasfilm to launch a feature film trilogy in 2022.

Benioff and Weiss were supposed to usher in the post-Skywalker era of the "Star Wars" brand with a 2022 new-start story that would stake out a new frontier for the era-defining cinema brand created by George Lucas. The Emmy-winning pair cited their historic deal with Netflix. They said their enthusiasm for Star Wars remains boundless but, regrettably, their schedule is full up.

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