Game Of Thrones creators to go to 'a galaxy far, far away'

Los Angeles

LUCASFILM on Tuesday announced plans for a new series of Star Wars films made by the team behind Game Of Thrones, as it seeks to build on the lucrative sci-fi franchise.

David Benioff and DB Weiss, the creators of the Emmy Award-winning television series, will write and produce new films that are separate from the main Skywalker saga and the trilogy being developed by Rian Johnson, writer-director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

"David and Dan are some of the best storytellers working today," K…