Watching all the Star Wars movies is incredibly fun, but is it better to view them by release date or their in-universe chronological placement?

James Mangold has come out to share his views on helming the upcoming Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi film. Find out what the director said here.

Rise of the Jedi', director James Mangold explained that his prequel will deviate from the nearly 50-year old franchise.

James Mangold, who just picked up a Directors Guild of America nomination for “A Complete Unknown,” recently told MovieWeb that his upcoming “Star Wars” movie is deliberately set thousands of years before any other movie in the long-running franchise so that he doesn’t have to deal with the canon and can thus avoid angering fans.

"The Star Wars movie would be taking place 25,000 years before any known Star Wars movies takes place," he told MovieWeb. "It's an area and a playground that I've always [wanted t