--- title: Star Wars: Director Plans to Shoot Parts of Film in Space description: The director of the next Star Wars movie is taking authenticity to the next level, hoping to shoot parts of the film in space canonical: https://time.com/4201190/star-wars-episode-ix-colin-trevorrow-film-in-space/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-30T18:22:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:36:08.734Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Star Wars: Episode IX Director Wants to Shoot Part of Film in Space og:description: He wants scenes of the movie to be "in actual space" og:url: https://time.com/4201190/star-wars-episode-ix-colin-trevorrow-film-in-space/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5fc56eb5636d8dc/69887b69f887dc2d19e94629/colin-trevorrow1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Power Of Story: The Art Of Film - 2016 Sundance Film Festival og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Star Wars: Episode IX Director Wants to Shoot Part of Film in Space twitter:description: He wants scenes of the movie to be "in actual space" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5fc56eb5636d8dc/69887b69f887dc2d19e94629/colin-trevorrow1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Star Wars: Episode IX_ Director Wants to Shoot Parts of Film in Space  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 30, 2016 6:22 PM UTC  Colin Trevorrow speaks at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 28, 2016 in Park City, Utah. Colin Trevorrow speaks at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 28, 2016 in Park City, Utah.Kim Raff—Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 30, 2016 6:22 PM UTC The director of the next Star Wars movie is taking authenticity to the next level by—hopefully—[shooting parts of the film in space](http://www.mtv.com/news/2734071/star-wars-episode-ix-director-shoot-space/) using IMAX technology. Colin Trevorrow, who will direct _Star Wars: Episode IX,_ talked about the plan during a [panel at the Sundance Film Festival](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr6NdyP4y-k) on Thursday, according to MTV. “I asked the question, ‘Is it possible for us to shoot IMAX film plates in actual space for ‘Star Wars,’” he said. “I haven’t gotten an answer yet, but they’ve shot IMAX in space.” Director Christopher Nolan, who was also on the panel, said he used shots from space in “[Interstellar](http://time.com/3547827/the-art-of-science/).” “Funny enough, we had that conversation with ‘Interstellar,’” Nolan said. “There’s incredible footage from space now.” During the panel, Trevorrow also said he wants to [shoot the movie on film](http://variety.com/2016/film/markets-festivals/colin-trevorrow-star-wars-episode-ix-film-digital-1201691284/), rather than digital. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4201190/star-wars-episode-ix-colin-trevorrow-film-in-space/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4201190/star-wars-episode-ix-colin-trevorrow-film-in-space/"},"headline":"Star Wars: Episode IX Director Wants to Shoot Parts of Film in Space","datePublished":"2016-01-30T18:22:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:36:08.734Z","description":"He wants scenes of the movie to be 'in actual space'","url":"https://time.com/4201190/star-wars-episode-ix-colin-trevorrow-film-in-space/","keywords":["Star Wars","Star Wars topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5fc56eb5636d8dc/69887b69f887dc2d19e94629/colin-trevorrow1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5fc56eb5636d8dc/69887b69f887dc2d19e94629/colin-trevorrow1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Power Of Story: The Art Of Film - 2016 Sundance Film Festival","caption":"Power Of Story: The Art Of Film - 2016 Sundance Film Festival","creditText":"Kim Raff—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/star-wars/","name":"Star Wars"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4201190/star-wars-episode-ix-colin-trevorrow-film-in-space/","name":"Star Wars: Episode IX Director Wants to Shoot Parts of Film in Space"}}]}] ```