Well this doesn’t bode well.
How do you make a serious space adventure western? Ahh yes get the director of Billy Elliot and The Reader.
The Kenobi novel is really the best starting point for a screenplay as it is practically already tailor made for adaptation. Personally I would have pitched that but slightly expanded to have at least one off-planet sequence.
At best I get the feeling this will be another TWINE scenario where a more art house type director is hired for a big budget feature and there is a complete disconnect between story, characters and action sequences.
(coughs) Patty Jenkins (cough)
(coughs) Kershner (coughs)