While Weiss and Benioff are a hot commodity in Hollywood at the moment, their reputation among fandom is somewhat damaged, for whatever that’s worth.

While the duo cited scheduling conflicts between the Star Wars films and their new five-year, $250 million Netflix deal as the source of their exit, their recent controversies have raised more than a few eyebrows among the Star Wars fandom wondering what’s next for the theatrical side of the beloved property. Their exit is only the latest in what’s becoming a pattern at Lucasfilm in which there are now more directors who have left the current iteration of Star Wars films than directors who have actually made them. Weiss are leaving the galaxy far, far away before their new film series even began production. Monday night, the news broke that Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B.