Remember when Rian Johnson was slated to launch a brand-new Star Wars trilogy? The filmmaker behind Glass Onion has since shared insights into the unmade projects, revealing it was “all very conceptual”—so much so that he never drafted an outline, treatment, or anything concrete.

“Nothing really happened with it,” Johnson told Rolling Stone in a recent interview. “We had a great time working together, and they said, ‘Let’s keep doing it.’ I said, ‘Great!’ I’d bounce ideas around with Kathy [Kathleen Kennedy, Lucasfilm president].

“The short version is ‘Knives Out’ happened. I went off and made ‘Knives Out,’ and got swept up in making murder mysteries. If, down the line, there’s a chance to do something in ‘Star Wars,’ I’d be thrilled. But right now, I’m focused on my own work—and I’m really happy.”

As the story goes, Johnson was in discussions with Kennedy to develop three Star Wars films, but the chance to direct his Agatha Christie-inspired mystery Knives Out led him to a completely different universe.

A few years ago, Johnson expressed his desire to return to the director’s chair for another Star Wars film, though he admitted it “wouldn’t be the end of the world for anyone” if it didn’t happen.

“But I would be sad,” Johnson told Variety in 2022. “I love the world. I love the people. I love ‘Star Wars’ fans. I love the passion they bring to it. There’s nothing like telling a story in this universe and then seeing people truly connect with it—and letting you know they do. It’s extraordinary.”

In the same interview, Johnson addressed the polarized fan reaction to The Last Jedi, saying his past experiences “arguing on the playground about Star Wars”—and his earlier disinterest in the Prequel trilogy—helped him navigate the backlash to his own film.

The filmmaker behind Brick wrote and directed The Last Jedi in 2017, so it’s been quite a while since he’s been in that galaxy. With the next Knives Out installment, Wake Up Dead Man, due out in December, and Lucasfilm’s current Star Wars film schedule extending at least to 2027, it may be some time before Johnson wields his lightsaber again.