Mike Flanagan has made himself one of the foremost directors in horror since he made his first movie,Makebelieveas a student in 2000. Having dipped into the work of Stephen King withGerald’s GameandDoctor Sleep, and broughtThe Haunting of Hill HouseandThe Haunting of Bly Manorto Netflix, his latest seriesMidnight Massis also proving to be a huge hit this Halloween. While he is already in post-production on his next collaboration with Netflix, the horror-mystery seriesThe Midnight Club, Flanagan revealed in a post on Twitter that he would love to bring the horror genre to the world ofStar Wars.

Thanks to being awakened by an earthquake,Mike Flanaganwas stirred into thinking of his next dream project. He wrote, “Got woken up by the earthquake this morning, sat there for a few minutes just thinking “I’d really love to make a horror movie in theSTAR WARSuniverse…”

There have already been a number of steps made towards a horror infused branch of theStar Warsworld, with a number of spin-off books such asDeath Troopers,Red Harvestand theGalaxy of Fearseries delving into a darker universe. On screen, there are already a few horror elements in some of theStar Warsmovies, such as the Rancor first seen inReturn of the Jedi, and various other alien beasts spread throughout the saga. Then of course just this month,LEGO Star Warshave brought a fun kind of horror inTerrifying Talesthis Halloween. In the past, Disney have always been a little edgy about bringing darker elements into their big family franchises. However, we have seen a number of gruesome moments creeping into the stories from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and have been promised theMCU’sfirst horror movie withDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, so perhaps this could be the perfect time for Flanagan to pitch his idea.

It seems that he may have some company when it comes this particular path, asStar Wars: Battlefrontwriter Mitch Dyer was quick to respond to the director’s tweet, commenting, “I’ve wanted one of those for a decade. Please!” It seems that many fans are also on board with the idea, with Disney being tagged in many responses to the concept. And we all know what happens when fan power takes over. Well, okay, usually nothing at all happens, but we can live in hope that this is a “#releasethesnyderverse” moment.

Just like the Marvel franchise,Star Warsis always big business for Disney, with a whole slate of projects currently in varying stages of development. As a brief overview,The Book of Boba Fettarrives in December,giving the fan-favorite bounty hunterhis own series.Andoris a prequel series that lead up to the events of Star Wars: Rogue One and arrives in 2022 along with the highly anticipated return of Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen inObi-Wan Kenobi. Christensen is also said to be making an appearance as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the live actionAhsokaseries, which will see Rosario Dawson reprising her role from Chapter 13 ofThe Mandalorian, which of course has its own third season heading to Disney+. In addition to this areRogue Squadron, Rangers of The New Republic, The Acolyte, Landoand numerous untitled projects said to be coming from the likes of Taika Waititi, Kevin Feige and Rian Johnson.

Whether Mike Flanagan can succeed in having his horror entry added to the list is something that we can only wait and see, but the idea certainly falls into the category of being a project we never knew we really needed. The question now is whether the internet can manage towork its magicand make it happen.

Midnight Massis currently streaming on Netflix, while the entireStar Warssaga so far can be found on Disney+. This news originated atCollider.