Story highlights "Star Wars" director Josh Trank has decided to jump ship, official movie website says

Trank was due to direct the second movie in the anthology series

(CNN) One film among a batch of new "Star Wars" movies in the pipeline has suffered a setback after director Josh Trank pulled out.

Trank, 30, was supposed to direct the second film in the "Star Wars" anthology, a spinoff series.

"After a year of having the incredible honor of developing with the wonderful and talented people at Lucasfilm, I'm making a personal decision to move forward on a different path," Trank said in the statement. "I've put a tremendous amount of thought into this, and I know deep down in my heart that I want to pursue some original creative opportunities."

According to the Hollywood Reporter, however, Trank was fired from the film.