Many fans were disappointed to hear about Josh Trank's departure from the 'Star Wars' anthology film project. While many rumors for the sudden falling out circulated on the web, the 'Fantastic Four' director took the time to address his side of the story in an interview with LA Times.

"I knew that this was going to be questioned, and it was going to come under skepticism as to why I left 'Star Wars'. And it was hard," the director explained. "It was the hardest decision I've ever had to make in my life... I want to do something original after this, because I've been living under public scrutiny, as you've seen, for the last four years of my life and it's not healthy for me right now in my life. I want to do something that's below the radar."

The director was rumored to be very moody and "isolated" while shooting 'Fantastic Four,' and it was even said that producer Simon Kinsberg found him unbearable to work with. Trank wanted fans to understand this wasn't the case. He in fact goes on to state that he and those at Lucasfilms remain very much connected.

"[T]hey all understood it because this whole experience for me has been very psychologically hard... It feels sometimes like I'm living in a Paddy Chayefsky script or something like that. Every misconception that could possibly be made about this has been made to a hilariously satirical degree. And it's people who haven't met me before. If they met me - I don't know, I feel like I'm a pretty harmless person."