John Williams already by 2018 was attached to the Indiana Jones sequel and he said he was retiring from doing more Star Wars films. He did return to score only the Obi-Wan Kenobi theme song for the Kenobi show, but that is a t.v. show and just the theme song.

"We know J.J. Abrams is preparing one now for next year that I will hopefully do for him, and I look forward to it," Williams told the radio station.

"It will round out a series of nine and be quite enough for me. Disney Studios will probably take it further (without me)."

While leaving Star Wars will be a monumental career shift, Williams doesn't indicate that he plans to retire in this new interview. In fact, he's attached to score Steven Spielberg's upcoming Indiana Jones sequel.

Then Covid-19 happened and he found not having to work on films during that time period relaxing for him.

As reported by the New York Times, when film production and recording studios were forced to close due to the onset of COVID-19, John Williams was left with no movies to work on — a first for the composer in his almost 70-year career.

However, as the months passed, Williams began working on other projects, including his second violin concerto, which was dedicated to and inspired by violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, a longtime collaborator of his.

“I welcomed it,” Williams told the NY Times about the sudden hiatus from film scoring due to the pandemic and the lockdowns. Though it was initially disorienting, it became an “escape” for him.

“I don’t particularly want to do films anymore. Six months of life at my age is a long time,” he told NY Times. “I’m much happier, as I have been during this Covid time, working with an artist and making the music the best you can possibly make it in your hands,” he said.