By: Dominic Jones
When Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens open next month it will be the first Star War movie not directed by George Lucas since 1983. Lucas, who retired and sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012, spoke with Vanity Fair about his hopes for the new Star Wars films and why he doesn't want to direct any more Star Wars movies.
On why he doesn't want to direct any more Star Wars, Lucas said,
“You go to make a movie and all you do is get criticized. And it’s not much fun. You can’t experiment.”
As for what he hopes for from the new Star Wars films, Lucas had a few ideas,
"There’s more to it than just spaceships," and that "the Force doesn’t get muddled into a bunch of gobbledygook."
The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams also spoke with Vanity Fair, where he thanked Lucas for creating Star Wars and for giving him the opportunity to make a Star Wars film.
You can see Lucas and Abrams discussing this and more in the video below,
I think Lucas is on point with everything he says in the video. It's important that The Force remain mysterious and mystic (and before you comment, midi-chlorians are not The Force!) and that Star Wars doesn't become just another action movie. As for why he's not making Star Wars movies any more, it's completely understandable. When you have clowns like Simon Pegg running around insulting Lucas for making movies they don't like, it understandable that this would be tough to take. I have a lot of respect for Lucas for experimenting so much in the prequel trilogy and one my concerns is that the new films won't experiment as much because Disney and Lucasfilm are concerned appeasing fans who hate the prequels.
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30 comments:
Hardcore SW fans demanded a sci-fi universe for what was originally intended to be a simple fantasy story set in an extraordinarily rich sci-fi setting. What got utterly lost amidst all of Palpatine's political espionage and oversaturation of the universe with half a dozen new planets was the simplicity of the fantasy element; aka the traditional RPG fellowship model (luke + han + leia + chewie + droids = melee caster + range + brains/caster + muscle melee + comic relief/support) and the eternal fight between good and evil. That's why the PT ultimately "sucked"... it completely deviated from the model. Sci-Fi isn't Lucas' forte and his error was deciding to helm the PT entirely on his own rather than simply acting in a producer's capacity as he did in EpV and EpVI. It's like trying to force a west coast offense QB into a vertical passing scheme for those familiar with the football analogy. It can sorta look like it works but it is far from optimal.
A great filmmaker can certainly make a sht film... but their sht film doesn't make them a sht filmmaker. I for one am glad Lucas is moving on from SW and returning to experimental film if it means more of the brilliance that gave us THX 1138, American Graffiti and Star Wars.
I think it sucks that the criticisms of the prequels have made him disillusioned about his own talents as a filmmaker.
I still want to see Lucas make a pure race car movie perhaps centered around Formula 1. I know he could make a modern classic going back to his speedster roots.
he just has such a great sense for car culture!
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Lucas was trolling moronic haters like you, NOT Star Wars fans.
And he didn't say Jar Jar was his favorite, he said that's who he'd like to be.
Pay attention next time, moron.
J.J. Abrams is a ''real filmaker'' and Lucas is a hack?
What planet are you from dude?
Jakkassu?
BTW, Screw you and your ignorance!
You're a nobody! Accept the truth!
P.S. He took his 4$ billion and (like may times before) gave/pledged to give to charity.
That's wothy of praise alone you pretensious f@ck!
Simon Pegg is a hypocrite...he sits there and totally abuses George, the prequel films, and those of us who love them and yet, when people criticized his lovely Star Trek Into Darkness, he told them to f*** off and explained how they don't understand how much love went into making it...maybe Simon didn't think about how that applies to Episodes I-III, as well. I still love Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz/Spaced, but Simon Pegg is just dead wrong when it comes to treating the prequel films.
Furthermore, Dominic, I'm always super impressed with your writing when it comes to actual Star Wars "issues" whether it be prequels or Leia's slave bikinis. For a fan on the younger side like myself, you possess a great maturity when presenting ideas (a maturity lacking in many internet posters) and I really value that, so thanks!
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