If there’s one person on the planet who probably won’t be in any hurry to see "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," it’s George Lucas. The creator of this particular faraway galaxy sold Lucasfilm to Disney for a cool $4 billion dollars, and ever since, he’s put some distance between himself and his baby. When the very first teaser for ‘The Force Awakens’ dropped, Lucas didn’t go out of his way to watch it, and frankly, he doesn’t miss the Force, Naboo, lightsabres, droids, etc. Chatting with Vanity Fair, the director explains why he left "Star Wars," and seems pretty weary of the entire series.
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“You go to make a movie, and all you do is get criticized, and people try and make decisions about what you’re going to do before you do it," he said. "It’s not much fun, and you can’t experiment. You can’t do anything. You have to do it a certain way. I don’t like that, and I never did. I started out in experimental films and I want to go back to experimental films, but of course, nobody wants to see experimental films.”
While Lucas probably deserves a bit of room to be bitter, given how hard fans came down on him for the prequels, he’s not without a sense of humor. Asked which character he’d like to be from "Star Wars" universe, he quips, "Jar Jar Binks." Meanwhile, he holds J.J. Abrams to the fire about the fate of Darth Vader’s grandchildren. He also hopes that “the Force doesn’t get muddled into a bunch of gobbledygook.” Lastly, Lucas re-affirms he’ll spend his years going forward making experimental films that he adds likely won’t be seen be large audiences.
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" arrives on December 18th. Below, check out the chat with Lucas and the Honest Trailer for "Star Wars."
Why would someone who is a super billionaire care whether his experimental films will be watched at all? Just make them already, put your money where your mouth is.
Hey, here\’s a clue to all you Star Wars newbs who bash on something you don\’t understand. Midichlorians were not the force.
Why would he show his experimental films to you?
"I started out in experimental films and I want to go back to experimental films, but of course, nobody wants to see experimental films."
If only he knew someone who had $4 billion and loads of time on their hands who could produce these films without a profit incentive.
But what about those poor younglings!
oh george lucas how you gave so many sad cases happiness and a reason to carry on despite being outcasts or rejects (nerds and pussies in short) to only have said nerds turn on you, oh the irony
You know what grand, aged director who had success early on and has now faded from glory actually IS making experimental films without bitching loudly about it?
Francis Ford Coppola, Lucas\’s mentor. Go learn from your master, Padawan.
"He also hopes that “the Force doesn’t get muddled into a bunch of gobbledygook.”" You mean like Midi-chlorians?
I think that the prequels were borderline experimental. The tone was all over the place. I\’ve never seen other films with stupid slapstick and violent decapitations in the same scene. I\’ve never seen so called films for children that have tedious monologues about trade routes and space taxes. David Lynch\’s Return of the Jedi would\’ve been less crazy.
He\’s been saying this experimental films stuff for years and still we have seen nothing. Not even a whisper of an actual film.