Taika Waititi focuses on the opportunity to explore and expand Star Wars away from Skywalker saga in Lucasfilm.
Gamesradar reports that Director Waititi wants his Star Wars movie to focus on the universe beyond the original trilogy.
For years, Star Wars has embedded its existence in the entertainment industry. Spanning 45 years since Star Wars: A New Hope premiered, the Skywalker saga grew tremendously. Star Wars amassed a vast number of audiences from around the globe belonging in many generations. After the movies, literary masterpieces of novels and comic books filled the gap of years before the prequel trilogies came. Soon, critically acclaimed animated series were born.
Taika Waititi Wants Fresh Star Wars With Lucasfilm
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However, even though new plot lines and new characters were introduced, it still revolved around one Force-gifted family.
Following the prequels, the sequel trilogy came further polarizing fans. It did not succeed in bringing generations together. The delivery is truly a missed opportunity to showcase the Luke, Leia, Han and even Chewie anew. So much so that even Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill himself says that the character seen on Star Wars: The Last Jedi is “not my Luke”.
The standalone movies in-between trilogy entries still involved characters revolving around the time of the Skywalkers. Star Wars: Rogue One and the disappointment that was Solo: A Star Wars Story had to anchor elements referring to the original trilogy. This is the exact aspect that Director Taika Waititi wants to move away from.
For Waititi’s Star Wars movie, still of course under Lucasfilm, he says:
Look, I think for the Star Wars universe to expand, it has to expand. I don’t think that I’m any use in the Star Wars universe making a film where everyone’s like, ‘Oh great, well that’s the blueprints to the Millennium Falcon, ah that’s Chewbacca’s grandmother.’ That all stands alone, that’s great, though I would like to take something new and create some new characters and just expand the world, otherwise it feels like it’s a very small story.
Taika Waititi Wants Fresh Star Wars With Lucasfilm
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The director has a point where there is so much story to tell beyond the years when the Skywalkers are involved. Many years before or after the events of the original movie can still be told. Right now there is quite an interest about legends of different cultures in the Star Wars franchise. Perhaps some other heroes in the history or the beginning years of the formation of the Jedi. There is even a story about the origin of the Sith.
Recently, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has expressed that the future of the Star Wars franchise will move beyond the Skywalker timeline. This most likely aligned with what Waititi has in mind. The movie still under wraps with regard to its premise has a 2023 release date. In any case, the world is no longer limited to a specific timeline for Star Wars.
The Force remains strong.
