{"id":382729,"date":"2021-12-17T20:16:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-would-anyone-make-a-star-wars-movie\/"},"modified":"2021-12-17T20:16:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:16:28","slug":"why-would-anyone-make-a-star-wars-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-would-anyone-make-a-star-wars-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why Would Anyone Make a &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; Movie?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a38baafe9f2e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a38baafe9f2e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-would-anyone-make-a-star-wars-movie\/#When_Asked_to_Make_a_Star_Wars_You_Say_Yes\" >When Asked to Make a Star Wars, You Say Yes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-would-anyone-make-a-star-wars-movie\/#Star_Wars_is_a_Losing_Game_for_Filmmakers\" >Star Wars is a Losing Game for Filmmakers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-would-anyone-make-a-star-wars-movie\/#George_Lucas_Says_Star_Wars_Doesnt_Belong_to_Us\" >George Lucas Says Star Wars Doesn\u2019t Belong to Us<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Why Would Anyone Make a &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; Movie?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;Five years after the release of \u2018Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,\u2019 we look at the mad mindset it takes for a modern director to tackle George Lucas\u2019 franchise.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Star-Wars-Rogue-One-Five-Years-Later.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Star Wars Rogue One Five Years Later\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Star-Wars-Rogue-One-Five-Years-Later.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Star-Wars-Rogue-One-Five-Years-Later-768x319.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Lucasfilm&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Brad Gullickson\u00a0\u00b7 Published on December 17th, 2021 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Star Wars Explained is our ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> where we delve into the latest Star Wars shows, movies, trailers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> stories to divine the franchise\u2019s future. This entry looks back at Star Wars: Rogue One and the infectious pull every contemporary filmmaker feels toward this franchise.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Five years ago this week, <strong><em>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0hit theaters. It landed smack dab between <em>The Force Awakens<\/em> and <em>The Last Jedi<\/em>. What a wild ass time that was, damn. The future <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared so bright.<\/p>\n<p>You see<em>, Rogue One<\/em> was a Disney promise. That long time ago, far, far away galaxy? There\u2019s more to it than you could imagine. Come with us if you want to party with weirdos not named Skywalker.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Disney has completed their sequel trilogy, provided us with an obsessively engaging <em>Mandalorian<\/em> spin-off,\u00a0and a slight uptick in quality cartoons and specials. But, mostly, they continue to dangle upcoming properties.<\/p>\n<p>Next year looks to be the time when Lucasfilm goes full Marvel Studios. We\u2019ve got <em><strong>The Book of Boba Fett<\/strong><\/em> right around the corner. <strong><em>Obi<\/em>\u2013<em>Wan<\/em> <em>Kenobi<\/em><\/strong> is a few more months away. <strong><em>The Bad Batch<\/em> <\/strong>will be back, and so too will <strong><em>The Mandalorian<\/em><\/strong>. But what about Grogu? Will he be in tow with Din Djarin?<\/p>\n<p>Or better questions, what about Patty Jenkins\u2019 <strong><em>Rogue Squadron<\/em><\/strong> or that potential Broom Boy series from Rian Johnson? It\u2019s a big dunno. No official words have struck them down, and while rumors suggest they\u2019re as dead as Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen, we can\u2019t say if they\u2019re truly Stormtrooper fried. Jenkins supposedly <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/film\/news\/patty-jenkins-departs-gal-gadot-cleopatra-movie-1235127187\/\">backed off other projects<\/a> to pursue <em>Rogue Squadron<\/em>. They could happen, but\u2026<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_Asked_to_Make_a_Star_Wars_You_Say_Yes\"><\/span>When Asked to Make a Star Wars, You Say Yes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Right now, if you\u2019re not on Jon Favreau\u2019s <em>Mandalorian<\/em> squad, your <em>Star Wars<\/em> seem out of luck. So, we wait for <em>The Mandalorian<\/em> to spread its tendrils, and we wait for the <em>Star Wars<\/em> flood we thought we were going to get after <em>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gareth Edwards<\/strong>, the<em> Rogue One<\/em> director who played nice with Lucasfilm even when it must have been <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/star-wars-rogue-one-writer-tony-gilroy-opens-up-reshoots-1100060\/\">difficult to do so<\/a>, celebrated the movie\u2019s fifth anniversary by chatting with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.starwars.com\/news\/gareth-edwards-rogue-one-interview\">StarWars.com<\/a>. Most of the conversation swims around his initial excitement when the impossible seemingly happened, and he was asked to make his <em>Star Wars<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cObviously, it\u2019s a dream come true. I know there\u2019s millions of people like this, that love \u2018<em>Star Wars<\/em>.\u2019 But this is kind of the reason I got into filmmaking. If someone had told me when I was six that I was one day going to get to not just make a \u2018<em>Star Wars\u2019<\/em> film, but make a \u2018<em>Star Wars\u2019<\/em> film that connected to the film that I watched over and over every morning before I\u2019d go to school?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We all say we\u2019d love to make a <em>Star Wars<\/em> movie. We certainly would never say no at the opportunity. That would be absurd, crazy, stupid. We love complaining and shouting at the filmmakers who don\u2019t get it right by our vision. But how many of us actually know what we would do if given a chance?<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Edwards clearly communicates his excitement and the ridiculous notion that he was even approached in the first place. It\u2019s a sentiment repeated frequently by directors who\u2019ve followed his path to <em>Star Wars<\/em>. You just do it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Star_Wars_is_a_Losing_Game_for_Filmmakers\"><\/span>Star Wars is a Losing Game for Filmmakers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Robert Rodriquez<\/strong> expressed the same bewildered, joyous confusion when <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/robert-rodriguez-interview-book-of-boba-fett-star-wars-1235062364\/\">talking to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> about <em>The Book of Boba Fett<\/em>. Before the question of his <em>Star Wars<\/em> was ever raised, he would balk at the thought.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI can\u2019t even say this is a dream come true because I wouldn\u2019t have even thought to dream this\u2026I usually avoid premier properties \u2014 you\u2019ll never be able to please everybody, it\u2019s a losing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>. I\u2019d rather go do something I\u2019ve created so nobody can say, \u2018Hey, that\u2019s wrong because \u2026\u2019 I created it, so it can be anything I want it to be. I love that freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He sees what we see online. We can\u2019t play nice. We can\u2019t let Rian Johnson make a rad movie if that rad movie deviates in the slightest fashion from the movie we imagine in our heads. But then, someone did ask him to make a <em>Star Wars<\/em>. And he couldn\u2019t say no, right? Rodriguez continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThat changed with Boba because he was a character that was always underserved. It was a character way more popular than he should have been, based on [his limited screen time]. So it\u2019s almost like starting with an original character. You can kind of do anything you want, so long as you make him cool and don\u2019t make him a buffoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maybe we should take him at his word. Maybe the only <em>Star Wars<\/em> he could make was a Boba Fett <em>Star Wars<\/em> for the reasons he mentions. But, you can talk yourself into anything, especially when they\u2019re fantasies dangling within reach. All it took was a few mental gymnastics, and Rodriguez was onboard.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s still not going to please everybody. Whatever he does on <em>The Book of Boba Fett<\/em> won\u2019t jive with everyone watching. And, yeah, you can look at that very loud, disgruntled wail as a wall of aggression surrounding the franchise. Keep out. No trespassing. Mine, mine, mine.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez is not wrong when he calls properties like <em>Star Wars<\/em> \u201ca losing game.\u201d They\u2019re a no-win scenario; you\u2019re damned if you do, and you\u2019re damned if you don\u2019t.\u00a0But if you\u2019re damned if you don\u2019t, then screw it, you gotta do. Get your blocks and mutes in order. Be prepared by tending your Twitter garden, and make your damn <em>Star Wars<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"George_Lucas_Says_Star_Wars_Doesnt_Belong_to_Us\"><\/span>George Lucas Says Star Wars Doesn\u2019t Belong to Us<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you need inspiration, look no further than <strong>George Lucas<\/strong>. This week, <strong><em>Return of the Jedi<\/em><\/strong> was added to the National Film Registry. Like <strong><em>A New Hope<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>The Empire Strikes Back<\/em><\/strong> before it, <em>Return of the Jedi<\/em> was deemed a significant work and worth preserving alongside other masterpieces like <em>Citizen Kane<\/em> and <em>Jaws<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>However, Lucasfilm has never supplied the National Film Registry with the original prints. Lucas only wants to offer them the 1997 Special Editions, or their updated versions, but those versions are not the ones the Library of Congress wants. Too bad, so sad.<\/p>\n<p>Now, you can walk away shaking your head at Lucas. You can call him selfish or stupid or whatever. We fell hard for those movies when they came out, but for whatever reason, Lucas sees them as flawed or incomplete. His true <em>Star Wars<\/em> are those he continued to tinker on throughout the years. He sees our moaning, and he shrugs.<\/p>\n<p>George Lucas does not care what we think <em>Star Wars<\/em> should be. And that\u2019s kinda rad, too. I may disagree (I do disagree), but he\u2019s the creator, and he\u2019s seemingly the keeper of the original trilogy. It\u2019s his prerogative.<\/p>\n<p>If Lucas can drown us out, so can Robert Rodriguez and Rian Johnson and anyone who comes next. Either they tricked the universe into making a <em>Star Wars<\/em> or the universe tricked them into making a <em>Star Wars<\/em>. Either way, when that opportunity knocks, you answer. Some folks who populate that universe with them will get grumpy, but they\u2019re just mad they\u2019re not making their <em>Star Wars<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>And the <em>Rogue One<\/em> promise is still out there. More <em>Star Wars<\/em> are coming. It\u2019s unstoppable (cuz even the most snivelingly upset show up for these things). Sooner or later, we all gotta get used to the sensation.<\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Star Wars Explained\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/brad.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Brad Gullickson is a Weekly Columnist for Film School Rejects and Senior Curator for One Perfect Shot. When not rambling about movies here, he&#8217;s rambling about comics as the co-host of Comic Book Couples Counseling. Hunt him down on Twitter: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MouthDork\">@MouthDork<\/a>. 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