Collin Trevorrow on the Petition to Bring Back George Lucas for Episode IX, and his Collaboration with Rian Johnson

TrevorrowET Online caught up with Star Wars: Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow and asked him about his thoughts on the petition (now with almost 20 000 signatures) to bring back George Lucas for the last movie in the new trilogy. Trevorrow also briefly spoke about his close collaboration with Episode VIII director Rian Johnson. Read on for the details…

 

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On working together with Rian Johnson:

“A story must evolve or perish, and Rian and I are working closely together to make sure our stories build off of each other and continue to evolve and take us to new places, and I think that’s what the fans expect and what they want.”

On the petition:

“It’s funny, I saw that, and it was on a day where I was at LucasFilm giving this big speech to everyone about how we want to channel the invention and just the raw creativity and the boldness that George brought to these films and not being afraid that we’re going to embarrass ourselves by doing something that might be crazy.”

Georges-Lucas“When George Lucas made Star Wars, a lot of people thought it was crazy. When you try to pitch what that movie’s about — if you’ve never heard of Star Wars before, you say, ‘Here’s a character. His father’s part robot, but he can also do magic. And there’s a guy who can fly in a spaceship. He’s got a dog for a friend!’ — it sounds insane.”

“But it’s the greatest story ever told. I just want to embrace that kind of invention and creativity that he brought to it.”

 

 

 

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123 thoughts on “Collin Trevorrow on the Petition to Bring Back George Lucas for Episode IX, and his Collaboration with Rian Johnson

  • January 12, 2016 at 4:18 pm
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    those petitioners…..cmoneeeeee…..like….dudeeesssss 😉

    • January 12, 2016 at 4:36 pm
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      Some people love punishment, I guess.

  • January 12, 2016 at 4:24 pm
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    Trevorrow is still trying to live down the stupidity of his statement about women behind the camera this summer. Had LucasFilm not already dismissed Josh Trank from the yet-untitled spinoff movie (2020), he’d have been cut. Gonna be a lot of pressure for Trevorrow to follow up Abrams and Rian Johnson. I hope he’s up to it.

  • January 12, 2016 at 4:26 pm
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    Still many of us want you out

  • January 12, 2016 at 4:54 pm
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    Still dont get the hate for him. People act like he made bad movies.
    The only big movie he made was Jurassic World and that was fine for what it was.
    People need to rage about everything nowadays.

    • January 12, 2016 at 5:03 pm
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      It’s a pity that these moronic fans ( just like the ones who denounced John Boyega, have denounced TFA as ‘atrocious’, etc. ) are having their voices heard the loudest. This tarnishes most well-meaning Star Wars fans.
      The ones with the major butthurt who are engaged in the noisiest trolling do not speak for us all.
      Whilst I thought Jurassic World was “okay” I am nevertheless interested and excited to see how Trevorrow caps off this new trilogy.

      • January 12, 2016 at 5:09 pm
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        They get attention but I wouldn’t say they get the most. I mean… look at the reviews and the records it’s breaking. That speaks pretty loudly too. If it were a bad movie… sure it’s make bank because of the theme alone but not nearly this much.

        It’s like we all predicted. It only needed to be decent… and it would make a crazy amount of money. We were lucky. It’s better than decent!

        • January 12, 2016 at 5:17 pm
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          If you go into youtube and type “The Force Awakens Sucks”, you’ll see how much tripe is coming from these so-called fans. Minor nitpicks aside, I thought TFA was rollicking fun and a very exciting movie.

          • January 12, 2016 at 5:18 pm
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            Definitely. I’ll easily admit it’s not perfect… but it was still good fun. I like what they set up and I’m looking forward to the future.

          • January 13, 2016 at 1:14 am
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            If I recall that idiot at Behind The Trailer actually liked Fantastic Four much better and has stated that TFA will ruin everyone of these actors careers.

      • January 12, 2016 at 8:11 pm
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        Arnt you elevating your opinion above others right now. Oh, but you guys are “true fans” right. Stomp, stomp, throw a fit people have issues with TFA.

        I thought it was a decent, safe movie, that made a lot of dumb choices.

        Not having Luke say a word was dumb.

        Mirroring NH almost to a tee, dumb.

        Not exposing more about the true state of the Galaxy, dumb.

        But it wasn’t a bad movie. Yet it certainly isn’t something I think will be seen in the same light as the OT. When the excitement that we’re back in a galaxy far far away wears off, many will realize that this movie wasn’t very ambition nor did it take too many risks in terms of plot.

        But it did in terms of who they made the story about. I applaud the choice of Rey and Fin. I applaud the overarching theme. I even get why Luke couldn’t be in the whole movie, because we needed to love Rey.

        But a single cool scene of Luke rebuilding his saber with the force, over his head looking down, this would have been epic.

        Luke could of done something at the end, like fighting a mysterious force ghost, etc.

        They were scared.

        • January 12, 2016 at 10:14 pm
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          I do hear your critiques of TFA and understand, but I still feel like we give ANH and the other OT movies a decent free pass for doing the same, because of nostalgia and other reasons. For example, we never get to see the Emperor in the first movie (the big boss is only mentioned and forgotten), and get very little about the current political situation except a few key lines. Same with yoda, which only becomes a bigger issue once the prequels got released. Watch them in order from 1-6 with a new person and see what questions they ask that we maybe didn’t (although even starting with episode 4 only, we could, like the emperor and political situation, etc). We didn’t get to see anything of Alderaan or Bail Organa and what they meant to the old republic or new rebellion (including how that got started). We barely got to see Luke do three minutes of training and he’s blocking laser bolts blind helmeted and blowing up Death Stars. We didn’t get a whole lot of time to grieve over big deaths and planetary destruction. No resolution at the end other than a medal ceremony (empire still out there to deal with, Vader on the loose, Luke’s story unfinished…

          Now honestly, these things don’t bother me at all. But I also give TFA fair treatment on them. Will a new person watching through movies 1-6 give ANH a free pass on them, without our pre-prequels and nostalgia glasses on? I don’t know. But I am giving the new movie the same treatment. That’s just me. I also personally give movies like Avatar and Fast and the Furious free pass on taking old ideas (Fern Gully, Dances with Wolves on one end, Point Break on the other), for being creatively different in the way they retell them, and the same with the movies and stories that ANH borrows from. In addition, I give TFA the same pass for homaging/refreshing TFA because they told a similar story to recapture what was classic about old Star Wars for a new generation, but still continued the old storyline with new and different characters to push the journey in a whole new direction. I respect peoples’ different opinions on it, but that is just mine. Force be with you! 🙂

        • January 13, 2016 at 2:06 am
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          Both your suggestions for Luke make no sense, and the last one just sounds completely stupid. You complain about how they didn’t spend time in the film explaining the state of the galactic geopolitical situ.. *Snore* And then ask for Luke to fight a mysterious Force Ghost because….? Why? It makes no sense. And why would you fight a ghost, it’s a ghost.

          I think the fellow you replied to deserves to have his opinion elevated above yours.

          P.S. Getting a +1 from Snark is akin to getting Internet AIDs.

          • January 13, 2016 at 11:54 pm
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            Well I’m pretty sure the most offensive part that I wrote for you was celebrating the movies progressiveness.

            This was coming from a guy who has a Hannity AVI. Oh I supposed to measure validity by likes. Jesus, how many more ignorant things does this particular American have to say. Getting anything positive said from you to me would ruin my day. You damn conservatives are so far stuck up eachothers behinds that it’s no wonder you can’t see straight.

            As for fighting a force ghost, gee, I wonder where I got that from. Do you know? Apparently not. As if fighting is strictly done by using sabers.

            ITS A FORCE GHOST, and you can use the FORCE to battle a ghost. I’m mean, the entire movie is fantasy, but hey, we can’t have a force battle with a force ghost, nope. That would be silly. But a planet that eats stars and fires a beam across the galaxy, cool.

          • January 14, 2016 at 4:14 am
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            Again. You need to look more closely at this pic before making wild assumptions that only qualify your comments as snap judgments based on a self-righteous perception that you are somehow White Knighting for frequent trolls of these boards who do come here looking for negative attention.

            And yes, it’s a Force ghost. And no where in canonical Star Wars lore do we have anyone fighting a Force Ghost with the Force. And whose Force Ghost would it be he was fighting? How does that apply to the narrative of the movie? Again. Stupid.

    • January 12, 2016 at 5:05 pm
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      Loved ‘Safety Not Guaranteed’, total gem of a movie. Anyone directing ‘Jurassic World’ were on a hiding to nothing. The only direction you could possibly take it was to make it bigger. Have no intentions of watching that movie because of this, and so people have written him off now. It was the exact same with J.J. Abrams before TFA, and look how that turned out.

    • January 13, 2016 at 2:08 am
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      People really liked Jurassic World, a movie almost everyone in the film industry had written off as a sequel no one asked for.

      Universal made a killing. That’s called success.

  • January 12, 2016 at 5:22 pm
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    Sure he will do just fine.He knows how big this is.

  • January 12, 2016 at 5:30 pm
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    People make such a big deal about the director and quickly forget that Richard Marquand directed Return of the Jedi which was the largest scope movie of the OT and he did fine. A director is responsible for the acting and somewhat the look and feel of the movie but we need to keep in mind Colin is not writing Episode 9 and Kennedy and Disney are still in charge of the direction and the look and feel of the movie. A look and feel already well established by Episode 7 and will not deviate too much. Whats the most important for Episode 9 is the writing and story are good and we have a director that knows how to get a good performance out of the actors. Colin can do this very well and arguably could be better than Richard Marquand.

  • January 12, 2016 at 5:45 pm
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    Did I miss something? I thought Rian Johnson was writing both 8 & 9? Is Trevorrow now the writer for 9?

    • January 12, 2016 at 5:47 pm
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      Rian is still writing them both. They still have to collaborate though as directors. Remember JJ said Rian had some ideas they worked into it. They also shot down a few as well. Probably the same will happen with Trevorrow. He’ll have a few ideas they may or may not work into it.

    • January 12, 2016 at 5:57 pm
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      Thank God Rian is writing both.

      • January 12, 2016 at 6:00 pm
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        Rian is only WRITING VIII. He’s working on the STORY for IX but he isn’t writing the screenplay, as far as we know. That might change, it might not.

  • January 12, 2016 at 5:59 pm
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    If Lucas wanted to wrap up episode 9 i would fully support him and if I were the director I would demote myself to assistant director to support George Lucas. The only issue with the prequels is that no one could say no to Lucas, now that Disney owns it, the creative people behind those movies have that right.

    • January 13, 2016 at 2:03 am
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      Except he won’t allow people to say no to him. Please see how he acted when Disney said they didn’t want the script treatments he presented them.

      He quit Star Wars entirely. And called them White Slavers. Wee.

  • January 12, 2016 at 6:15 pm
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    My God, do NOT bring back Lucas!! We do NOT want Ewoks, Jar Jar, poop and fart jokes, kiddie dialog and scenes, child actors, and all the other crap that Lucas insists on ruining all the good stuff with. Lucas was brilliant inventing the Star Wars universe, and then apparently grew some weird alien conscience that compelled him to try and destroy everything.

    • January 12, 2016 at 6:48 pm
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      But I’m haunted by the kiss you should have never have given me

      • January 12, 2016 at 11:27 pm
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        Shit I would be too..it’s Natalie fking Portman

    • January 12, 2016 at 9:29 pm
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      I would agree that I would rather not see him either script or direct, but it’s impossible to argue with his broad-strokes storytelling.

      • January 12, 2016 at 9:57 pm
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        Even his instincts on broad-strokes storytelling have been corrupted. Starting the Phantom Menace with Anakin as a 9-year-old boy was a massive mistake. And having Padme be older than him — and a queen as a young teenager was something that you have to begrudgingly accept, even though even sense in your mind says it’s just dumb. No, I think at this point it’s good that Lucas has left it completely in the hands of Disney/Lucasfilm and cut his ties.

        • January 12, 2016 at 10:59 pm
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          I really can’t see it as a mistake – it’s unexpected, and not what fans thought they wanted to see, but you NEED to see Anakin as a very promising, very innocent, very talented kid in order to have his fall have any emotional impact. We think we know who Darth Vader is, and Lucas was looking to tell a more interesting story than “he was a bad guy, who did bad stuff”. The fact that Lucas’ direction and scripting was completely tone deaf is the problem – not starting with a little kid.

          • January 12, 2016 at 11:09 pm
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            If I know I don’t work with actors well, and then cast a child…..not great judgment.

          • January 13, 2016 at 2:02 am
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            But he wasn’t very promising. Jake Lloyd’s portrayal of a young Anakin was pathetic. YIPPEE. THAT’S WIZARD. OOPS.

            Lucas should have taken a lesson from the Bible. We didn’t see Jesus until he was in his thirties after he was born. Because no one wanted to hear him talk about how carvings from japor snippets would bring you good fortune.

          • January 13, 2016 at 2:25 am
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            Ever read the apocryphal stuff edited out from the bible about Jesus’ younger years? Shoulda been left in there cos it makes him *way* more relatable.

          • January 13, 2016 at 8:03 pm
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            No. I don’t like historic fiction.

          • January 16, 2016 at 8:44 am
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            Just imagine it’s set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

    • January 13, 2016 at 1:16 am
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      Listen.. Lucas is never coming back to Star Wars. Talk about it all you want, makes no difference. I am glad he handed it off to Disney and LOVE TFA. I am excited about the future of Star Wars again. Only thing I regret about Star Wars is the horrendous PT. Should have never been made and the story line seemed like it was written by an 8 year old. It’s truth and you know it.

      • January 13, 2016 at 5:18 am
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        I don’t know about never been made, but wouldn’t you have just loved it if he’d sold to Disney back in 1997 and allowed them to make the prequels their way?

        • January 13, 2016 at 1:43 pm
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          Not sure about that idea actually… We pretty much knew the full story of what happened to Anakin/Vader, Obi-wan, etc. There were little surprises to be had during the PT films. I like to be surprised and excited when a character in a movie/story does something that is uncertain or unpredictable. It was more like a lot of, “Oh wow. That is different than what I originally pictured…” or, “I know that character won’t die during this fight cause he is in the OT.” moments. Prequels are always tough to pull off and make valuable for the viewing audience.

          If you were going to do a prequel for Star Wars, I would have preferred a story that was based off the Old Republic.. thousands of years in the past. Totally new characters with totally new struggles. No tie ins that make the universe about as big as a book of matches.

          I like that people rarely mention the fact that he was way older doing the prequels than when he did the original trilogy. There comes a point in someones life when they just are not as efficient, coherent, on top of their game as they once were. I feel as though Lucas lost his touch a long time ago when it came to making a great Star Wars movie. I would not blame him for this, just except it as such.

  • January 12, 2016 at 6:36 pm
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    At least Colin will not be another Marquand. Poor Marquand couldn’t control the actors before the daily presence of GL, according to the Making of Return of the Jedi book by JW Rinzler.

  • January 12, 2016 at 6:52 pm
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    As I’ve feared; they are making these up as they go. Thus the huge plot holes in TFA, which has turned into the most over-hyped, underwhelming film of all time. I never thought I’d say this, but at least the Prequels were original.

    All play-it-safe Disney has to do now is rearrange the elements from ESB for the next film and find a way to integrate Jabba’s muppets and some twist on the Ewoks for Ep 9, and the fanboys will lap it up, like they have with A New NEW Hope, er, The Force Awakens.

    The OT now has two malignant growths on either side of it. At some point, even the originals will become irrevocably tainted and lose their flavor.

    • January 12, 2016 at 7:20 pm
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      Lol.

    • January 12, 2016 at 9:28 pm
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      Make it up as you go isn’t neccessarily a bad thing – just look at the OT; Lucas is a liar when he says he had the whole thing planned out from the begining. “I am your father.”? Doesn’t make it into the script until a revised shooting script – it’s artistic inspiration that happened as they were already well underway in production. The real risk isn’t making it up as they go, it’s not having the balls to take some big storytelling risks as they do.

      • January 13, 2016 at 6:45 pm
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        Says the guy with a picture of the worst Dr Who of the last 50 years.

    • January 12, 2016 at 10:39 pm
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      lolno

      93% on RT

      • January 12, 2016 at 11:21 pm
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        well ESB would have like 75% or lower on RT in 1980, just saying..

        • January 13, 2016 at 2:32 am
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          But while movies can become popular years later (thus a rise in RT score) the opposite barely every happens.

    • January 13, 2016 at 1:55 am
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      Yeap. 800 million domestically and it’s just the fan boys.

      • January 13, 2016 at 6:43 pm
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        What does, “Yeap” mean? Yes, it is just fanboys. People with no life other than bad Marvel and Star Wars movies to try and fill the void in your pathetic lives.

        • January 13, 2016 at 7:57 pm
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          Yeap means yeap. And if you really think Star Wars fanboys alone could hoist that movie up to 800 million, ehm. Mmhm.

    • January 13, 2016 at 2:56 am
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      Hyperbole much? And sorry, the prequels were made up as they went along too. Read their art books for the exact same creative process.

      • January 13, 2016 at 6:40 pm
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        The Prequels sucked too, Otaku.

  • January 12, 2016 at 7:00 pm
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    20.000 people want Rey and Finn to walk toward a window while talking. And in the background there will be silly CGI droids and shapeless starships zipping past.
    REY: “I .feel . that. I. am. glad. I .left .Jakku. It .had.too.much.irritating.sand.”
    FINN: “I.am.sure.General.Hux.is.behind.it.”
    REY:”It’s. Master. Luke. He. Is. holding me baaack!!! He is. Grumpy. And. Does. Not. Belieeve. In. Me.”
    JAR JAR: “Meesa back!”
    FINN:

    • January 12, 2016 at 10:28 pm
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      URGH yes he isn’t the greatest writer, or director, we all know that. But George Lucas brought a boldness, vision and and gift for creating linear, original, detailed stories, and Star Wars always worked best off of his treatments.

      Maybe if Lucas had still been at LF when Kansan and Abrams made VII, the film would have been less of a mess (it was a well directed film, had a great cast and the dialogue was great. Everything else was a poor imitation of GL.

      Now are you gonna be respectful with your reply, or act like a immature OT-fans-are-the-only-real-fans brat? I hope it’s the former.

      • January 12, 2016 at 10:48 pm
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        Hey critic, I hope you understand I was being tongue-in-cheek sarcastic. I agree that he is a visionary (although the more I read about how the films were made, the more I realize that his vision is pretty vague and a lot fell to the artists involved) and that his stories – at least the original trilogy outlines – are genius in their simplicity. I am not sure Lucas would have brought to TFA what it needed, because he’s not the man he was when he made “Star Wars” obviously, and the prequels (IMO) are a shining example of that. Yes, the overarching story concepts were good – Palpatine maneuvering his way to the top, how the clone wars were orchestrated, the destruction of the Jedi Order – but *everything else* was complete rubbish. If Lucas had a role similar to the one he had on JEDI, or better EMPIRE, yeah, maybe TFA would have been solid gold; Lucas’ concepts, Kasdan’s dialogue, Abrams’ style (hey I thought TFA was amazing from a technical point of view), but I also happen to think that TFA is at its best with the new characters and elements, and it certainly beats the living daylights out of the prequel trilogy in terms of how entertained I was. But, of course, this is all highly subjective 🙂 But I believe even prequel fans will have to admit that there’s a world of difference in the acting, dialogue, special effects, EVERYTHING except for the simple but elegant storyline, between the PT and TFA 🙂

        • January 12, 2016 at 11:35 pm
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          Hey there. Yeah it’s very hard to differentiate tongue-in-cheek from bashing without the tone that speech provides.

          I’m someone who grew up with the prequels, and appreciate them for what they are. As a screen writer I’m also the first one to point out their flaws.

          Look, TFA performances, dialogue, effects (although with 10 years of improvement, this is arguable) and directing are an improvement. HOWEVER…

          The facts are, this film is simplified and streamlined in its visuals.

          The script and plot are a retread of ANH (with a pinch of empire and Jedi), and the characters and situations manipulated to get us to this point.

          That is a fact. It just depends how much it bothers you as an individual.

          • January 12, 2016 at 11:45 pm
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            For me, Star Wars has always screamed innovation, boldness, and originality (even when it wasn’t! GL had his influences, it was just done in a way where it felt original).

            For the first time, I’ve gotten a SW film that feels to me like a step backwards.

            I also feel like the film manipulates and develops uneeded ideas in order for JJ to reset to ANH. The resistance is stupid, but JJ needed our heroes to be underdogs. JUST MAKE THEM THE REPUBLIC!!!

            Our heroes are reset to their ANH starting points, and to be honest, the decisions made with Luke, Han, and Leia kind of cheapen the character development from the OT to me.

            Also, let’s be honest here, the plot holes and conveniences are ridiculous. The MF turns on, activating the beacon, and with in 5MINS Han Solo and chewie capture it? In a WHOLE GALAXY, they happened to just be “in the area”???

            I feel like the answer I’ve been given to all my questions is either “shhh, go with it,” or “that is a great story for a tie in novel.” I shouldn’t need to wait for a tie in novel or episode 8 to have clarity on illogical decisions.

            Like in ANH, we learn from obi wan in 3 sentences what a lightsaber is, it’s history and its significance to Luke. in TFA? “That’s a great story for another time.”

            Sorry rant over. Just…. Poorly construed ripoff with a couple of great contributions like dialogue, casting/characters and visuals.

          • January 12, 2016 at 11:57 pm
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            Two things bother me – the retread that you mention, and what feels like a lack of distinct design work (some retreading here as well – I suspect they wanted not only the plot but the look of the film to remind the world that Star Wars can be great fun). I’m glad it doesn’t bother me over much. Right now, it’s like I love the OT, hate the PT, and am a little “whatever” about the ST. It’s hard to accept TFA as canon, but not as hard as TPM/AOTC/ROTS, but of course, Lucas had the added challenge of creating a prequel story.

    • January 13, 2016 at 6:21 am
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      That was perfect lol

    • January 18, 2016 at 8:53 am
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      Opening crawl~

      After years of oppression from the Empire, the Senate finally gains control over all trade and invests heavily in medical supplies and post-war building contractors.

      Luke Skywalker has a 7 y/o named Anikin jr. who has been learning the ways of the force and has just entered the Boota Eve classic.

      Han Solo , accompanied by his new sidekick, Jar Jar Binks, has his own Shipping company, transporting water from Kamino to Tatooine in hopes to offer the first ever grass to be grown on this desert planet…

  • January 12, 2016 at 7:01 pm
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    I don’t recall a petition to get George Lucas back for episode 9. Must’ve been a big thing.

  • January 12, 2016 at 7:32 pm
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    lol Fans… “let’s spend most of our time talking shit about Lucas but when he steps aside, let’s beg him to come back”
    Honestly, after all the BS people had to say about the special editions and the prequels I was happy to see Lucas step aside, he needed this break, he needed to be stress free after years of getting crapped on all the time. These movies are going in the right direction, TFA was amazing, and it will get even better. Nostalgia aside, there is no reason for George to comeback, and he shouldn’t. He doesn’t want to and the franchise is now in the hands of great writers and directors. Let it be.

    • January 12, 2016 at 9:25 pm
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      The reason I would see Lucas involved again is because he has an interest in seeing these films explore mythological themes and issues and big-picture ideas. The man knows his history, philosophy, and anthropology and his films, even the objective failures, have at least been more interesting than what other people of more limited vision have done playing in his sandbox. I would not see him back to script or direct, but “story by”? Yes please.

      • January 12, 2016 at 11:07 pm
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        The problem is that we don’t know how much control he’d want over the final product. His ex-wife isn’t there to tell him to back off on certain things.

  • January 12, 2016 at 7:55 pm
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    I would like to see Lucas back in Star Wars.
    TFA was disappointment to me ( remake of ANH ).

    • January 12, 2016 at 10:36 pm
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      It could be Citizen Kane and it would still be a disappointment at this point.

  • January 12, 2016 at 7:59 pm
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    I’d be perfectly fine with George coming back. They just remade the movie he originally directed and it was decent. Although George wouldn’t of denied us Luke Skywalker.

    Having said that, I’m excited Johnson is writing the last two.

    I bet he isn’t a scared director like JJ. Abrams was. Scared to take risks.

  • January 12, 2016 at 8:41 pm
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    The Force Awakens was really great. But I guess I have to listen to people complain about it for the next year and a half. What I don’t get, is why they come here to do it? Go cry into your pillow.

    • January 12, 2016 at 8:51 pm
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      Why do you read the complaints?

      • January 12, 2016 at 9:31 pm
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        I’m an optimist. I’m hoping they will have something constructive.

        • January 14, 2016 at 12:07 am
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          Naw, you are really looking for a reason to not feel so bad about yourself. I find this prevalent in the conservative threads. Not sure if you are, but these actions of attacking dissent personally is a prime trait of conservative debate form.

          The fallacy is big with this lot.

          Rather than debate on facts and merit, they denigrate, as if that somehow elevates their point of view. Usually it is nothing more than an attempt at concealing the weakness of their point of view.

    • January 12, 2016 at 9:21 pm
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      Ah, right, because only people who agree with you should be allowed to speak. As Homer would opine – “MMMMmmmmm…..eeeeeeecho chamber……..ggglllllaaaghghghghg….”

      • January 12, 2016 at 9:30 pm
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        No, you’re allowed to speak. But don’t be so f-ing whiny. ADD to the conversation. But alas, your reply is further evidence that you are reluctant to do that.

        • January 12, 2016 at 10:54 pm
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          Hah, what a collossally insecure douche bag you are! “My love of TFA is threatened by people who have different opinions and…and…they want to FORCE me to read them!!!!”. Hush – grownups are talking now, sweetie.

          • January 13, 2016 at 2:14 am
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            You’re not half as clever as you think you are when you’re looking in the mirror.

      • January 13, 2016 at 2:17 am
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        It’s the same people who make the same complaints. Over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over again. Yeah. if you don’t like the film, then don’t like the film.

        Why post incessantly about it? In the same place. With the same people. Saying the same thing. And expecting different results.

        Plus, as much as the haters like to decry being ganged up on by the fan boys for having an alternate opinion then they; I’ve seen most of you fling insults passive aggressively or quite bluntly at those people who are proclaiming their genuine love for the film.

        Much like you are now. So swallow that, Troll. Chew it a little. When you’re ready for another mouthful, open wide.

        Fan boy will give you some.

        • January 13, 2016 at 6:38 pm
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          You really are a complete loser… which is why The Arse Awakens appeals to you.

          • January 13, 2016 at 7:58 pm
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            Thank you for illustrating my point exactly.

        • January 14, 2016 at 12:01 am
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          And yet here you are, making the same complaint, over and over and over. How ironic, and very public like too. Bravo!

          • January 14, 2016 at 4:09 am
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            To Troll a Troll is divine.

      • January 14, 2016 at 12:03 am
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        Yes, to them, anything but utter adoration for the film is complaining. It’s a heard mentality. I mean, God forbid anyone say the film wasn’t ambitious and they played it safe. Say they cut out most of the important context, your a troll.

        But what of those who troll the trolls.

    • January 12, 2016 at 10:23 pm
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      well, personally because I am a fan of SW and I’m on most sites…so my opinion of the movie and dislike can be shared here just as your opinion and like of the movie can be.

    • January 12, 2016 at 11:47 pm
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      It was great if you never saw ANH

    • January 13, 2016 at 2:12 am
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      #1. They’re trolls.
      #2. They want negative attention.
      #3. Some of them are hoping that we’ll have an Episode I like effect with the film, where in 3-6 months we’ll all be like “WTF that was TERRIBLE” and then they can extoll their greatness to the internet and beyond about how they didn’t like the movie first, making their opinions (and secretly their lives) valid and worthwhile.

      They also think they’re film critics, which isn’t much of an accomplishment when you’re successful at it, but they’re not even very good to begin with.

      • January 13, 2016 at 5:29 am
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        plus it’s a very adolescent thing where they need to diss something everyone else likes because it makes them feel cool and special.

      • January 13, 2016 at 3:13 pm
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        Appropriate user name.

        • January 13, 2016 at 8:02 pm
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          It’s meant to be ironic, which never fails to impress upon people such as yourself. It’s delightful every time one of you trolls fails to recognize it and does so in such a public manner.

      • January 14, 2016 at 12:00 am
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        Hannity, the pillar of logical thought. Your conceit is only match by your ignorance of diversity, of thought, of race, of sexually preference.

        What, I’m supposed to believe your the prime example of tolerant intellectually intercourse.

        It’s easy to denigrate others views when you follow an ideology based off of division and hate.

        But we’ll all trolls, because we have issues with the film.

        Nope, they are valid concerns, they are cries for attention.

        In a comment board no less, where you can pick up a bakers dozen “like” and not worry about having internet infectious diseases.

        • January 14, 2016 at 4:10 am
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          I love people who don’t look more closely at this pic.

          To troll a troll is divine. And fun. And a hobby.

  • January 12, 2016 at 8:57 pm
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    Personally I think Trevorrow did a pretty good job with Jurassic World. The fact he was able to take an utterly tired concept and a fourth movie in a franchise, and actually make that world feel as fresh and fun and exciting again as he did, is a pretty impressive feat in my book.

    Not many other directors could have pulled that off, I don’t think. And even more proven directors like Joe Johnston and Spielberg had trouble making sequels that worked half as well as this one did.

  • January 12, 2016 at 9:03 pm
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    this is really getting kinda sad.

  • January 12, 2016 at 9:08 pm
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    I’m actually really curious and wouldn’t mind seeing what George could do with the return of Luke, Leia, and the next generation of Skywalkers..

    • January 12, 2016 at 9:25 pm
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      100% agree with you, George originality and creativity would really steer the new SW’s films in right direction!…

      • January 12, 2016 at 11:10 pm
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        I’m not complaining at all about the force awakens and I REALLY did love the movie..but yes, if George would’ve directed it..it would’ve been a completely new creation and story that might have eliminated the idea that some currently have about TFA being a “Complete rehash of ANH.”

        • January 12, 2016 at 11:12 pm
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          It also could have eliminated it being considered a movie with great performances and fun characters.

          • January 12, 2016 at 11:13 pm
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            Nahhh he did great things with the OT trio before, who’s to say he couldn’t do wonders with them now?

          • January 12, 2016 at 11:14 pm
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            Depends on how much control he takes….that’s always been the issue.

            I’d say he got lucky that Harrison Ford was fixing a door, and he had DePalma and Marcia there to edit the performances.

          • January 12, 2016 at 11:21 pm
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            This is true..Harrison probably wouldn’t have been too happy as well because George most likely wouldn’t have killed him off in the first film (if at all) especially without interaction with the rest of OT crew..it’s just curious to think of all the different directions this movie could have taken..but at the end of the day we still got a great edition to the franchise.

          • January 13, 2016 at 2:10 am
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            They all hated having him direct. I’m sure he would elicit nothing but the flattest possible performances from all of them.

          • January 13, 2016 at 2:53 am
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            Anyone involved in the Prequels, and anyone who watched them. Or is your memory so short? He’s a horrible director of actors and too enamored of technology to build anything with heart any more. He’s not the same person he was when he made the OT, and nothing reflects that more than the need to explain the Force as a biological process.

          • January 13, 2016 at 3:13 am
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            Dude you’re bringing up the prequels to the wrong person..I actually love the prequels so having them as an example would be a good thing for me at least..was the acting bad? At some moments yes..but so was Finn’s, Luke’s and even Leia’s in some scenes..usually happens when you get unknowns for your films..regardless, bad or choppy acting didn’t stop ANY of the movies from being great. The prequels weren’t bad films and explored things we haven’t seen from Star Wars universe. Some of the greatest Star Wars lore came from the prequel era..whether you choose to accept that or not is your business and that’s fine cause that’s the beauty of diversity amongst fans. I just don’t know why almost everything has to turn into a PT vs OT debate every time George is involved in a topic. Something that shouldn’t even BE a debate because it’s ALL Star Wars and it’s ALL essential to the overall story this genius has created.

        • January 13, 2016 at 2:29 am
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          Yeah, just like TPM, that movie about the boy from Tatooine who teams up with the wise man (who ends up getting killed by the villain) to save the royal girl and then celebrate it at the end of the movie.

          Oh, wait…

  • January 12, 2016 at 9:10 pm
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    I’ve yet to hear anyone be all that excited he’s doing XI. At best it’s “well, He doesn’t suck THAT bad” or “maybe he’ll learn how to direct by then?”.

    • January 12, 2016 at 9:13 pm
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      he must be pretty good if they want him to do XI as well as IX. 😉

      • January 13, 2016 at 12:22 am
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        This trilogy is all about $$$ and lots of it. He made a ton with JW and if Micheal Bay wanted to do the last spin-off then I’m sure they’d let him just due to his financial track record.

        • January 13, 2016 at 12:43 am
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          Still here trying stir up trouble with a poor facsimile of well thought out rational arguments?

  • January 12, 2016 at 10:20 pm
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    Do these people know what they’re asking for?! Empire and ROTJ were neither directed by Lucas not did he wrote the screenplays. That’s why all of the best dialogue is in them. A New Hope, as great as it is, definitely had a handful of cheesy lines that foreshadowed 3 prequels full of cheesy lines.

    • January 12, 2016 at 10:33 pm
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      Yes he didn’t write the scripts, but he did write MOST of the detailed treatments for the film. kasdan changed a few story points whilst writing the films, but they are his stories. It is frustrating that a lot of people try to undercut his contribution to empire and Jedi. Kasdan was responsible for the dialogue and pacing. That’s almost it.

      Look at the prequels. With some dialogue changes, character development and a change of focus (less on people involved directly in the political process…) those scripts could have been great. The stories and world building worked, it was just undercut by his directing and writing.

      If GL had been the “Kathleen Kennedy/bob Igor” of TFA, I think TFA would have been universally beloved, instead of an initially well received backlash heavy film.

      • January 12, 2016 at 11:59 pm
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        This. Lucas is a fantastic world-builder and is extremely creative in terms of story direction, but he’s just not meant to write the actual sentences that come out of characters’ mouths, or even to direct the actors as they say those lines.

  • January 12, 2016 at 11:19 pm
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    I did enjoy Jurassic World a billion times more than TFA (being a SW fan and a Jurassic Park mild to not-care audience), but I don’t really think Trevorrow can do it. JJ, who’s a very experienced director, screwed up the VII, so my question is, how could a mediocre newbie save IX?

    George on board for IX would be super nice. Like co-writing script with Johnson or possibly executive producing from backseat. It would be a smart move for Disney, paying respect to the man and having someone to blame if it flops haha

    • January 13, 2016 at 2:25 am
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      93% on RT. Just sayin’

      • January 13, 2016 at 3:10 pm
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        Who cares. Return of the King is at 95. Says it all really.

        • January 13, 2016 at 6:56 pm
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          Yeah, and Return of the King is by far the best of the whole LotR trilogy. I think it’s just you with the unpopular opinions, my friend.

          (NOT TO SAY THAT’S BAD! =o)

  • January 13, 2016 at 1:12 am
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    Please dear god no. George needs to stay far away from this

  • January 13, 2016 at 5:01 am
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    If you’re going to pitch a movie to someone who’s never seen it and that’s what you come up with, you’re obviously not a fan of it, as you make it sound douchey as hell.

  • January 13, 2016 at 2:46 pm
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    Goodness! Not George Lucas!
    He’d manage to screw the last part of the whole saga completely up!

  • January 13, 2016 at 4:17 pm
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    One thought on this idea…

    NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • January 13, 2016 at 7:09 pm
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    No, I like Star Wars being told through the vision of multiple directors. That way there should be a movie for everyone to like. If you didn’t like JJ’s maybe Johnson’s or Trevorrow’s vision will be more to your liking. Variety is a good thing.

  • January 15, 2016 at 3:05 am
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    I kinda doubt George will come back for this. He’s obviously not a fan of what they did and the new characters and Disney pretty much has the new trilogy mapped out.
    And they certainly don’t need George for any dialogue (“I don’t like sand”, “from my point of view the jedi are evil”, “it’s a volcanic planet, you will be safe there”).

    Yes, George has some crazy creativity. Maybe they can harness it for the next trilogy after part 9

  • January 18, 2016 at 8:50 am
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    I would at least entertain George Lucas’ ideas for Episode IX.

  • February 8, 2016 at 1:07 pm
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    Wow. This guy sure had a good attitude about the petition. I’m not sure why there’s so much hate towards him. I was disgusted by most people’s comments on Facebook when he was announced as the director of Episode IX. Poor dude.

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