He agreed to send us three copies of the outlines: one for me one for Alan Braverman and one for Alan Horn, who’d just been hired to run our studio. And in Disney CEO Bob Iger’s memoir The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company, he reveals that Lucas felt upset and betrayed when he was informed that the House of Mouse would be going in a different direction with his franchise.Īs Iger remembers in his memoir, via : At some point in the process, George told me that he had completed outlines for three new movies. To be clear, it's hard to feel too bad for him given the whole $6 billion thing, but still, it's likely not the most enjoyable situation to be in with Disney. Yes, he's sitting on a mountain of money (a modest $6 billion), but Star Wars-his creation that changed science fiction and movies as a whole-has been put in the hands of a massive corporation to see his vision forward without his creative control.
Enter Tony Gilroy.You have to imagine the last few years have been tough on George Lucas. In other cases, it really does feel like watching a kid smash their toys together.Įither way, something had to change. In some cases, like The Last Jedi, the results are great. We’re mostly dealing with fans who are happy to deliver a sanitized and Disney-approved version of the franchise as long as they get to play with the action figures. This is an increasingly common story among the people charged with making new Star Wars. "I wanted a Jawa, and she got it for me.” "My mom surprised me and got me a Jawa," Johnson said. Ahead of The Last Jedi’s premiere, he revealed his entry to Star Wars in an interview with NPR: Action figures. Perhaps the most telling quote from the Disney era comes from Rian Johnson.
So yes, Star Wars has always been political. “If you're not with me then you're my enemy!” Anakin told his mentor and friend Obi-Wan Kenobi, directly referencing Bush’s proclamation that “Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists” in the wake of the September 11 attacks. 28 years later, George Lucas took another shot at America in Revenge of the Sith, framing Anakin Skywalker’s transformation into Darth Vader as a metaphor for President George W.
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