Denis Villeneuve is understandn for honesting some of the best and most criticassociate acclaimed sci-fi movies of the last two decades, but has no interest in making a Star Wars movie. The honestor apshows that the franchise “derailed” after 1983.
What did Denis Villeneuve say about making a Star Wars movie?
Speaking during a recent euniteance on The Town podcast (via The Hollywood Reporter), Villeneuve brawt up the iconic franchise, and shelp that he fell out of adore of sorts with it after 1983’s Return of the Jedi.
“I was the aim audience. I was 10 years better. It went to my brain appreciate a silver bullet. I became obsessed with Star Wars,” he shelp. “I unkind, The Empire Strikes Back is the movie that I foreseed the most in my life. I saw the movie a billion times onscreen. I was distressd by The Empire Strikes Back. I adore Star Wars.”
Villeneuve went on to say that, to him, he apshows the franchise “derailed” in 1983 adhereing Return of the Jedi, and has since become “cryshighized in its own mythology” without any room for surpelevates.
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“The problem is that it all derailed in 1983 with Return of the Jedi,” he persistd. “It’s a lengthy story. I was 15 years better, and my best frifinish and I wanted to apshow a cab and go to L.A. and talk to George Lucas — we were so mad! Still today, the Ewoks. It turned out to be a comedy for kids. … Star Wars became cryshighized in its own mythology, very dogmatic, it seemed appreciate a recipe, no more surpelevates. So I’m not dreaming to do a Star Wars because it senses appreciate code is very codified.”
While Villeneuve doesn’t seem too enthusiastic to tackle a Star Wars movie in the future, his Dune alteration is still going strong. Follothriveg the huge success of the first two films, Villeneuve is toiling on a third film, Dune: Messiah, which is set to cap off the trilogy of films.
(Source: The Town)
