One of the most controversial films in the saga Star Wars found strong support in the person of Steven Spielberg.
Nearly 50 years after the release of Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977, the saga created by George Lucas is still very much alive despite enormous difficulties. If The Clone Wars shone with its narrative audacity and Andor due to its thematic depth, some projects were not so lucky. The very courageous series The Acolyte was simply canceled after its first season. At the same time, Disney is stubbornly banking on Rey Palpatine-Skywalker with the announcement of a new trilogy, and we wonder why.
In this not very distant galaxy torn between renovation and overexploitation, Skeleton Crew chose to borrow from the narrative style of Amblin and Steven Spielberg to breathe new life into Star Wars. Exactly, Spielberg himself has spoken out about his films Star Wars favorites, and he dubbed one of the most controversial parts of the saga.
The top 2 Star Wars films according to Spielberg
The journalists of SlashFilm have unearthed an interview that the director ofE.T. had granted to Cinescape in 2002. During this interview, Steven Spielberg explained that his favorite film from the license Star Wars is episode 5: the Empire strikes backand just after this was episode 2: Attack of the Clones.
“Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones is my second favorite, just behind The Empire Strikes Back. It was great. The action scenes made it seem like George [Lucas] was inspired by James Cameron because they were as good as any action scene in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and I think George did his finest directing in that movie as well. »
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A few years later, in 2012, at Roger Ebert’s microphone, the director declared that it was still one of his films Star Wars favorites, and that George Lucas had reached the pinnacle of his directing with this production. But he also explained that Lucas’ 100% digital approach to cinema did not interest him.
“Attack of the Clones is [son film] the most accomplished as a director. I found it to be an opera, George’s most accomplished film. But I don’t think I’ll ever use computer-generated sets like he does. I think when you build a 3D set and the actors walk into that set, they get energized. They have ideas […] I’m sad for the day when sets exist in cyberspace and not in real life. »
Since then, water has flowed under the bridge, since Spielberg designed Ready Player Onewith its deluge of digital effects and 3D models. It is more than likely that the friendship between Steven Spielberg and George Lucas affects the director’s speech about Jawsand its relationship to the saga Star Wars. We would very much like to have his opinion on postlogy, just out of curiosity.
In addition to the current broadcast of Skeleton Crewthe future of the franchise Star Wars will be played on the small screen with season 2 ofAndor which will be released on April 22, 2025 on Disney+, and on the big screen with The Mandalorian & Grogu, which will arrive on May 20, 2026. As for episodes 10, 11 and 12 of Star Warsproduced and scripted by Simon Kinberg, they have no release window at the moment.
