Ever since Disney bought LucasFilm and took over Star Wars, the saga has become a shredder of movie directors.
in 1977 george lucas not only premiered the first film of starwars, but an entire merchandising industry was formed around it. From then on, all creative decisions had to be overseen by Lucas, whether they were books, comics, games, or the other two films in the franchise. Some time later, they decided to release the first three episodes of the saga, which were quite divisive for the fans, and despite the fact that they released some animated series, they decided to sell everything to Disney in 2012 for about 4,050 million dollars. A figure that currently seems little because the new films have almost reached 6,000 million dollars between them.
At the head of LucasFilm this kathleen kennedy that she has a long career as a producer and that she is gaining a reputation for firing directors who do not fit well with her way of working. Since he usually relies on a creative team and if the filmmakers intend to change the way of approaching the projects of starwars There are usually many problems.
This is the list of dismissed directors:
- Gareth Edwards. started rolling Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and in the middle of the production he was fired because he began to film scenes in very different ways and the directors were not liking the result at all. So they hired Tony Gilroy to put order and finish the movie.
- Josh Trank. The young filmmaker had gained instant fame thanks to the film chronicle (2012). But then he started shooting the movie The Fantastic Four (2015) and had a lot of problems with the FOX movie studio. So because of his distant and erratic commitment they didn’t let him make the movie of starwars for which he had been contracted and which was probably a spin-off of boba fett. A beloved character who now has his own series on Disney Plus.
- David Benioff and DB Weiss. The creators of the series Game of Thrones they signed up for a megaproject that was supposedly about the old republic. At first it was going to be a series that later became a new trilogy of films. But when they started with the story creative differences arose with the team of LucasFilm and they went to Netflix where they have much more freedom to do what they want.
- Colin Trevorrow. Famous for successful reboot Jurassic Park (1993) with his film Jurassic World (2015), the director was going to be in charge of the Episode IX. But after seeing the result of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), decided to leave the project because it clashed head-on with his plans. In addition, too many directives were being imposed on him by the directors of LucasFilm.
- Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. It may have been the most shocking confrontation between kathleen kennedy and some filmmakers. Since during the filming of Han Solo: A Star Wars Story, they were accused that they were not taking things seriously and that the story was not being liked at all. So they were fired and were replaced by Ron Howard. This film is the only one that has failed at the box office, since it was one of the most expensive and also with a collection of 392 million dollars, it was not profitable.
- Patty Jenkins. The director of Monster (2003) and the two installments of wonder-woman (2017 – 2020), signed to do Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. A new installment that will supposedly be released in 2023. But it is a project that does not finish starting and it is due to conflicts with the creative team and the directors of LucasFilm. So she could be the next to be fired, though for now they’re keeping the movie going.
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