Director George Lucas is one of the most well-known directors of all time and has made film history with his Star Wars films. He actually wanted to work on Episode 7 as well, but Disney declined, which hit the filmmaker quite hard.
In an interview with CBS This Morning from 2015, George Lucas mentioned that he would have loved to be involved in the Star Wars film Episode 7. However, Disney had no interest in his plans.
“People don’t even know it’s a soap opera”
In 2012, the Star Wars franchise went to The Walt Disney Co. So George Lucas approached the company and pitched his new ideas for Episode 7.
His plan was to tell the story of the grandchildren of the well-known characters from the original trilogy.
But the problem was that while they had looked at the stories, they wanted to do more for the fans, as George Lucas recounted.
But the family aspect in Star Wars was so important to the filmmaker and defines the well-known franchise:
“People don’t even know it’s a soap opera dealing with family issues and not spaceships. So they decided not to use these stories, but to do their own thing, and I decided: ‘Fine […] I will go my way and let them go their way.'”
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“The first rule: no calls”
The rejection affected the filmmaker so much that he compared his situation to a breakup. Thus, George Lucas distanced himself from the project. Humorously he said:
“When you break up with someone, the first rule is: no calls. The second rule is that you don’t go to their house and drive by to see what they’re doing. The third rule is that you don’t show up in their café and say: ‘You’re going to burn it […]’ You just say: ‘Nope, gone, history, I move on.'”
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