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Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
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Director of the scrapped Star Wars movie that became The Rise of Skywalker has admitted it's a "struggle" to watch the saga "on an emotional level", but he's going to try Andor
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Colin Trevorrow, who was once in line to direct the then-untitled Star Wars 9 before leaving the project, has admitted it's been a "struggle" to watch anything from the series since – but Andor is getting him back on board. "My son and I have both decided that we are going to watch all of Andor this summer," Trevorrow told The Hollywood Reporter. "But I do have to be honest; it has been a struggle for me to engage with anything Star Wars-related just on an emotional level. So, to the team that made Andor, I guess I can say that you're the ones who've finally brought me back in.' Originally slated to cap off the Star Wars sequel saga with what was set to be called Duel of the Fates, Trevorrow left Star Wars 9 after reported 'creative differences' with Lucasfilm. J.J. Abrams then took over for Star Wars: The Rise of the Skywalker. But that wasn't the end of the story. In 2020, a Duel of the Fates script was leaked online. Among the many differences between the canned Star Wars 9 and The Rise of Skywalker, Luke Skywalker was originally planned to 'haunt' Kylo Ren. The Sith Lord, meanwhile, would have lightsaber duels with a spectral Darth Vader and a twin-blade wielding Rey. Trevorrow was keen to point out that, despite suggestions to the contrary, he was never going to kill off R2-D2. Andor has come to an end after two seasons, with the Disney Plus series roundly being heralded as one of the best Star Wars stories ever told. It's currently sitting pretty at 97% on Rotten Tomatoes – just don't expect creator Tony Gilroy to head back to a galaxy far, far away anytime soon. For more, check out the upcoming Star Wars movies currently in the works, plus the rich history of the full Star Wars timeline.
Perth Now
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Colin Trevorrow couldn't 'engage' with Star Wars after leaving project
Colin Trevorrow has found it a "struggle" to "engage" with Star Wars since he parted ways with LucasFilm. The 48-year-old filmmaker was in the process of developing Star Wars: Duel of the Fates - which ultimately became Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker - when he parted ways with the studio over creative differences, and it is only now he is considering watching spin-off TV show Andor because he has had to distance himself from the franchise. He told The Hollywood Reporter: 'My son and I have both decided that we are going to watch all of Andor this summer. But I do have to be honest; it has been a struggle for me to engage with anything Star Wars-related just on an emotional level. 'So, to the team that made Andor, I guess I can say that you're the ones who've finally brought me back in.' Leaving Star Wars allowed Colin to work on Jurassic World Dominion, and while the 2022 film was pitched as "the epic conclusion of the Jurassic era", he isn't surprised that a new movie, Jurassic World Rebirth, will be released this year. He said: "No, I wasn't [surprised. I was so deeply entrenched in what we were building over all of that time. It wasn't just the films and the two animated series on Netflix; we have the toys and the theme parks and everything else that we did. "So we built something that's strong enough to move forward, and I'm very proud of that. "I also know that pretty much every time a child is born, a new dinosaur fan is born. So I don't think the interest in seeing dinosaurs is ever really going to run out." Meanwhile, Colin wants to help up-and-coming filmmakers further their careers through his production company Metronome. He said: 'Because I've had some success in my career, my absolute top priority is not just paying it forward, but also being able to introduce new talent to move us forward. "We don't have farm teams in Hollywood, and I think that it's a responsibility of filmmakers to identify who's next. A lot of these icons that we have now were identified by another filmmaker, and that's something I would love to have on my record.'
Irish Independent
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Ksenia Samotiy: Rebel leader or sexual fantasy in a gold bikini? What Star Wars tells us about women being sidelined in their own story
Pop culture has long treated female interest in 'Star Wars' as either accidental or secondary – and the films themselves don't always help 'Things I never thought would happen No. 42: Ksenia sending me Star Wars-related memes' texted my boyfriend a couple of days ago, as he bravely battled through the backlog of Instagram reels I'd sent him. He's not wrong. Until a few days ago, the likelihood of me understanding a Star Wars meme was lower than the chance of something sensible coming out of Donald Trump's mouth. What's equally remarkable is how I finally saw the light (saber). It's not that I didn't know anything about Star Wars, more that I'd never watched the source material. I mostly knew of it from other things, such as the fact that for Ross from Friends, his ultimate sexual fantasy was Leia in a golden bikini. Most of all, though, I knew about Star Wars from my religious dedication to The Big Bang Theory. Not that I'm comparing myself with Penny, of course, but like her (at least in the earlier seasons), I have expressed bemusement when nerdy guys try to indoctrinate me about Star-related franchises, confident that I most definitely have better things to do with my time.
Irish Independent
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Ksenia Samotiy: I'm late to the 'Star Wars' party but it makes all the difference when a woman shows you the ways of the Force
Pop culture has long treated female interest in 'Star Wars' as either accidental or secondary – and the films themselves don't always help 'Things I never thought would happen No. 42: Ksenia sending me Star Wars-related memes' texted my boyfriend a couple of days ago, as he bravely battled through the backlog of Instagram reels I'd sent him. He's not wrong. Until a few days ago, the likelihood of me understanding a Star Wars meme was lower than the chance of something sensible coming out of Donald Trump's mouth. What's equally remarkable is how I finally saw the light (saber). It's not that I didn't know anything about Star Wars, more that I'd never watched the source material. I mostly knew of it from other things, such as the fact that for Ross from Friends, his ultimate sexual fantasy was Leia in a golden bikini. Most of all, though, I knew about Star Wars from my religious dedication to The Big Bang Theory. Not that I'm comparing myself with Penny, of course, but like her (at least in the earlier seasons), I have expressed bemusement when nerdy guys try to indoctrinate me about Star-related franchises, confident that I most definitely have better things to do with my time.
