Colin Trevorrow Talks STAR WARS: EPISODE IX and Responds to the Petition to Bring Lucas Back
The day that Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow saw the petition to have him replaced by George Lucas as the director of Star Wars: Episode IX, he was giving a big inspirational speech at Lucasfilm to get everyone pumped up about working on the movie.
That must have been a little awkward. For those of you who don't know, a few days ago a petition was launched by a group of Star Wars fans who want to see Lucas come back to direct the ninth installment of the saga. The petition currently has 20,585 signatures. They can petition all they want, but Trevorrow isn't going anywhere. On top of that, Lucas wouldn't even do it if they asked.
I'm happy that Trevorrow is taking on Star Wars! I think he'll bring the trilogy to a close in an epic and bold way. During a brief interview with ET, Trevorrow was asked if he saw the petition, and he explained what he said to his Star Wars: Episode IX team in preparing to take on this highly anticipated project:
"I saw that, and it was on a day where I was at LucasFilm giving this big speech to everyone about how we want to channel the invention and just the raw creativity and the boldness that George brought to these films and not being afraid that we're going to embarrass ourselves by doing something that might be crazy.
"When George Lucas made Star Wars, a lot of people thought it was crazy. When you try to pitch what that movie's about -- if you've never heard of Star Wars before, you say, ‘Here's a character. His father's part robot, but he can also do magic. And there's a guy who can fly in a spaceship. He's got a dog for a friend!' -- it sounds insane. But it's the greatest story ever told. I just want to embrace that kind of invention and creativity that he brought to it."
I love his enthusiasm and the fact that he really wants to be bold and insane with the decisions that they make while developing this movie and embrace the creative insanity of Lucas. Having the freedom to let your imaginations run wild is pretty cool for a project like this. I'm sure some great things will come of it.
What do you think about what Trevorrow had to say about how he is going approach this project? Star Wars: Episode IX will hit theaters on May 24th, 2019.