Neill Blomkamp on DISTRICT 10, HALO, and Possibly STAR WARS

During a recent press event for Elysium director Neill Blomkamp was asked if he would ever go back to work on some of his previous material, like District 9. While talking about Halo, and confirming he would like to make a District 9 sequel he went on to make a possible reference that he has considered working on a Star Wars movie. He doesn't come right out and say it, but you know how the internet is, people just start speculating that he's talking about Star Wars, even though there's absolutely no mention of it whatsoever.

Blomkamp was among several names mentioned to possibly take on Star Wars: Episode VII, several fans including myself loved the idea of it. The director is a very talented guy with great storytelling skills and an eye for visual awesomeness. I'd still love to see him eventually take on a Star Wars movie, but that doesn't mean he's talking about it. You never know though; anything is possible. Anyway, here's what he had to say, and I bolded the section that is being interpreted by the fans as being Star Wars related...

I don’t actively sit down and say I’m going to do my own stuff and that I want everything to be original. One of the things I learned with Halo… I actually still really like the world and universe of Halo and if I was given control, I would like to do that film. But that’s the problem. When something pre-exists there’s this idea of ‘I have my interpretation of what that is’ but along with it comes like 150 other people involved with the film’s interpretation of the same intellectual property. And then the entire filmgoing audience has their interpretation. And you can live up to or fail in their eyes. And that part of it isn’t appealing to me. But the original pieces are appealing.

In terms of sequels to my own stuff, a lot of it just comes down to if there’s more to say. And I think the world of District 9 has a lot of very interesting race and oppression-based ideas that I would still like to explore in that world. Again, I have zero problems, I’ll make my own stuff or whatever you want to call it, sequalize my own stuff.

And then there’s a few pieces of cinema history that I like so much I don’t know whether I could be involved with them. There’s, you know, there’s iconic characters that I really like that I would love to get closer to and make a film about. When I start dipping my toes into it, I get this allergic reaction. Maybe one day I’ll end up doing something like that.

Now he could very well be talking about Star Wars, but there is a ton of other movies in cinema history that he could be talking about, as well. I think it's really a far reach to single out Star Wars, but the fans hear and see what they want to hear and see. What matters the most though is what you see. Do you think he's talking about Star Wars?