Zack Snyder Has Reworked His STAR WARS Samurai Film Into Its Own Separate Project
Years ago it was reported that director Zack Snyder was developing a Star Wars samurai movie for Lucasfilm. The concept was loosely be based on Akira Kurosawa’s classic 1954 film, Seven Samurai, with the ronin and katana being replaced by the Force-wielding Jedi Knights who embark on a mission.
The project was being planned as a stand-alone film that was set sometime after the events of Star Wars: Episode VI. It was actually a pretty cool concept, but that project never ended up going anywhere. So, the filmmaker went ahead and reworked the concept into a separate non-Star Wars project.
On a recent episode of Happy Sad Confused podcast, Snyder offered an update on the project, saying:
“Yeah, we talked about it, but it never…I’ve been working on it, just away from the Star Wars universe, just on my own as a sci-fi thing. It’s still a sci-fi thing, it’s the same story, it’s just kind of – let Star Wars be Star Wars. And the 11-year-old me still wants to make that. Now I just know how to, so maybe we’ll see that someday.”
Snyder was then asked if his original Star Wars pitch original pitch involved pre-established characters and this was his response:
“My idea was just: give me the keys and I’ll take her for a spin…it was that sort of middle Star Wars time, after they had done the prequels and before the sale. I was just like, ‘You know what? I can fix that.'”
I’m curious to learn more about this project. and I hope that Snyder actually gets to make it. I’d love to see what he’s come up with. Star Wars or not, I love a good Samurai movie!
Via: CB