Now That’s What I Call “A New Hope”
November 21st, 2012 - 4:30 pm
Lawrence Kasdan coming on for one or two of the Star Wars sequel-sequels? Now I’m getting excited about going back to a galaxy far, far away.
Seriously, Kasdan’s script provided the foundation for Empire being far and away (heh) the best of the six movies. It didn’t hurt that Lucas stayed mostly away from principle photography (which he’ll be doing again), and that Irvin Kershner directed with a flair for real humanity.
Lucas, out. Kasdan, in. Now we just need a director.
UPDATE: Come to think of it, there is one director I trust to reboot a beloved franchise.
Any chance of convincing Disney to remake the other movies with Kasdan in charge?
Okay, not the 1977 original — just restoring it to the “Han shot first” version would be satisfactory. But ROTJ and the preequels…
Within a matter of months, Lawrence Kasdan scripted _The Empire Strikes Back, _Raiders of the Lost Ark_, _Body Heat, _Continental Divide_, and _Return of the Jedi_. That was all arbitrarily amazing, and arguably the best winning streak any content creator has ever had. After that, he did _The Big Chill_, _Silverado_, _The Accidental Tourist_, _Grand Canyon, and _The Bodyguard_ (usually writing and directing), which were all better than okay, if not all that memorable. After that, it’s a mess of slop, including _Dreamcatcher_, a movie whose badness has to be seen to be believed. This isn’t so much cause for hope, as a prayer for redemption.
Heh.
Folks, the 1970s are not coming back, ever, no matter the screenwriter or director.
Star Wars had its day in no small part because of John Williams’s enormous musical talent and the technological unsophistication of cosseted Baby Boomers.
Subsequent generations have moved light-years beyond.
It’s time for the franchise to die, betcha, betcha.
You realize now that Leia and Amidla now join the ranks of the other Disney Princesses. Only those two are the only ones to rack up a serious body count….
You realize now that Leia and Amidla now join the ranks of the other Disney Princesses. Only those two are the only ones to rack up a serious body count….
I stand pat with what I said the day the Disney announced they were taking over the franchise. Two words: John Carter.
You mean John Carter, Warlord of Tatooine?