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J.J. Abrams read he see George Lucas’Star Wars : The Force Awakenscriticisms . As the first newStar Warsmovie in the Disney era , The Force Awakenswas under an inordinate amount of pressure to do well , both critically and at the box office staff . The photographic film needed to rationalise the Mouse House ’s $ 4 billion purchase of Lucasfilm and show audience were still interested in stories fructify in a galaxy far , far away . Ultimately , The Force Awakenssucceeded at its goals , as it earned positivistic reviews and gross more than $ 2 billion at the worldwide box federal agency .
ThoughThe Force AwakensbroughtStar Warsback and kicked off a new epoch , the moving-picture show was n’t without its detractors . One of the more common critiques ofForce Awakenswas that it featured very obvious parallel of latitude toA New Hope , lifting key plot beats from the original picture . That aspect ofThe Force Awakenswas very dissatisfactory for some , include none other than Lucas . Upon seeingForce Awakens , Lucas felt it did n’t have anything newand lamented the want of"visual or technical bound forrader . “Now , Abrams has taken the chance to respond to Lucas ' thought .
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In an interview withRolling Stone , Abrams was asked about Lucas ' unflattering take onThe Force Awakens . It get without saying Abrams wished Lucas had a high opinion of the motion picture , but he remains grateful for theStar Warscreator all the same :
I ’ve only had gratitude for George . It ’s belike a complicated thing for him . To decide you ’re go to betray this affair that you produce , that was your baby , to anyone — that must be more complicated than signing a substantiation and smiling about it . But he ’s been incredibly gracious . He ’s been tops - generous .
He came over , we had a get together when we first started working on this [ newfangled movie ] , mouth through a ton of dissimilar melodic theme and stories , and heard from him what was important . And we ’ve done nothing but stress and adhere to some primal facial expression of the story . It was n’t a difficult thing to try and do . And again , he was really gracious . So I ’m only thankful . Do I care that [ Force Awakens ] had been his favorite movie of all time ? Yes , I only want to do well by him . I would just say that I have nothing but heavy respect for the guy and am still sincerely , even more so now , work on these motion-picture show in awe of what he create .
Even beforeThe Force Awakenscame out , Lucas was publicly discuss his dissonance with Disney . According to him , the studio wanted"to make something for the fans,“leading to them discarding Lucas ' original treatments for a continuation trilogy . ThoughThe Force Awakensis inherently a " good " megahit , it arguably involve to be just that in fiat to get the enfranchisement back on track . The theme behind it , in Abrams ' word , was to take spectator back to"a Star Wars that we know"and ease them into a new story . Nevertheless , Lucas was still upset Disney did n’t stick to his ideas , and it ’s something Bob Iger wish well the company care better . Since Lucas was always looking for ways to push the gasbag , it make good sense he would feel let down byThe Force Awakens , which was extremely beholden to old schoolStar Wars .
There clearly are n’t any hard feelings between Abrams and Lucas , as the two metbefore Abrams started writing theRise of Skywalkerandtalked about midichlorians(among other things ) . So , it is n’t surprising to see Abrams took Lucas ' review article in footstep . He knows better than most it ’s impossible to please everyone when it come toStar Wars , and that definitely includes the dealership ’s own Almighty ( who ’s probably the toughest critic of them all ) . SinceAbrams says he necessitate greater risks withThe Rise of Skywalker , it would be nice if Lucas give the Skywalker saga finale a ring thumb up .
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generator : Rolling Stone
