Disney Talked to David Fincher About Star Wars Episode VII

In an interview with Total Film magazine, Gone Girl director David Fincher reveals that he was [...]

In an interview with Total Film magazine, Gone Girl director David Fincher reveals that he was approached by Star Wars producer Kathy Kennedy about helming Episode VII.

Fincher says he turned down the job because he wasn't sure what to make of Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm, and because he didn't think they'd warm to his particular take on Star Wars:

"I talked to Kathy about it, but I think that it's a different thing from... I don't know what Disney-Lucasfilm will be like," he says of the studio merger that resulted in a new batch of Star Wars films being greenlit.

"It's tricky," he adds. "My favourite is The Empire Strikes Back. If I said, 'I want to do something more like that,' then I'm sure the people paying for it would be like, 'No! You can't do that! We want it like the other one with all the creatures!'

"I always thought of Star Wars as the story of two slaves [C-3PO and R2-D2] who go from owner to owner, witnessing their masters' folly, the ultimate folly of man... I thought it was an interesting idea in the first two, but it's kind of gone by Return Of The Jedi."

Instead of Fincher, Lucasfilm ultimately hired J.J. Abrams for the job. Star Wars Episode VII arrives in theaters December 18, 2015.

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