It’s well known that David Fincher, who will see his Gone Girl in theaters this Friday, pitched Disney to get behind the camera for a new Star Wars trilogy.
In speaking with Total Film, he reveals the genesis of his pitch, which is extremely interesting.
His interpretation of the original Star Wars trilogy is that the films were told through the eyes of C-3PO and R2-D2, two robot slaves passed from master to master.
“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.”
I think this is the kind of “rethinking” Hollywood needs, and I’m not so sure JJ Abrams is able/willing to think that way anymore…