Summary
AStar Warsreboot is considered the best way to revitalize the franchise by some fans, andX-Men: Days of Future Pastdirector Matthew Vaughn has some big ideas about how he’d go about it.
Star Warsis one of the most successful and widely known franchises. While there was a bit of a soft reboot of theStar Warsfranchise whenDisney acquiredStar Wars' parent company Lucasfilm, along with all related IP and holdings, many fans have tossed around the idea of rebooting the franchise and returning to the original vision that Lucas had.
One person who could potentially take on such a heavy task and already seems to know how he’d do it is director Matthew Vaughn, best known fordirecting great movies likeX-Men: First Class. “But for me now, if someone asked me, what would you do? For me to get back into the world of somebody else’s characters and other franchises, I mean, I was joking. I said this as a joke, and now, yeah, maybe I would do it,” Vaughn said in aScreen Rantinterview during New York Comic Con 2023. “If they wanted to reboot Star Wars, set the story with the Skywalkers. And then I’ll go, Hey, that will be interesting. Because for me, it’s got to be something so bold, so different, and so brave.”
“They said you can’t do that. I was like, There’ve been three Spider-Mans, Bonds. Like, what are you talking about? Why can’t that happen?” the director questioned before sharing his ideas about how he’d go about it. “I don’t control Star Wars, but I would do something big, brave, and with the great characters. I want to see Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Chewie doing their sh-t. Not some distant cousin. Who cares?” Vaughn seems to share the belief that the revelation of anupcomingStar Warsfilm starring Daisy Ridley as Reymight not be the way to go.
The idea seems to resonate deeply with Vaughn, and he reiterated it when speaking toDen of Geek: “If I was allowed to reboot Star Wars, and go back, put [Luke] Skywalker and Vader in it, and to start again,” Vaughn said. “Everyone would think [I’m] crazy, but I’ve been arguing we’ve all done it with Spider-Man pretty well. Bond. I think Star Wars is the Skywalker family. So if I was allowed to do the Skywalker story, then I’d love to do Star Wars.” It’s a bold proclamation, as many fans have grudgingly come to accept that theSkywalker story might be finished inStar Wars.
While he may not be working on aStar Warsproject, Vaughn is doing big things, with his upcoming spy genre filmArgyllstarring an all-star cast headlined by Henry Cavilland garnering fan interest with its first trailer. What the future holds for him after that, and if it involves the Skywalkers, fans must wait and see.
