JUSTICE LEAGUE Director Zack Snyder Loves STAR WARS But No Longer Feels He's A Good Fit For The Franchise

There were once rumours that Lucasfilm wanted Zack Snyder to helm a Star Wars movie, and the Justice League director has now shared his thoughts on why he's not necessarily a good fit for the franchise.

By JoshWilding - Nov 19, 2020 03:11 AM EST

Filed Under: Star Wars

Source: The Film Junkee (Via Screen Rant)

Back in 2013, it was reported that Lucasfilm was eyeing Justice League director Zack Snyder to take the helm of a Star Wars movie set between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens (which didn't even have a title at that point). Plot details were slim, but it was said that Akira Kurosawa's 1954 masterpiece, Seven Samurai, would serve as a basis for the story.

That project never became a reality, and Snyder's reps at the time denied that he was involved.

During an interview with The Film Junkee (via Screen Rant), the filmmaker was asked about the possibility of heading to a Galaxy Far, Far Away, and admitted that he probably isn't the right fit for the franchise.

"I am a huge Star Wars fan. The reason why I started making movies when I was 11 years old was because of Star Wars," Snyder revealed. "For sure it has been a huge influence on me and really got me into this mythic path with the Joseph Campbellian take on archetypes and storytelling. Yeah, Star Wars is that to me. I have interest in Star Wars."

"I don't think I have a story written now that...I don't know how I'd fit into the Star Wars universe anymore," he admitted. "I don't know what it is. So it's a thing I love, but I don't know if I...maybe it's moved on from me. I still love it and I have lightsabers everywhere around the house."

Lucasfilm is definitely taking more risks with the Star Wars franchise, but whether there's room for Snyder in that world remains to be seen. For now, he's busy finishing Justice League and expanding Army of the Dead into its own franchise for Netflix (a prequel and animated spinoff are also in the works).

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the Star Wars movies...according to Rotten Tomatoes!

11. Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

Score: 51%

Rotten or Fresh? Rotten

Critics Consensus: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker suffers from a frustrating lack of imagination, but concludes this beloved saga with fan-focused devotion.

What a disaster. In an effort to please everybody, director J.J. Abrams pleased pretty much no one with this rushed, messy finale to the Skywalker Saga. Kylo Ren got a decent enough ending, but beyond that, characters were mostly underserved, and the return of Emperor Palpatine was majorly botched. The franchise deserved better, so these reviews are by no means a surprise!

10. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

Score: 52%

Rotten or Fresh? Rotten

Critics Consensus: Burdened by exposition and populated with stock characters, The Phantom Menace gets the Star Wars prequels off to a bumpy -- albeit visually dazzling -- start.

In many ways, The Phantom Menace is treated too harshly, but it was as disappointing an opening chapter for the prequels as The Rise of Skywalker was a finale for the sequels! There's an awful lot here that does work, and it's hard not to be grateful to the movie for introducing us to characters like Darth Maul and Qui Gon Jinn who have been explored in greater depth since.

9. Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones

Score: 65%

Rotten or Fresh? Fresh

Critics Consensus: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones benefits from an increased emphasis on thrilling action, although they're once again undercut by ponderous plot points and underdeveloped characters.

Arguably a worse film than The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones wasted far too much time on exploring Anakin Skywalker's romance with Padmé Amidala (CGI fruit!) and setting up a conflict which would only ever be touched on in an (admittedly stellar) animated series). There were some highlights - like Yoda seeing some action - but they weren't frequent!

8. Solo: A Star Wars Story

Score: 70%

Rotten or Fresh? Fresh

Critics Consensus: A flawed yet fun and fast-paced space adventure, Solo: A Star Wars Story should satisfy newcomers to the saga as well as longtime fans who check their expectations at the theater door.

Another Star Wars movie that gets a bad rap, the only thing really wrong with Solo was how badly marketed it was! It definitely wasn't the strongest origin story for the iconic smuggler, but there were a lot of surprises here, with Darth Maul's return one of the biggest in the franchise's history. Honestly, it's worth the price of admission for Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover alone.