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J.J. Abrams on fans calling Star Wars: The Force Awakens too similar to A New Hope

April 18, 2019 by Samuel Brace

J.J. Abrams, director of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, has discussed fans calling his The Force Awakens too similar to A New Hope.

While fans around the world enjoyed seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens in cinemas, one  point of complaint was that the film was very similar to A New Hope.

What does director J.J. Abrams think of this? Well, in a recent interview with Fandango, the director touched on this very subject:

“We’ve gotten a lot of flack for people saying, ‘Oh, Force Awakens was just a remake of New Hope,’ and while that was something that obviously was never the intention, it was about introducing new characters [and] using the old, and there’s a natural sense in any hero’s journey of certain tenants will come to play.”

Abrams also discussed how this impacts The Rise of Skywalker: “We very much wanted to make sure that we were not somehow inadvertently being so influenced by one thing, however the job of this film is to be the end of nine films. So we can’t ignore the fact that we come from Episodes I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VI, and VIII. So it wasn’t about, ‘Let’s choose that one. Let’s do a riff on that,’ it was more, ‘How do these stories culminate,’ and that was our job.”

It will be interesting to see if Abrams manages to make Episode IX different enough from past films while still capturing that classic Star Wars feel.

SEE ALSO: Kathleen Kennedy Teases Future Adventures For Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Characters

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is set for release on December 20th 2019 with J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) directing a cast that includes Star Wars veterans Daisy Ridley (Rey), Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), John Boyega (Finn), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron), Lupita Nyong’o (Maz Kanata), Domhnall Gleeson (General Hux), Kelly Marie Tran (Rose Tico), Joonas Suotamo (Chewbacca), Billie Lourd (Lieutenant Connix), Greg Grunberg (Snap Wexley), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian) and Carrie Fisher (Leia Organa) as well as new additions Naomi Ackie (Lady Mabeth), Richard E. Grant (Logan), Dominic Monaghan (Lost), and Keri Russell (The Americans).

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: J.J. Abrams, Star Wars, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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