George Lucas admitted he hasn’t seen the preview for J.J. Abrams’ upcoming “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” movie.
The movie trailer for director J.J. Abrams ‘upcoming’ Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens’ premiered last month and is on track to be the most watched trailer of all time – with up to a reported 72 million views in one week. But, the director of the original Star Wars movies, George Lucas, may be the only person in the world that has not seen the trailer.
From Page Six:
The original “Star Wars” creator astonishingly told Page Six when we asked him what he thought of Abrams’ 88-second teaser that’s managed to dominated popular culture, “I don’t know anything about it. I haven’t seen it yet.”
When we further asked Lucas why he hasn’t seen the clip, he explained, “Because it’s not in the movie theater. I like going to the movies and watching the whole thing there.
“I plan to see it when it’s released.”
George Lucas is going to have to wait a long time before he gets a chance to see the new Star Wars Episode 7, as the movie is not expected to be released until next year.
Last year, George Lucas’ son, Jett Lucas, said in an interview that his dad, who’s credited as a creative consultant on the new film, was “constantly talking to J.J.,” and that “J.J. was handpicked.” But when we asked Lucas if he was curious to see what Abrams has done with the new “Star Wars,” Lucas said, “Not really.”
Disney purchased Lucasfilm for $4 billion in 2012. Jett said that his dad was “very torn on the matter” of selling, and was working on his own new “Star Wars” movies before the sale to Disney. He directed several other Star Wars Movies from 1999 to 2005, after directing the 1977 original, and was an executive producer on all films in the franchise, until now. The newest Star Wars movie was written by Abrams with Lawrence Kasdan.
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