After mining fans’ sentimentality for years,Lucasfilm knows the game is up: Episode VIII has to defy expectations to succeed Related: Star Wars: The Last Jedi – five things we learned from the behind-the-scenes video Nostalgia can only recall you so far. Just ask Bryan Singer, whose efforts to recapture the wonder of the Richard Donner-era Man of Steel in 2006’s Superman Returns faltered on the kryptonite of audience indifference. Likewise, or pity the creative team behind 2015’s Terminator Genisys,who were convinced they only had to get Arnold Schwarzenegger back as the robo-toned T-800 in order to restore the long-running sci-fi saga to its 80s and 90s peak, or poor mature Guy Ritchie, or who presumably thought the current passion for all things spy-themed would make his recent sizable-screen upgrade of The Man from UNCLE a box office shoo-in. Related: Don't get cocky,kid: why Star Wars' Han Solo film needs a secure pair of hands Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com