![]() ![]() Then George Lucas sold the franchise to The Walt Disney Company and the question became what would Star Wars be without its auteur. It was a dichotomy which at its best enhanced the blockbuster form by offering unexpected depth and artistry at its worst it became a schizophrenic attempt to appease two competing forces which couldn’t sustain itself under the pressure. As the work of a single artist with no corporate overlord or shareholders to appease, it was a singular vision of an auteur telling a specific story in a specific way. As a mega-budget franchise with a giant global fan-base, it produces a consumable for a large and varied audience and also feeds an extensive merchandising business. Star Wars the series has long sat in the strange cat bird seat of being both the forerunner of the modern big budget tent pole, and nothing like them. ![]() In the run-up to the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and the end of the Skywalker Saga, we will be taking a look back at all of the Saga films and re-evaluating them and their legacy as a whole. ![]()
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