'Star Wars Multiverse' author Carmelo Esterrich: 'George Lucas may have started with a simple story, and it pleased a gigantic percentage of the population. But in the last 10 years, things have started twisting and turning...'
Carmelo Esterrich, Columbia College professor and author of “Star Wars Multiverse,” at his office on April 25, 2023.
The 2021 book Esterrich wrote, “Star Wars Multiverse” doesn’t deal with filmmaking economics or cinematic critique. Rather, it’s a lively and sharp analysis of how a determinedly innocent throwback-turned-phenomenon started out simple, stripping Lucas’ memories of “Flash Gordon” and “Buck Rogers” for parts. Then, says Esterrich, it grew and became multitudes and multiverses.
A: Wow. I’ve never heard that. OK, I have another book to write now! That’s really interesting. Lucas has always had this line, especially early on, that these movies are for kids, so if adults don’t like them, it doesn’t matter and he doesn’t care. He used to say “Star Wars” was for 11-year-old boys, though he later changed that to “younger people.” He based it on the serials of “Flash Gordon,” with very simple notions of good and evil.
It’s also a generational issue. A lot of the younger generation has embraced that sequel trilogy in ways the older generation has not, because they see themselves in it. With “The Last Jedi,” when it turns almost feminist, the younger generation goes with it at the same time the older generation, some members of it, anyway, are reluctant to have that viewpoint inserted into their memories and fantasies of the original. This is typical of the U.S.
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