'Like Creating a Universe Around Jaws': Mark Millar Calls Out Star Wars Ahead of BIG GAME Crossover

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Mark Millar - the creator behind Kingsmen, Wanted, and Marvel's Civil War - has called out Star Wars, saying it's 'a franchise about a family called the Skywalkers. Trying to spin this out across TV & film is like creating a universe around Jaws.'

Since the property’s sale to Disney in 2012, the Star Wars franchise has become a galvanized subject of some controversy, and its newest, and perhaps most cutting critic, writer Mark Millar, finally might be explaining why. Taking to social media, Millar put out his take on Twitter this last week on the underlying reasons the once mighty juggernaut has not quite hit its potential. As per most of Millar’s observations, there seems to be at least a glimmer of saliency to his perspective.

SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Millar is currently the proprietor behind Millarworld, a creator-owned comic book company now owned by Netflix for the purpose of translating Millar’s vast original intellectual property, including his evil version of Batman called Nemesis, to screen.

Mark Millar’s Theory on the Origin of Franchises Published early on Wednesday, May 24, Mark Millar opined on Twitter that Star Wars has had such a spotty record in its efforts to expand the franchise because, due to the streamlined foundation of storytelling within the original films it can’t maintain the kind of thematic focus needed to tell compelling stories without the limitation of including the Skywalkers.

Why Millar’s Take Matters Though it may seem a superficial and unimportant conjecture, what Millar is actually remarking upon is quite a serious trend in terms of the entertainment industry's widespread habit of ignoring fundamental storytelling philosophies that turn out to be necessary for a successful modern “franchise model.

 

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