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A New Hope: Is This What the Last Three Star Wars Films Were Missing?
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Micah Hanks | Mysteriousuniverse
Few would argue that the last three films in the Star Wars franchise were missing a little something.
Now for some of you, up until this moment it may have been that those easily forgettable films were missing from your mind altogether, while others may still be struggling to forget them like a bad nightmare. Whichever camp you may fall into, we bring them to mind here with good reason: it is only through observance of the past that we can correct the ails of the future.
Granted, if we look far enough back, the Star Wars movies still offer pioneering examples of sci-fi cinema. So what changed along the way?
Well, set design, for one thing: in fact, a big part of giving a film a realistic flair is having, well, real sets. With the exception of the interior design of a few battle cruisers, it seems like there was more CGI used for backdrops than real brick and mortar in Episodes I – III; and in truth, the same goes for flesh and blood, for that matter. Arguably, the computers generating the CGI used in those films were the real stars of the prequels, since they probably had more screen time than all the actors combined.
Hence one of the reasons there is, to be punny, A New Hope inspired with the release of the teaser trailer for J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star War installment, The Force Awakens. From what little we’ve seen, the sets are not only more realistic looking, but the familiar setting of Tatooine returns us somewhat to a period in the Star Wars legacy that is also like homecoming to the sci-fi enthusiast: one might compare it to being the “comfort food” of the Star Wars universe.
But arguably, the use of familiar, more realistic looking sets in the Abrams installments won’t be the only thing to return to the Star Wars films, as there is another aspect that once existed there, perhaps as strong as The Force itself, which has been missing for decades like a rouge Jedi: spontaneity.
Source: http://truthisscary.com/2014/12/a-new-hope-is-this-what-the-last-three-star-wars-films-were-missing/
