Best possible director for the Star Wars sequel trilogy?

I'd like to see a director like Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, or heck, even Clint Eastwood tackle the grittier aspects of the Star Wars universe, kind of like what that upcoming game Star Wars 1610 is supposed to be doing. How about a movie focused for once on the bounty hunters, smugglers, and etc. of the Star Wars universe, rather than the sh*t Jedi do?

Leave Star Wars with George Lucas. He created it. He can kill it if he wants to....Of course, Disney might beg to differ. But, Star Wars without Georgie sounds weird.

George Lucas

The only director I'm willing to accept is the previous one. Disney buying Lucusfilm was a travesty.The-Apostle

Peter Jackson. Or anyone but Spielberg.Laihendi

[QUOTE="The-Apostle"]The only director I'm willing to accept is the previous one. Disney buying Lucusfilm was a travesty.DevilMightCry

If you bring in Brad Bird, Star Wars will be in good hands. Bring along Andrew Stanton, and you will have a visionary.hiphops_savior

All those directors I suggested before were obvious jokes. Putting all jokes aside, I actually agree that Brad Bird would be a great choice. I like his stuff. He's good at creating epics in short spaces.

[QUOTE="hiphops_savior"]If you bring in Brad Bird, Star Wars will be in good hands. Bring along Andrew Stanton, and you will have a visionary.m0zart

All those directors I suggested before were obvious jokes. Putting all jokes aside, I actually agree that Brad Bird would be a great choice. I like his stuff. He's good at creating epics in short spaces.

Peter Jackson for Episode VII

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[QUOTE="hiphops_savior"]If you bring in Brad Bird, Star Wars will be in good hands. Bring along Andrew Stanton, and you will have a visionary.Laihendi

All those directors I suggested before were obvious jokes. Putting all jokes aside, I actually agree that Brad Bird would be a great choice. I like his stuff. He's good at creating epics in short spaces.

Peter Jackson for Episode VII

I don't think it would fit. Star Wars movies were modeled after serial epics, and thus have never been long sittings for a single movie. Their scope might be vast, but the events are heavily encapsulated. It would be a bit lopsided to suddenly have a 4 hour Star Wars episode after having the regular sized segments.

I love Peter Jackson. Hell, I'm glad he took a relatively short story like The Hobbit and turned into three epics. I just don't think that tact will work for something like Star Wars. It would remove the serial charm of it all.

Christopher Nolan.

With Christian Bale as a Jedi, and when he's really young his parents are murdered, so he becomes The Dark Jedi Knight, He would also hate blasters because his parents were murdered by one, but he wouldn't use a lightsaber either because it would be the signature weapon of the man who trained, played by Liam Neeson.

Pretty original, AMIRITE?

Leave Star Wars with George Lucas. He created it. He can kill it if he wants to....Of course, Disney might beg to differ. But, Star Wars without Georgie sounds weird.

jun_aka_pekto

Yeah, star wars without george sounds weird. That's why the best films had the least of him.

Micheal Bay. Explosions everywhere. MgamerBD

Over my dead body.

Granted, he wouldn't be much worse than Lucas. Just saying.

Christopher Nolan.

With Christian Bale as a Jedi, and when he's really young his parents are murdered, so he becomes The Dark Jedi Knight, He would also hate blasters because his parents were murdered by one, but he wouldn't use a lightsaber either because it would be the signature weapon of the man who trained, played by Liam Neeson.

Pretty original, AMIRITE?

-TheSecondSign-

Lol you lost me at "Dark Jedi Knight," and I'm a diehard fan of both universes.

I would say the best bet is J.J Abrams. Joss Whedon, Christopher Nolan, Guillermo del Tora are all great directors but I don't think they fit the tone of Star Wars.

... I honestly hope the episodes are not direct sequels of the series.. And have it take a few hundred years later involving a whole new caste of characters.. Inless they make a cgi movie, the actors are all too old and I don't think casting new actors for the characters would be a very good idea.sSubZerOo

They could be direct sequels, based a few decades after the original trilogy, when Luke, Leia, Han and Lando are all caught up in the politics of the new empire. Hamill, Fisher, Ford and Williams would be about the right ages for that. Probably won't be what happens, but it could, and that'd be awesome.