Star Wars Fan Starts Petition To Bring George Lucas Back To The Franchise; Colin Trevorrow Responds
Yuri Luiz, a Star Wars fan from São Paulo, Brazil, has started an online petition called "George Lucas back to the Star Wars movies." The Change.org petition, which is addressed to Disney, LucasFilm, and Kathleen Kennedy, now has over 22,900 supporters.
"Bring back George Lucas for the Star Wars movies," the petition begins. "Put the father of the franchise as director of Episode IX."
In a short note accompanying the petition, Luiz explains that though he and other Star Wars fans have no problem with "Star Wars: Episode IX" director Colin Trevorrow, they don't think that he's the right person to direct the film. According to the petition's creator, having Lucas direct "Episode IX" would be "the perfect way" to end the new trilogy and provide an "epic farewell between the Father of Star Wars and the whole universe of the galaxy far, far away…"
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The petition has become so widely circulated that it has even caught the attention of Trevorrow, who, ET says, was "pretty nonchalant" about fans wanting him kicked out of the "Episode IX" director's chair before he even begins.
Trevorrow, whose "Jurassic World" became the second-highest-grossing film among those released in 2015 and the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time in the world, was picked to helm "Episode IX" in August 2015. "Episode IX" will conclude the third Star Wars trilogy, which began with "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
Speaking to ET at the BAFTA Awards Season Tea Party on Jan. 9, Trevorrow revealed that he had heard about the petition while he was giving a speech at LucasFilm about wanting to channel the "invention" and "raw creativity" and "boldness" that Lucas brought to the Star Wars films.
"When George Lucas made 'Star Wars,' a lot of people thought it was crazy," Trevorrow said. "But it's the greatest story ever told."
"I just want to embrace that kind of invention and creativity that he brought to it," he concluded.
