- director Ron Howard (American Graffiti, A Beautiful Mind) revealed that George Lucas intended the prequel trilogy to be directed by someone other than him.
- Ron Howard said said during a podcast that George Lucas actually approached Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis (Back To The Future films, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump, The Frighteners, Contact, Cast Away, The Walk) and him to direct the Star Wars prequel films but apparently they all got cold feet.
- Ron Howard said:
“George Lucas] didn’t necessarily want to direct them. He told me he had talked to Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, and me. I was the third one he spoke to. They all said the same thing: ‘George, you should do it!’ I don’t think anybody wanted to follow-up that act at the time. It was an honor, but it would’ve been too daunting.”
So yeah, can you imagine how things could have been if someone else directed those films?
Who do you think could have been the best pick to direct the prequels among those who George Lucas approached?
If you didn't like the prequels, does this information somehow shifts, at least a little, the blame / responsibility for how those films turned out?
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