But really, for the most part - doing a prequel is great because you do have room to kind of free this character and how they got to where they are instead of being a slave to exactly what the previous actor did.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I am making a sequel, it needs to be different from what you have already seen. Yet, it needs to maintain a certain discipline so that people still associate it with the prequel.
There are expectations with sequels, and people want them to be bigger and better than the prequel.
It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.
The first is that instead of writing a sequel, which is what most people do, this is in fact a prequel. Although we didn't know that when we began the process.
I didn't really want to do another sequel. I go to those movies, and I just sort of enjoy them like a viewer.
The key for me with 'Star Wars' is to stay in their world. Don't get in the way of what is already known and what works. I think of the basic nature of the filmmaking process that worked so well for the original trilogy. No stylistic flights of fancy for the sake of showing off. Tell the story, get the shot, get the performances, and move on.
There are definitely reasons to do certain things, but I like to stick to good director, good actor, good script.
I think you kind of need to acknowledge that the reason why sequels do well is because people that loved the first one come back.
I'm not big on sequels; I've done them, but I like doing little things that have their own timelessness to them, classic type things, and then you go onto something new.
I've always felt that really good prequels should be original movies.