Colin Trevorrow wants to shoot Star Wars: Episode IX in space

Tongue in cheek, that’s how director Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) describedStar Wars Episode IX during a press conference at the Sundance Film Festival today.

I think Trevorrow might be referring here to the way in which the original films were shot, not to the question of whether or not the Star Wars characters have access to digital video cameras. “[Film] tends to remind us of our memories, of our childhoods, the way we used to see films”.

Star Wars: Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow has to be feeling some serious pressure. It may seem silly to shoot some establishing shots of space for use in Star Wars: Episode 9, but nearly entire IMAX documentaries were shot in space, like Hubble 3D, which is absolutely mesmerizing. But that’s okay, because despite the near depressing news that Star Wars: Episode VIII would be delayed past its May 2017 release and instead rescheduled for December 15, 2017. The director also expressed his idea to shoot the movie “on location”, which means in outer space, AceShowbiz reports.

The push to start convincing theaters to install digital projectors started with the first “Star Wars” prequel “The Phantom Menace” in 1999 and accelerated with “Attack of the Clones” in 2002 and “Revenge of the Sith” in 2005. IMAX has filmed documentary films in space with astronauts, like the 2002 film Space Station 3D. “Trevorrow may be referring to Giant Green Films” 2015 Journey to Space, a movie about NASA and the space communities working in space. The inherent contradiction in Star Wars is that there’s a backwards nostalgia in the narratives of these movies that still use the newest cutting edge technology to create them. Next up for this stunning star is the new Star Wars spin-off movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, in which she is expected to be pretty badass, so much so that she could even take over from Daisy Ridley as the new fans favourite. This is why EA say they won’t be bringing The Force Awakens characters into Star Wars Battlefront.

Indeed, it’s well known the Star Wars universe inhabits a place “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…”; so it’s strong reasoning as to why Trevorrow will attempt to stick his principles when approaching Star Wars: Episode IX.