There were a lot of exciting announcements that came out of Star Wars Celebration this past weekend, and one that got a lot of fans excited was the James Mangold film project, which would date back to the dawn of the Jedi.
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Mark Hamill and his Return of the Jedi helix lightsaber reunite in Pop Culture Quest Clip
The story is said to take place 25,000 years before the events of the original trilogy, which is so beautiful and fascinating! The film will focus on the birth of The Force and during an interview with Variety, Mangold talked about the presentation he gave Kathleen Kennedy and how he compared it to a couple of iconic and epic films:
“It’s an opportunity to tell his whole story, the birth of strength. When I first talked about this with Kathy Kennedy, I just said, “I just see this opening to do some kind of Ben-Hur or The 10 Commandments about the birth of the Force.” The Force has become something of a religious legend that runs through all of these films. But where did it come from? How do you find? Who found it? Who was the first Jedi? And that’s what I’m writing right now.
So this will be the Ben Hur AND Ten Commandments From Star Wars movie, and I’m all for it! Speaking earlier about how the film would have centered around the discovery of the Force, Mangold said:
“It occurred to me to think if I was doing one, it seemed to me that most of what they were thinking of doing with movies was in the Star Wars present or in the future, and what attracted me the most is been the distant past and how this galaxy was formed and how, more specifically, the Force was discovered.”
The director also said that at the moment he was writing the film and formulating the main character of the story. I wish we knew more about what Mangold is up to as well, but more details will leak over time.
What we do know about the early history of the Force is that in “36,453 BBY, philosophers and scientists from different star systems gathered on Tython to share mystical knowledge. The Force has been ‘discovered’. Unfortunately, in 25,793 BBY, several Tythan scholars began using their knowledge of the Force to pursue power, leading to the start of the Force Wars. Peaceful monks who survived the destruction on Tython founded the Jedi Order in 25,783 BBY.
There are a lot of fascinating elements to draw from the Star Wars lore, and it will be quite interesting to see what Mangold ends up offering.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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