Colin Trevorrow couldn't 'engage' with Star Wars after leaving project
Colin Trevorrow found it a "struggle" to "engage" with Star Wars after he parted ways with LucasFilm while working on Star Wars: Duel of the Fates.
Colin Trevorrow has found it a "struggle" to "engage" with Star Wars since he parted ways with LucasFilm.
The 48-year-old filmmaker was in the process of developing Star Wars: Duel of the Fates - which ultimately became Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker - when he parted ways with the studio over creative differences, and it is only now he is considering watching spin-off TV show Andor because he has had to distance himself from the franchise.
He told The Hollywood Reporter: “My son and I have both decided that we are going to watch all of Andor this summer. But I do have to be honest; it has been a struggle for me to engage with anything Star Wars-related just on an emotional level.
“So, to the team that made Andor, I guess I can say that you’re the ones who’ve finally brought me back in.”
Leaving Star Wars allowed Colin to work on Jurassic World Dominion, and while the 2022 film was pitched as "the epic conclusion of the Jurassic era", he isn't surprised that a new movie, Jurassic World Rebirth, will be released this year.
He said: "No, I wasn’t [surprised. I was so deeply entrenched in what we were building over all of that time. It wasn’t just the films and the two animated series on Netflix; we have the toys and the theme parks and everything else that we did.
"So we built something that’s strong enough to move forward, and I’m very proud of that.
"I also know that pretty much every time a child is born, a new dinosaur fan is born. So I don’t think the interest in seeing dinosaurs is ever really going to run out."
Meanwhile, Colin wants to help up-and-coming filmmakers further their careers through his production company Metronome.
He said: “Because I’ve had some success in my career, my absolute top priority is not just paying it forward, but also being able to introduce new talent to move us forward.
"We don’t have farm teams in Hollywood, and I think that it’s a responsibility of filmmakers to identify who’s next. A lot of these icons that we have now were identified by another filmmaker, and that’s something I would love to have on my record.”
