An Animated, Open Letter To J.J. Abrams About Star Wars

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Designer Prescott Harvey has written and animated an open letter to J.J. Abrams (http://io9.com/a-beautifully-animated-open-letter-to-j-j-abrams-about-1397273170) about the plans for the next Star Warsmovie. He says, 'Like so many people, I've spent most of my recent years wondering why the original Star Wars trilogy was so awesome, and the new movies were so terrible. What are the factors that make Star Wars Star Wars? I took an empirical approach, determining what elements were in the original movies that differed from the prequels (http://www.dearjjabrams.com/). My first major epiphany was that, in the originals, the characters are always outside somewhere very remote. The environment and the wildlife are as much a threat as the empire. All three movies had this bushwacky, exploratory feel. Contrast that with the prequels, where the characters are often in cities, or in the galactic senate. In order for Star Wars to feel like a true adventure, the setting has to be the frontier, and this became my first rule
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