Hoo boy, the Star Wars: The Last Jedi detractors are going to love this one. Though actor Simon Pegg played a small part in the latest trilogy as Jakku junkyard dealer Unkar Plutt, it seems that he wasn’t completely satisfied with how Rian Johnson’s divisive film turned out, feeling that a little bit of that distinctive Star Wars personality was somehow lacking in this latest episode.
The Star Trek regular shared his thoughts on The Adam Buxton Podcast, explaining that George Lucas might’ve been the missing ingredient:
“I must admit, watching the last Star Wars film, the overriding feeling I got when I came out was, ‘I miss George Lucas.’ For all the complaining that I’d done about him in the prequels, there was something amazing about his imagination. I do feel like his voice is missing from the current ones.”
Pegg has been known in...
The Star Trek regular shared his thoughts on The Adam Buxton Podcast, explaining that George Lucas might’ve been the missing ingredient:
“I must admit, watching the last Star Wars film, the overriding feeling I got when I came out was, ‘I miss George Lucas.’ For all the complaining that I’d done about him in the prequels, there was something amazing about his imagination. I do feel like his voice is missing from the current ones.”
Pegg has been known in...
- 11/13/2018
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
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