Summary
- Matthew Vaughn believes Star Wars should be rebooted to focus on the original trilogy characters, disregarding the generational saga aspect.
- Star Wars is a generational saga, with each generation having their own Skywalker to connect with.
- The way forward for Star Wars is to continue expanding and introducing new characters and stories, rather than rebooting and focusing solely on nostalgia.
Star Wars is the one franchise that should never be rebooted. Reboots have been a staple of Hollywood for decades, and it's easy to see why. Studios tend to see reboots as easy wins, ways of retelling a classic story in a modern style that can reach a new generation of viewers. Sometimes reboots also help straighten out the continuity of complex franchises, breathing new life into them; that was the goal behind Fox's X-Men: First Class reboot, and it's the real reason Marvel Studios is expected to reboot the MCU after Avengers: Secret Wars.
Director Matthew Vaughn is no stranger to reboots; he was the mastermind behind X-Men: First Class, one that worked in large part because of smart casting decisions. Now, surprisingly, Vaughn has revealed he believes Star Wars should be rebooted. This doesn't appear to be a mere passing remark, either; he's made similar comments twice now, explaining his initial comments. But, for all Vaughn's experience with big franchises, the Kingsman director is wrong to believe Star Wars should be rebooted.
Your browser does not support the video tag. Why Matthew Vaughn Believes Star Wars Should Be Rebooted 
To be fair to Vaughn, there's a certain logic to his case. He fell in love with the Star Wars original trilogy, and to him Star Wars simply doesn't work when it moves too far away from the Skywalker family. "I want to see Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Chewie doing their ****," he explained. "Not some distant cousin. Who cares?" It's an obvious criticism of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, where Daisy Ridley's Rey eventually became a Skywalker by virtue of deciding to take on the name.
