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Zack Snyder has become synonymous with DC. However, his time with the franchise is over. James Gunn is currently the boss in charge of leading it to the next level. Snyder has moved away from the superhero business and joined the galactic business that’s more the bread and butter ofStar Wars. He’s currently working with Netflix to makeRebel Moon, which was once aStar Warsscript.
But he, later on, adapted it into an original story. However, theStar Warsremnants remain. Even if there aren’t any visible similarities with the world George Lucas created, no space opera project can escape scrutiny from that lens. However, Snyder insists that the galaxy he is making is vastly different from the one everyone knows till now.
Is Zack Snyder DissingStar WarsWith HisRebel Moon?
In a Variety Fair interview,Zack Snyderopened up about his new Netflix film,Rebel Moon. He revealed that his main aim of the two-part film saga was to ground the sci-fi elements of the film so that the story feels organic. So instead of focusing on the spectacle all the time, he wanted audiences to go along with the journey organically.
Snyder said:
“This movie was me going, ‘Of course, it’s a space opera, but let’s not lens it that way. Let’s lens it in a more intimate way, so that the sci-fi elements feel more grounded.’ We’re not always saying, ‘Look at how big our spaceships are or how weird our planets look!’ That happens, but it happens as an organic part of the world you’re in. You’re there, and so the things you see on that journey are not forced upon you or spoon-fed to you.”
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Fans ofStar Warsare suspicious that theMan of Steeldirector is dissing the franchise with his comment about spoon-feeding fans. After all, recent films set in the galaxy far far away have come under criticism for not having fleshed-out plots and only relying on nostalgia plus CGI to draw in audiences.
However, it doesn’t look like Snyder is dissingStar Wars. After all, the director is a big fan of that universe. Instead, it feels like he is making a general statement on how in big films, the plot and characters can get lost in the spectacle. In the interview, Snyder also explained the kind of world he wanted to build and it’s quite different from the Lucas-created one.
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Zack Snyder Explained What Kind Of WorldRebel MoonIs
Zack Snyder divulged more details aboutRebel Moonand explained that his saga will have the spectacle of big spaceships and alien worlds, but it will all be in line with the diesel-punk aesthetic. He said:
“It’s more of a dieselpunk world than a steampunk world. There is a sort of higher-energy source than gasoline since they have a way of jumping across vast swaths of the universe, but the technology hasn’t really changed in quite a while.”
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So in Snyder’s universe, tech has stagnated due to a dictatorship that the heroes are trying to stand up against. Now,Star Warsdefinitely deals with such themes, but it doesn’t have anywhere near a diesel-punk aesthetic. As such, at least aesthetically, fans of the director will get to see something different from theGeorge Lucas-created world.
Rebel Moonwill premiere on August 01, 2025, on Netflix.
Source:Vanity Fair
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Ishita is an Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows, with over 700 articles published. She has been working in the entertainment and pop-culture niche for more than 4 years. With a English Literature degree, Ishita generally covers news and analyses on Foundation, Ted Lasso, Severance, and more.A lifelong DC fan, Ishita spends her time watching and re-watching everything in the DC universe (yes, even including the Arrowverse shows).
