"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" will be the first movie in the franchise that is not helmed by George Lucas, since it was produced after he sold Lucasfilm Ltd. to Disney three years ago for $4 billion.
For Lucas, it was something similar to a "divorce," and even though he outlined stories for the sequels, Disney "decided they didn't like" it and proceeded to do the franchise their way.
"I call it like a divorce," Lucas told The Washington Post. In a way, Lucas knew he would be letting go of the franchise at some point just so it can continue to flourish.
"There is no such thing as working over someone's shoulder," he explained. "You're either the dictator or you're not. And to do that would never work, so I said 'I'm going to get divorced.' I knew that I couldn't be involved. All I'd do is make them miserable. I'd make myself miserable. It would probably ruin a vision - J.J. (Abrams) has a vision, and it's his vision."
Lucas added that he has not seen a single frame of the film despite the new trailers released for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," but he plans on watching it in his own ranch.
"I've got the best theater in the world," he shared, and he could think of no better place to watch the continuation of the world he created decades ago.
According to Lucas, the "Star Wars" franchise is an art form because it communications "emotions."
"That's art. If it's not communicating emotions and it's just an intellectual exercise, then it's just a road map. Or it's a set of plans for a building, it's not the building itself," he said.
"The great thing about art is that you get a feeling about something, you get knowledge about something, but you don't know why. Describe the Sistine Chapel - it's very hard. 'It made me feel spiritual feelings and thoughts I'd never had before.' Well, what do you mean? 'I don't know what I mean - you'll have to just go and see it.' 'Star Wars' was like that," he continued. "People couldn't describe it; they just kept saying, you gotta go see it, you gotta go see it, you gotta go see it. Now we're like that with (the Broadway hit musical) 'Hamilton' - you gotta go see it. Why? ."‰."‰. To try to describe these things is very hard."
