10 Directors Who Said NO To Star Wars
9. Ridley Scott
The great Ridley Scott revealed recently (via X) that he decided to make his legendary Alien movie instead of Tristan and Isolde after watching the first Star Wars at the cinema. But just because George Lucas' epic tale made him want to create that horrifying Xenomorph story doesn't mean the icon wants to dive into the galaxy far, far away himself.
As he'd tell Vulture back in 2017(via Digital Spy), Scott actually feels he's "too dangerous" to be handed the reigns of a Star Wars project. You see, Scott likes to be fully in control of his movies, and he felt that Disney and Lucasfilm also wanted to be in control of their incoming films, too.
You can see the problem.
The director of Gladiator and Blade Runner would no doubt craft something bold, or at the very least interesting, if he was ever trusted to do whatever he wanted to with the worlds of Jedi, stormtroopers, and the Force.
Whether Disney and Lucasfilm would be willing to let Scott have more freedom today or not isn't fully clear at present. It's worth noting that, after the success of the first season of Andor, Tony Gilroy recently explained to Empire (via GamesRadar) how he didn't receive any creative notes for the second season from the people above.
If they insisted on interfering and having complete control over whatever idea he had in mind, though, you can bet it would still be a firm "no" from the legend.