Doing the press rounds for Captain America: The First Avenger, filmmaker Joe Johnston has told Screen Rant about his friend George Lucas catching the Marvel film “You know if he wants to see it, I would show it to him,” and then suddenly dropped something of a bombshell proclaiming;
“I’m trying to get George to make a feature based on Boba Fett.”
Star Wars fans will of course know that Johnston and Boba Fett have history. In fact they go wayyyyy back – Johnston was working as a concept artist and special effects technician on George Lucas’ groundbreaking trilogy when he designed the character and also the Millennium Falcon, Yoda among other things. Johnston went on to win an Oscar for visual effects on Raiders of the Lost Ark before becoming a filmmaker in his own right making The Rocketeer, Jumanji, Jurassic Park 3, Hidalgo, The Wolf Man and most recently Captain America.
“I’m trying to get George to make a feature based on Boba Fett.”
Star Wars fans will of course know that Johnston and Boba Fett have history. In fact they go wayyyyy back – Johnston was working as a concept artist and special effects technician on George Lucas’ groundbreaking trilogy when he designed the character and also the Millennium Falcon, Yoda among other things. Johnston went on to win an Oscar for visual effects on Raiders of the Lost Ark before becoming a filmmaker in his own right making The Rocketeer, Jumanji, Jurassic Park 3, Hidalgo, The Wolf Man and most recently Captain America.
- 7/18/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Before Joe Johnston became a filmmaker in his own right, he spent years learning the tricks of the trade by working under George Lucas on the director's celebrated early projects. As a concept artist and effects technician, Johnston worked on the original "Star Wars" trilogy and later parlayed those skills into an Oscar for Best Visual Effects for "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Lucas. It has been over a decade since Johnson last collaborated on a Lucas-related project--he co-directed "The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure" back in 1999--but it looks…...
- 7/18/2011
- The Playlist
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