Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige doesn't think a Star Wars and Marvel Cinematic Universe crossover will happen. Thanks to the prominent placements in pop culture, the Star Wars franchise and MCU are two of the biggest movie universes of all-time. With three trilogies, a few spinoffs, and now TV shows, Star Wars has been a staple of pop culture for over forty years. The MCU is much newer, as it only started in 2008, but it has quickly become an all-encompassing shared universe made up of twenty-three movies. Marvel Studios is also just beginning to explore the wonders of television with WandaVision.
Although the two franchises are not directly connected, there are some tangential links between them. Walt Disney Studios acquired both Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm during the 2010s, and the studio has helped increase the reach of both. The MCU and Star Wars have featured plenty of the same actors and used a few of the same directors. Kevin Feige even became directly involved with Star Wars after announcing he's producing an upcoming mystery film. This led to many rumors that Feige could even take over Lucasfilm, but that isn't happening anytime soon.
Now that Feige has a foot in the door with Lucasfilm, many have wondered if there is a chance that Star Wars and the MCU could crossover. A recent interview Marvel Studios' head did with Yahoo discussed just that. Feige admits that he never would've thought he'd get the chance to do a lot of stuff with the MCU, so completely ruling a Star Wars crossover out might not be the best idea. However, he doesn't think it will happen or that it needs to.
If you’d ask me if anything we’re talking about right now was in the realm of possibility 20 years ago, I would’ve said, ‘I don’t think so.' But I really don’t think so. I don’t think there’s any reason for it.
The idea of the MCU and Star Wars having a crossover is something fans have jokingly discussed for a long time. Patton Oswalt did a famous filibuster on Parks and Recreation to prevent a council vote, and he was given free rein from the show to ramble about any topic. He chose to pitch his idea for Star Wars: Episode VII, which included a crossover with the MCU. And while Oswalt's idea sounds wildly fun to a point, most fans of both franchises are in agreement that it'd be better for Marvel and Star Wars to remain separated.
Feige is right that neither the MCU nor Star Wars needs the other right now, but that doesn't mean that won't change in the future. With studios always looking for the next big event film, Disney could one day push for their two biggest franchises to collide. It would likely be quite messy to pull off from a narrative standpoint, but there's no doubt that a movie bringing Star Wars and the MCU together would be a huge draw. However, it doesn't appear that Feige has any interest in being part of such a crossover, so it likely won't happen as long as he is in charge.
Source: Yahoo
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February 05, 2021 at 06:01AM
