With Star Wars: Visions delivering a vivid new expression of Star Wars, Executive Producer James Waugh discusses the idea behind the show, explaining how the intent of Visions was never to tell the story of our classic heroes and villains but to strike out and tell new stories within the Star Wars galaxy.
“The brief really was very open-ended, in the sense that we had already come around to the framework of what Visions would be. We were really excited by the potential of giving people an opportunity to play with Star Wars elements in a way that was going to unbalance them.
“I think the brief also was very much from a place of, ‘We just want to hear your ideas. We want to hear what you love about Star Wars. If you could tell any Star Wars story, what would it be? Any Star Wars story, kind of in your form?’ Through the visual language, the anime language, their vernacular.”
“There were certain things… I think we said things like, ‘We’re not looking for you to tell a defining Luke Skywalker story, or a known character. Make your own characters. Not to say that these characters are off the table, but earn them through the great storytelling that you want to do, with something original.'”
