Ryan George Explains Why Star Wars Lost Its Magic
8/5/26
CREDIT: Sean Chandler Plus
Why doesn't Star Wars feel the way it used to?
In this conversation, Ryan George (Pitch Meeting) and Sean Chandler discuss why modern Star Wars has struggled to recapture the magic of the original films. They explore the idea of ** "creative inbreeding" ** — when franchises stop drawing inspiration from the wider world and instead recycle their own ideas over and over again.
The discussion expands beyond Star Wars into Marvel, James Gunn, creative freedom, and why studios often learn the wrong lessons from successful movies. Ryan also explains why filmmakers…
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