Culture news No one would have thought it, but this director is a Star Wars fan and didn't hesitate to draw inspiration from Luke Skywalker and Han Solo.
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The Boys is undoubtedly one of the most popular series of this summer, the fourth season is doing very well on Amazon Prime Video. Eric Kripke, the showrunner of the superhero series, spoke about his inspirations and his desires for the years to come.
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Star Wars is everywhere
The series The Boys, adapted from the eponymous comic book written by Garth Ennis, has been making headlines lately. At the same time, the fourth season was released on June 13th and fans were impatiently awaiting it even though the ratings for the show continued to plummet. On Rotten Tomatoes, this fourth season received a shy 52% from spectators (critics gave it a very good 95%). However, this sequel achieved the second best start on the platform, the first place being held by season 2 of Reacher.
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Behind the success of the series The Boys there is only one name: Eric Kripke. At the origin of the show, he was also the creator of the series supernatural. According to Rolling Stone, the producer describes himself as a “lifelong Star Wars fan”. In the past, the showrunner had even admitted that the characters of Sam and Dean from Supernatural were both directly inspired by Luke Skywalker and the famous bounty hunter Han Solo. He even added that Star Wars inspired the DNA of the Supernatural series and his life.
A feasible scenario?
Eric Kripke makes no secret of wanting to one day direct a feature film or a television series taking place in a galaxy far, far away, he even says he has one. “fully intend”. Today, the showrunner is focusing instead on the production of the final season 5 of The Boys, the filming of Gen-V and The Boys Mexico which is in preparation. The fact remains that we will have to closely monitor this idea of Eric Kripke arriving in the Star Wars universe.
Eric Kripke
Nothing official for the moment but we can imagine that following the bad feedback from fans regarding the series The Acolyte on Disney +. Bringing new blood to the Star Wars universe would be a good thing. The show in the Star Wars universe was highly anticipated given that it takes place in a time frame that had never been explored before. Despite this, the series continues on its way.
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