Warning: Some SPOILERS lie ahead for Rebel Moon: Part One — A Child of Fire!

Summary

• Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon has a rich history, beginning as a pitch for a Star Wars movie and evolving into its own expansive universe.
• The writing team has developed the extensive history of the Motherworld, exploring its medieval roots, technological advancements, and even the birth of previous Princess Issa.
• Despite low review scores, Zack Snyder hopes to continue exploring the galaxy and potentially showcase more of Mother World's history in future projects.

Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire already has an extensive history. Originally a pitch for a Star Wars movie, Rebel Moon has evolved into an extensive property of its own with complex politics and an entire universe on the brink of revolution. In the first movie, the people of the peaceful moon of Veldt are gathering recruits to wage a war against the tyrannical Motherworld's Imperium after they attempt to take hold of the planet and its resources.

While the original movie only brushes on a small piece of the Motherworld's history, Zack Snyder didn't settle with just that. In an interview with ComicBook.com, Snyder revealed that he has mapped out Motherworld's history from its inception, not only developing their origin and its medieval era with his writing team, but also knowing the direction it will take long after the events of Part Two: The Scargiver. Check out his quote below:

The Motherworld's history, we went all the way back to even the origin myth for the Motherworld's creation. Whatever their genesis story would be, we did that. And we followed the Motherworld from its medieval roots to its rise to its finding technology, its first tentative steps into the stars, all the way to the two other Issas that had been born before the Princess Issa that we see in this movie. There's a whole thing. So we absolutely went deep on it. And then we also went past, of course, the events of our movie, to know where this story could go, if it were to go further.

The Massive Scope Of Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon

The history of the Imperium is already explored in the original Rebel Moon movie. The Imperium's conquest of Motherworld allowed it to rule for generations before the planet faced a crisis of resources. While Motherworld remains a powerful hub for the Imperium, the empire needed to extend its influence to otherworldly colonies to survive, one of which is the moon of Veldt, wherein much of the events of A Child of Fire take place.

Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire and Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver were filmed back-to-back and shared a budget of $166 million.

The brutal Imperium regime is often considered a villainous entity, but Snyder does attempt to add some realism and nuance to the empire. Princess Issa is meant to bring kindness and comion to the Imperium, and she is often expected to end wars across the galaxy. Even within the Imperium, hope for an end to suffering does exist and Issa is proof. Issa's family history also stretches back over 1,000 generations of kings and queens, a detail painstakingly developed by Snyder and his team.

Future projects will determine whether or not Snyder will be able to showcase more of Motherworld's history. While much is planned for the franchise's future, given the painfully low review scores, that future beyond the first two Rebel Moon movies is somewhat in doubt, save for a recent indication that the filmmaker was already in the writing process on a third installment. With everything from a podcast series to comics and a prequel animated show in the works, it will be interesting to see how the threads set up in Rebel Moon: Part One — A Child of Fire will be explored.

Source: ComicBook.com