New Star Wars Is 'Missing' George Lucas, Says Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg feels the modern combined to gross nearly $5 billion worldwide.

That being said, anyone who's been following the Star Wars franchise for the past few years knows the discourse has reached toxic levels. Heated debates over The Last Jedi's creative choices continue to rage on, vocal corners of the fan base want Kathleen Kennedy fired, and there are even those clamoring for Lucas to return and make a new movie himself. Surprisingly, Pegg finds himself amongst that last group.

In an interview on The Adam Buxton Podcast (via Digital Spy), Pegg talked about his feelings on the modern Star Wars films, straight up itting he misses Lucas:

"I must it, watching the last Star Wars film [The Last Jedi], the overriding feeling I got when I came out was, 'I miss George Lucas.' For all the complaining that I'd done about him in the prequels, there was something amazing about his imagination. I do feel like his voice is missing from the current ones."

Pegg was one of the most well-known Star Wars prequel detractors, using his role on Spaced to voice his frustrations with those films and Jar Jar Binks. Considering Pegg's history, this is a pretty surprising 180 for the actor. It's worth ing he had a small role in Abrams initially had a different idea for Rey's parentage.

All in all, Pegg has certainly mellowed out in regards to the prequels, fans would have hated his sequel trilogy ideas, so there's no telling if Pegg would have been on board with them. It'll be interesting to see if Abrams brings Pegg back in some capacity for Episode IX, but for the time being, it sounds like the actor isn't jumping at the chance to be in more Star Wars.