The director of the film Steven Spielberg said that in his new film, filled with various references, there will be no mention of "Star Wars", because he could not buy them the rights.
A popular director told during a press conference on "The First Player to Be Prepared," that he simply did not manage to agree on the rights to use the "Star Wars". Spielberg clarified that he did not abandon the popular universe, namely he could not get it. Benjamin Mendelsohn, who is at the conference, who took part in the film Spielberg and in the film "Outcast-one: Star Wars. Stories, "joked that the director could have turned to him, and the actor would have built another Star of Death.
It is worth noting that the marketing campaign of the film has already pushed fans to search for a variety of all kinds of references and "Easter eggs". "Superman", "Back to the Future", "Disappearing Guys", "Breakfast Club", and many other things have already been mentioned in the trailers and on the posters of the film "The First Player to Be Prepared." Steven Spielberg also said that he had collected rights for the film for three years, but he could not get everything, not just the "Star Wars". According to the director, he could not acquire the rights to "Ultramen" and "Close contacts of the third degree". However, Spielberg clarifies that there is always a chance to get them for a sequel, the script of which is being written at the moment.
At the center of the story of the film, "The first player to prepare" will be a guy named Wade Watts, who is drawn into underground resistance, which seeks to free all users of the OASIS game - a huge universe of virtual reality, the creator of which left it a digital "Easter egg".