Colin Trevorrow Says The Book Of Henry Is Basically Star Wars

Colin Trevorrow Says The Book Of Henry Is Basically Star Wars
Colin Trevorrow Says The Book Of Henry Is Basically Star Wars

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There are a number of different ways that one could describe Colin Trevorrow's The Book of Henry. "Unconventional" is an adjective I might use for his drama. "Unpredictable," is another. As is "flawed." But never once did it cross my mind that The Book of Henry -- the story of a young boy who helps his mother (Naomi Watts) catch a potential abuser from beyond the grave -- is a "carbon copy" of George Lucas' genre-defining Star Wars: A New Hope. And yet, there's this:

Someday we’ll get drunk and I’ll lay out how that movie is a carbon copy of A New Hope. My favorite bar trick for fellow story nerds.

— Colin Trevorrow (@colintrevorrow) April 24, 2018

It's wholly possible that Colin Trevorrow is being sarcastic. Because, while I only saw The Book of Henry once (and once was more than enough), there was no way to mistake the story that he was telling in Henry for the one that George Lucas spun around farm boy Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and his destiny to save a galaxy.

What could Trevorrow be talking about? In The Book of Henry, a menacing neighbor (played by Dean Norris of Breaking Bad) is suspected of possibly abusing his step-daughter (Maddie Ziegler). Because Henry (Jaeden Lieberher of IT) succumbs tot a brain tumor before he is able to prove that Norris' character is committing a potential crime, he leaves extensive clues for his mother, Susan (Naomi Watts), to follow to unmask Norris as a criminal.

Refresh my memory, was there a scene in A New Hope where Obi-wan Kenobi almost takes out Darth Vader with a sniper rifle while listening to instructions from a deceased Luke Skywalker? Because that happens in The Book of Henry.

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