LOS ANGELES – If Zack Snyder’s new Netflix sci-fi movie epic “Rebel Moon” looks and feels a lot like a “Star Wars” film, that’s because it was originally pitched as one.
From its humble villagers in a far-flung galaxy battling planet-destroying imperial overlords, to its superheated swords, and even its title, the similarities with George Lucas’s creation are unavoidable.
But when Snyder’s pitch to Lucasfilm a decade or so ago didn’t work out, the director went ahead and created his own sprawling, mythology-packed universe instead — something that he now sees as a huge blessing.
“When it turned out that that wasn’t gonna work out, my wife and producing partner Deborah said to me, ‘this is the best news that you possibly could have gotten,'” recalled Snyder.
“The process of creating this world, though exhausting and very time consuming — and really the amount of…
