The latest film from the director of 'Rogue One' is neither a masterpiece nor a complete misfire.
Is artificial intelligence really our enemy or is our fear of it the real problem? That is one of the moral dilemmas that The Creator attempts to address as it unpacks the very real and present threat of AI, through a heightened sci-fi lens. Seven years after the release of the critically acclaimed Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, director Gareth Edwards has returned to the world of high-stakes sci-fi—and this time, it is entirely of his own design.
While AI is the overarching body of The Creator, there is a human heart at the center of the story in Joshua , a jaded ex-special ops guy who wears the scars of the LA bombing not just mentally, but physically too.
In cultural anthropology, there are several indicators used to identify if a society is "civilized" and Edwards neatly weaves in three of the key aspects into his portrayal of the society that artificial intelligence has made for itself. They care for their sick, mourn their dead, and have an organized religion of their own.
The Issue With 'The Creator's Flawed Messaging In the same way that the Vietnam War and the United States military’s war crimes inspired George Lucas to create Star Wars and the villainous imperialistic Empire, there is no debate that The Creator’s main antagonist is the US Army. For Edwards, however, it’s less about painting broad-stroke allusions to the war and more about directly recreating the atrocities with jarring shock-value visuals.
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