Interesting take on Star Wars, because I think it should rather be used as a counterexample: Star Wars was made during the starting era of the "Blockbuster"-movie[0]. Just after movies like Jaws (1975) were a huge success at the box office two years earlier, studios were willing to throw money at directors to counteract any creative constraints.

Far better examples would have been The Blairwitch Project (1999) or Following (1998).

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster_(entertainment)#Bl...