Rian Johnson Feels Fantastic About ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’

The changeover from Star Wars: The Last Jedi to The Rise of Skywalker had everybody feeling some sort of method, and it continues to today. Was J.J. Abrams spitefully undoing Rian Johnson’s work in Jedi, or are the 2 extra in dialog with each other than they seem? In Johnson’s eyes, it’s the latter, and one thing he harbors no unwell will about.

Whereas chatting with Rolling Stone about Poker Face’s just-wrapped second season, he revealed he had “a good time” watching Skywalker and didn’t really feel valuable about how issues shook out. “I didn’t really feel resentful in a roundabout way,” he stated. “In my perspective, J.J. did the identical factor with the third that I did with the second, which isn’t digging it up and undoing — simply telling the story the best way that was most compelling going ahead. Meaning not simply validating what got here earlier than, however recontextualizing it and evolving and altering because the story strikes ahead.” For individuals who do have issues with Skywalker, or any Star Wars movie, Johnson suggested you test YouTube. (Assuming you already haven’t.)

Regardless of some on-line backlash to Jedi, it appeared Lucasfilm wished to maintain Johnson on board, at one level giving him the keys to a complete Star Wars trilogy. However he says he solely acquired so far as concepting concepts with Kathleen Kennedy when he caught the homicide thriller bug. After “Knives Out occurred,” he was tapped to make two sequels— the third movie, Wake Up Useless Man, is due in December—and located time to do Poker Face for Peacock. In the intervening time, he’s “completely joyful” making his personal stuff, however he additionally reiterated what he’s said before: if there’s ever an opportunity to make that trilogy or anything Star Wars-associated, he’ll gladly take it.

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