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'The Last Jedi' Director Rian Johnson Says Kathleen Kennedy Hired Him To Make 'Empire Strikes Back' For Sequel Trilogy: "I Took That Assignment Very Seriously"

Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie) realizes her time's run out in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Last Jedi (2017), Disney While Star Wars fans will forever debate whether or not he was at all successful in the effort, The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson says that rather than any sort of attempt to intentionally torch the franchise’s reputation, the highly-divisive was an earnest attempt at fulfilling Lucasfilm President Katheen Kennedy’s wish for…

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After years of silence, Rian Johnson finally broke the ice over his Star Wars trilogy... and it’s not good news. In an interview with Rolling Stone, the director of The Last Jedi admitted that the project never advanced beyond a conceptual stage. “Nothing really happened to her,” Johnson said. “We had a good relationship and said, ‘Let’s do it!’ But then Knives Out came up and I focused on it.” According to Johnson, not a single treatment or scr…

Director Rian Johnson gives the reason why his Star Wars trilogy never became a reality.

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