Rian Johnson says STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI’s goofy humor is ‘deeply Star Wars to me’

Star Wars: The Last Jedi it’s hands down the most divisive Star Wars movie out there. Some fans hated it, with some supporting it, but many were angry at the incongruity of the storyline and even the feeling that it was a real Star Wars history. A film editor said The Last Jedi tried to “undo” the story of The force awakens. Star Wars author Alan Dean Foster he didn’t like it so much that he actually ended up writing his own treatment for Episode IX to try and undo the damage he thought had been done. But to this day, the director of the film Rian Johnson he still says he’s as proud of the film as he’s ever been.

He went on to defend the film in a recent video from GQ’s ‘Breaks Down His Most Iconic Films’ series by saying:

“For me, everything in the film is Star Warsand everything in the film I can trace deeply, deeply, what Star Wars and for me. Everyone has a different view. I know there are Star Wars fans who somehow think so Star Wars it was serious, like Batman movies or something. I was so young that when I looked The empire strikes againit had such a profound impact on me, because it was terrifying, because I was young enough not to feel like I was watching a Star Wars movie, but to feel too real.”

The director cited two specific moments from the original trilogy of films. Johnson called Return of the Jedi when Han Solo is tied to a pile of tinder and the ewoks are preparing to light and cook him. In response, Solo tries to put out the flames.

“Anyone who thinks goofy humor has no place in the Star Wars universe, I don’t know if they’ve seen Return of the Jedi. Even in the first movie, they’re in the heart of the Death Star and they’re trying to make this desperate move to get out with their lives and save the princess, while pretending that Chewbacca is their prisoner. The little imperial droid approaches, Chewbacca roars at him and the droid, like a frightened dog, walks away [screeching].”

Johnson then went on to talk about his approach to the film, saying:.

“It’s not very interesting to just think about Star Wars meta. At the same time, you’re dealing with a story about heroes, and a younger generation meeting their heroes, and a generation that’s now the older generation. generation of heroes who are dealing with being role models for the younger generation, while being human beings with flaws and weaknesses.And someone who plays the role of a legend but who feels fallible as a human being, at the end of the film realizing the value that that legend has, and realizing that their place is to step forward and be the one for the younger generation. When you’re dealing with all these things, the legends that we grew up with, that I grew up with , were the characters from Star Wars “If I think about the thing in my life that has been the most consistent thing about all of that, it’s these movies. And again, anyone making a Star Wars movie today is going to be involved in their relationship to Star Wars itself in some way. “

Does any of this change the way you see? The Last Jedi? Were you able to go back and see it with kinder eyes, or did you like it from the beginning? Let us know below.