Rian Johnson’s relationship with the team leading “Star Wars” is kept under the best conditions. Some fans, the most disenchanted by his work in “The Last Jedi”, hoped that the director’s foray into the saga would end with directing and writing the aforementioned film. Nothing is further from reality. Johnson himself explained this in statements to Empire, assuring it a future collaboration is still in mind for which we simply need to find space.
Since Episode VIII was released, there has been talk of a second Johnson project with “Star Wars”: a galactic trilogy whose development would completely fall into the hands of the creator of the successful “Daggers in the back”. Even since then, both Johnson and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy have had to clarify on numerous occasions that, even if they don’t get to work, the project is still running. Now the director reiterates: “I stayed in touch with Kathleen [Kennedy] and we meet often to talk about it. It is simply a matter of balancing the schedules and looking for the gap. If I couldn’t go back to “Star Wars” at some point and the project failed, it would break my heart.”. The problem is that Johnson is: very busy, mainly with the “Daggers” sequels. The first of them, ‘The Mystery of the Glass Onion’ is already on its way, with a premiere scheduled for December 23rd; but the second still monopolizes his support.
This is something that seems to irritate Kennedy in a way, whose genuine interest transcends along with a veiled disdain for Netflix, which has “stolen” one of his favorite creatives. “Rian had huge success with “Daggers” and is very busy developing the sequels. So we’ll have to wait a while. Also, keep in mind that we work three or five years in advance … But we love it. “.
proud of his work
Also, in a conversation by the same medium, Rian Johnson confessed this five years later he feels even more proud of his work in “The Last Jedi”controversial film that divided fans but not critics, who unanimously applauded the work of its director. “The final intention was not to move away from the soul of the saga, but to reach its fundamental core, the foundation of the myth.. Ultimately, I hope the film is an affirmation of the power of “Star Wars” myths in our lives. “he says, adding that Luke Skywalker’s farewell, which failed for some, is unwanted “deconstruct” its myth but “exalt it while he accepts it”.
Source: E Cartelera
