download the new Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi

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Perhaps one day, long after the sequel trilogy has concluded, we'll learn what Abrams' original vision for all three movies was.Ĭhris Agar is a senior movie/TV news editor for Screen Rant and one of Screen Rant's Rotten Tomatoes approved critics. Originally, the plan was to have General Leia Organa (the last of the original big three to survive in-universe) at the forefront of the finale, but Fisher's death forced the filmmakers to start from scratch and devise something new. Besides Johnson apparently going in his own direction for The Last Jedi, Lucasfilm also has to address the tragic passing of Carrie Fisher somehow in Star Wars 9. Whatever Abrams had in mind for Episode IX will definitely be heavily altered as well. That said, Abrams did like Johnson's pitch and wanted to direct The Last Jedi himself after reading the final script. Unfortunately, we don't know what was in Abrams' Episode VIII draft, making it difficult to compare the two. Filmmaking, of course, is a collaborative process, however, meaning Johnson brought his concepts to the table, which apparently won out. Though Abrams was set to helm only one Star Wars film at the time, it's very possible he had his own ideas of where the story could go for the latter two installments and wrote them down so he could bounce them off of the other directors that came in. Johnson was hired for the Last Jedi job back in 2014 when Force Awakens was in the midst of production and did meet with Abrams to discuss his script.

Ridley herself doesn't sound entirely sure if this is how it all transpired, but these comments do make sense.

Download the new Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi