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In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Hamill and director Rian Johnson discussed the scene. "The first thing I said was, 'Can't you wait and do this in Episode IX?'" Hamill revealed. Unfortunately, it was time for Luke's story to end. "I think the hero's journey of Luke Skywalker concluded in Return of the Jedi," Johnson explained[...]

Walk into this film as spoiler-free as you possibly can. Rian Johnson has crafted a film that should be impossible This is a film that has to accomplish so much, and the results on the screen not only exceed the huge expectations placed on it, but also create a new standard that the saga must live[...]

There is a lot of speculation about what Rian Johnson's next Star Wars trilogy is going to be about All we know is that it takes place away from the Skywalkers, but further than that, we don't have many clues to go off of Here is one hyper-specific thing it isn't going to be though:[...]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi writer-director Rian Johnson loves to take photos This is not shocking; a glimpse at the filmmaker's Instagram account shows that. What is shocking (and actually pretty cool) is Johnson's collective galleries from various press junkets around the world, as well as his on-set collections. But really you're here for more Last Jedi goodness, right? So,[...]

When Rian Johnson took on Star Wars: The Last Jedi, I'm sure there were a lot of dos and don'ts decided, as well as ideas of where these characters had to end up I don't doubt there was wiggle room, but it might well have been tight. Coming into the next planned trilogy though, it seems[...]

Rian Johnson is in France doing press for the upcoming release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi While there, he went ahead and confirmed that the runtime of the film is 2 hours and 30 minutes, including credits That will make this the longest Star Wars film to date IGN France tweeted out the details: #LesDerniersJedi[...]

So, the new Last Jedi trailer has hit, and Star Wars fans are in a tizzy. What does it all mean??? We try to unpack a little of what we just saw.

#TheLastJedi pic.twitter.com/woC9KF4GH8 — Star Wars (@starwars) October 8, 2017 After some headlines stating that Last Jedi director Rian Johnson urged fans concerned about spoilers to "avoid the trailer at all costs" ran, Johnson commented today that this wasn't the case. https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/917524490774487040 We ALSO got a brand new poster released by the Star Wars twitter account at the beginning of tonight's Minnesota[...]

We are finally getting the final trailer for The Last Jedi tomorrow During Monday night Football! Tickets will also be on sale for the latest Star Wars film

Breaking longstanding tradition, Rian Johnson has wrapped filming on Star Wars: The Last Jedi as the director who both started and finished the project. Johnson posted the news on Instagram, writing, "Aaaand that's a wrap on the hardest working post production team in the galaxy Going to miss sitting in dark rooms with these goobers." In[...]

We all have those things we hold close, that are essential to us – even if most people don't always get us. For one lucky Star Wars fan, The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson (Brick) was that "saving grace" – and all it took was a tweet about the adorably-not-too-adorable porgs that also gave us a[...]

Someone needs to remind Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson (Brick) that when you direct something as huge as a Star Wars film, there's no way you can control everything that's being put out there — so it's probably best not to make "guarantees" that things won't be spoiled. When asked yesterday about the possibility[...]

By this time next week, the world could be a smoldering pile of ash, and we're still months — months!! — away from the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. With that concern in mind, some conscientious persons on Twitter have begun asking The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson to release the movie early so[...]

There was trouble brewing between John Boyega and Rian Johnson on the set of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and the reason is so mind-blowing that we had to keep it out of the headline so you wouldn't find out why until after you clicked on our article. Boyega appeared recently on Entertainment Weekly's SiriusXM radio[...]

They released a behind-the-scenes reel for everyone to see, but if you weren't in the room, you didn't miss much. The director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson, fanboyed out on Mark Hamill, who pointed out that he really shouldn't talk anymore because it gets him in trouble He poked fun at the media (hey,[...]

credit// Sarah Trevino via Twitter Today at D23, Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson debuted a new behind the scenes reel about the making of The Last Jedi Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, and Oscar Isaac all make appearances in the clip, which discusses the creative process behind the eagerly-awaited sequels to everyone's favorite sci-fi franchise[...]

In a new interview in the June issue of Vanity Fair, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy and Director Rian Johnson continued to dance around the topic of The Last Jedi and what that title may mean to the film Kennedy herself points out that the title is an intentional one: "That's actually what's interesting about the title,[...]

Whenever anything Star Wars is found the internet reacts accordingly. As much as Lucasfilm would like to keep things under wraps until the film comes out,

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson announced the name of the brand new planet seen in the teaser trailer released earlier today. If you missed the trailer: https://youtu.be/zB4I68XVPzQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Star Wars: The Last Jedi Official Teaser (https://youtu.be/zB4I68XVPzQ) Crait! So that weird looking blood dust planet we get the race on?  Rian[...]

At the Last Jedi panel at Star Wars Celebration Orlando today, Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson revealed that he was the only other person on set besides the official photographer who could take photos without being tacked Bringing his trusty camera along, Johnson took lots of shots of the cast and crew[...]

As the Last Jedi panel at Star Wars Celebration Orlando, the crowd (and live stream viewers) have been treated to photos from the upcoming film, Star

Back in January, our very own Rich Johnston told you to keep an eye on Marvel Comics Star Wars #49, which has the title The Last Jedi right on the cover.

Talking to senior editor at the New Republic Jeet Heer, Rian Johnson seemingly defended the prequels, saying that they play as a morality play about fascism for kids He said: @HeerJeet Pssst Devil's advocate: the prequels are a 7 hour long kids movie about how fear of loss turns good people into fascists ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ — Rian Johnson[...]

Chu is out, but an even more intriguing shortlist of directors are now up for grabs for the planned live action adaptation of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, according to a new report from Schmoes Know. Those guys, who have been pretty spot on lately in regards to fanboy property news, report that Sony[...]

Jamie Wotton writes for Bleeding Cool. Busy doing press for his scifi action flick Looper, Rian Johnson hopped onto Reddit for an Ask Me Anything, where he was of course asked about all manner of things. Having already directed several episodes of TV, Johnson was asked if he was interested in doing any more and he responded[...]

But all three have big roles in Rian Johnson's Looper, and that's looking like something they should all be proud of. Here's the first UK full trailer for the film. The Fosse-flavoured dance sequences are getting to be a thing with Johnson, by the look of things Not that I'm complaining – everybody loves those winners. Now, it[...]

Josh Hylton writes for Bleeding Cool: Rian Johnson isn't a recognizable name to most people Aside from some television work on shows like Breaking Bad, he has only directed two films: the critically acclaimed high school film noir Brick; and the less well received, but nevertheless charming, The Brothers Bloom Not much is known about his[...]