Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is fast approaching and after the divisive events of
The Last Jedi, many fans are hoping that director J.J. Abrams can find a satisfying way to wrap up this story.
After all, the filmmaker did a great job with
The Force Awakens, delivering a fan-pleasing box office hit which set the stage for a long of big mysteries...most of which Rian Johnson later threw out (the identity of Rey's parents and the mystery surrounding Supreme Leader Snoke, for example).
Now, Abrams has shared his thoughts on whether he went into
The Rise of Skywalker with the intention to fix some of the controversial creative decisions made in the franchise's previous chapter.
"I never found myself trying to repair anything. If I had done VIII, I would have done things differently, just as Rian would have done things differently if he had done VII. But having worked on [TV], I was accustomed to creating stories and characters that then were run by other people."
"If you’re willing to walk away from the thing that you created and you believe it’s in trustworthy hands, you have to accept that some of the decisions being made are not gonna be the same that you would make. And if you come back into it, you have to honor what’s been done."
The concerning thing about this is that it sounds like Lucasfilm never really had a plan for this trilogy and have basically been making things up as they go along! With any luck, we'll still get a satisfying conclusion and one that ties everything together nicely and successfully wraps up the long-running "Skywalker Saga."
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