STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Director Rian Johnson Teases Big Plans For His Upcoming Trilogy
Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson will start work on a whole new trilogy of movies in the near future and he talks here about his excitement to develop a new story in the Star Wars Universe.
Earlier this month, we learned that Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has been hired by Warner Bros. to take the helm of a Star Wars trilogy set in an entirely different part of the Star Wars Universe. No details have been revealed about the direction that will head in or if it will replace the current Skywalker Saga. However, the belief is that it will revolve around an entirely new cast.
It's also going to be set in a different part of this universe, a game changing decision which could alter this franchise forever. Will it take place in a new time period or show a different side of one we're already familiar with? Right now, we have countless questions but Johnson is excited to get to work!
"We’re gonna have to see," the filmmaker said when he was asked about the upcoming trilogy. "I’m just in the very beginning of starting to come up with what the new trilogy is going to be. But I can tell you this, what makes me so excited about it, is the idea of doing a new story on the big canvas of three movies in this world. There’s just so much potential and I can’t wait to jump into it."
It sounds like it could be a way off then and it will more than likely kick off following the release of Star Wars Episode IX. As a result, it's going to be a while before we hear anything concrete but Lucasfilm clearly has plenty of confidence in the filmmaker and that probably means we should too, right?
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