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Rian Johnson Says His Scrapped ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Was ‘Very Conceptual’ and ‘Never’ Had an ‘Outline or Treatment or Anything’: ‘Nothing Really Happened With It’ (variety.com)
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Rian Johnson says he scrapped 'Star Wars' trilogy was 'very conceptual' and 'never' had an 'outline or treatment or anything.'

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Last Jedi is still the best of the new trilogy in my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think if you cut out the unnecessary side trip with the casino that it’s a decent movie, and yeah, probably the best of the three either way.

My issue with it beyond that was that Johnson and Abrams didn’t really try to keep their writing cohesive. TRoS was a hot mess because of that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That problem started with the first though. Not giving any clue what Rey's background was and then deciding that he didn't like Johnson's take on it was JJ Abrams' fault…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

Most of it is on Abrams’ shoulders, I agree. Johnson reportedly asked him if he was cool that his script was going to be a big departure, and Abrams gave him the green light.

Abrams famously cannot follow through with anything he sets up, so this isn’t a surprise to me, merely a disappoint that he was allowed to screw up the only sequel trilogy we’re ever going to get.