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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Director Rian Johnson Describes George Lucas’ Prequel Trilogy As Children’s Movie About Fascists

June 29, 2020

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson recently described George Lucas' Star Wars prequel trilogy as children's movie about fascists. Johnson responded to a tweet from Scott Malthouse who stated, "Sa...

The Mandalorian Creator Jon Favreau Signals New Attitude Towards Star Wars Fans

John F. Trent

June 23, 2020

Movies

The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau recently signaled that Lucasfilm will take a new attitude towards Star Wars fans. Following the release of The Last Jedi, a film that fractured the Star Wars fandom receiv...

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Director Rian Johnson Responds To The New York Times Headlines About President Trump Vowing To End Chaos

John F. Trent

June 2, 2020

Celebrity

Hot takes from Hollywood on politics don't seem to be ending any time soon and Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson is the latest to add his thoughts. Johnson's comments come in response to a headl...

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Director Rian Johnson Claims He Did Not Test Screen The Film

John F. Trent

March 20, 2020

Movies

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson recently claimed that he did not test screen the film, but wished that he did. As reported by ScreenRant, Johnson spoke about his wish to test screen The Last J...

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Director Rian Johnson Admits He Didn’t Care About Star Wars Canon And History

John F. Trent

March 3, 2020

Movies

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson admitted he really didn't care about Star Wars canon in a recent interview discussing Johnson's Knives Out film. https://youtu.be/v98NTr4D5PE?t=619 Johnson w...

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Director Rian Johnson and Kelly Marie Tran React To J.J. Abrams’ The Rise Of Skywalker

John F. Trent

February 11, 2020

Movies

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson and Kelly Marie Tran reacted to the final installment of the Disney Sequel Trilogy, J.J. Abrams' The Rise of Skywalker, while at the Oscars. Johnson spoke to MT...

Rian Johnson Defends His Portrayal of Luke Skywalker Describing Him as a “True Mythic Hero”

John F. Trent

December 20, 2019

Movies

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson took to Twitter to defend his portrayal of Luke Skywalker describing him as a "true mythic hero." Johnson would respond to a Tweet from Gil Gonzalez who shared ...

Rian Johnson Believes Attempting to Appeal to Fans is a “Mistake”

Spencer Baculi

December 19, 2019

Movies

Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Knives Out director Rian Johnson stated in a recent interview that he believes that attempting to appeal to fans instead of making the audience feel “challenged” is a “mistake.” ...

‘Taylor Swift: Bad Blood’ Director Joseph Kahn Describes The Last Jedi’s Interpretation of The Force as “Meaningless Participation Trophy”

John F. Trent

December 16, 2019

Movies

Taylor Swift: Bad Blood director Joseph Kahn took Disney and Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi to task with its depiction of the Force describing it as a "meaningless participation trophy." Kahn, who also directe...

John Boyega Describes Finn’s Role in Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi as “A Bit Iffy”

John F. Trent

December 10, 2019

Movies

Star Wars actor John Boyega openly criticized Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi describing it as "a bit iffy." In an interview with Hypebeast, Boyega notes that The Force Awakens was "the beginning of something q...

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