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Perhaps you've seen some chatter in the Twitterverse or Redditsphere over the past two days regarding whether or not Rian Johnson's Star Wars trilogy is happening This of course is a trilogy independant of the main saga (of which Johnson masterfully-directed Star Wars: The Last Jedi), and would reportedly be a whole new set of persons in the[...]

Filmmaker Rian Johnson may have been directing a movie, or he may have been pokemon collecting with one of the most impressive cast lists we've seen assembled in the last several years for his upcoming flick, Knives Out. Filmmaker Rian Johnson at the 44th Annual Saturn AwardsPhoto by Eugene Powers / Shutterstock.com Included in the film are Daniel[...]

In case you didn't realize, a friendly reminder that it's been a year since Star Wars: The Last Jedi hit theaters [and the fandom] with all the impact of a speederbike into a tree on Endor. Filmmaker Rian Johnson at the 44th Annual Saturn AwardsPhoto by Editorial credit: Eugene Powers / Shutterstock.com There are still heated debates about[...]

That situation prompted Last Jedi director Rian Johnson to take to Twitter to denounce harassment while reminding fans that the "VAST majority" of Star Wars fans don't engage in that kind of behavior. On social media a few unhealthy people can cast a big shadow on the wall, but over the past 4 years I've met[...]

Trevorrow last August. Editorial credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com When Trevorrow was fired, one of the first things people wondered was whether they would ask The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson to take on another movie At the time the fanboys hadn't seen the movie and hadn't yet turned on Johnson, and everyone seemed really excited[...]

And I didn't really have any confirmation that the panel of star Mark Hamill, director Rian Johnson, and producer Ram Bergman would actually occur. But I showed up anyway, clutching my new copy of Jason Fry's new The Last Jedi novelization and waiting out the rest of the early morning at the very front of the[...]

It also includes some of the long-rumored tense scenes between Mark Hamill and Rian Johnson over the direction of Luke's character It all turned out alright if you ask me, and the two seem to be on great terms now. Star Wars: The Last Jedi hits streaming services tomorrow, while the Blu-ray hits stores on March[...]

Despite its highly polarizing fan reception, Star Wars: The Last Jedi was a grand turning point in a franchise that's grown with its viewers over the past 40 years.  For better or worse, Rian Johnson helmed a fascinating entry into the series, and the DVD/Blu-ray release for Episode IIX is right around the corner. Writer/Director Rian Johnson on[...]

Chances are, with over $1 billion worldwide from the box office, you've seen Star Wars: The Last Jedi at least once by this point.  If you haven't and are concerned about spoilers, go find something else to read as I'll be talking about a plot point or two. Still here?  Great! In Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi, there are many[...]

More proof that Kelly Marie Tran is adorable — see her audition for the role of Rose Tico in Star Wars: The Last Jedi with John Boyega.

Writer/director Rian Johnson knew his audience well, and hid numerous nods to the fandom in his film Some of these things are well known now after a weekend of repeated viewings (I myself saw it twice), but maybe you missed some of the other things. There will be spoilers here, folks, so if you haven't seen the[...]

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[...]