Rian Johnson 'Not Involved' With Star Wars 9

Star war : The Last Jedidirector Rian Johnson confirmed he has no participation with the upcomingEpisode IX . The sequel trilogy finale has expire through a variety of change recently , withForce AwakenshelmsmanJ.J. Abrams replacing Colin Trevorrow as directorand Lucasfilm go the exit datefrom May to December of 2019 . Abrams is also co - write the script withOscar - winner Chris Terrio , after multiple gulp from Trevorrow and Jack Thorne fail to get the ball rolling on the film .

Before Abrams bless on , a democratic pick for the business amongst fan was Johnson . While there are still about two months untilEpisode VIIIhits theatre ( as of this committal to writing ) , everything is pointing to a riveting and exciting chapter in the Skywalker kin saga , with Johnson challenging the cast of characters of character andcreating new rules for the franchise . Though the filmmaker hasexpressed his desire to return to the galaxy far , far awayat some point in the future ( thanks to a great experience with Lucasfilm ) , he is sittingEpisode IXout and give full rein to Abrams .

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In an consultation withTHR , Johnson was in brief ask aboutStar Wars 9making references to the event ofThe Last Jedi . When inquired about"any discussions"Johnson may have had aboutEpisode IX , he had this to say :

" J.J. Abrams is doing a third flick . I ’m not involved in it . They ’ll be writing their own report but keep on with what we did . "

When Johnson was first charter forEpisode VIII , reports betoken he would also pen a intervention forEpisode IX , but earlier this year he said that was"old info"no longer accurate . clearly so , he aim all his elbow grease behindThe Last Jedi , doing everything in his exponent to ascertain the continuation was as great as it could be . Some fans will be disappoint that he ’s not stick around in some capability ( Abrams is an executive manufacturer onThe Last Jedi ) , but Johnson has definitely earned the right wing to take a faulting before turning his attention to other projects . IfLast Jedilives up to its on - paper potential , Johnson should have no shortage of options on his collection plate , including the clout to develop original ideas on a grand scale ( see : Christopher Nolan makingInceptionafterThe Dark Knight ) . As playfulness as it is to make aStar Warsmovie , Johnson would believably wish some variety on his résumé .

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Though Johnson wo n’t be part of theEpisode IXcreative team , his influence should be matte in the film . Abrams is one of the many to praise theLast Jediscreenplay , remarkinghe like he could have steer it himself . Whatever Johnson did with the textile seems to have inspired Abrams to think outside the box in terms of whatStar Warsis capable of , as he recently said his next moviewill take viewers to places they have n’t become beforein the wandflower far , far forth . AfterThe Force Awakensleaned on nostalgia to rekindle interview ' love for the sword , Abrams empathize that approach wo n’t work again . WithLast Jedipoised to take things in raw directions , the encumbrance will be on Abrams and Terrio to keep that ball rolling . Fortunately , they seem up for the challenge , soEpisode IXis in proficient hands .