Domhnall Gleeson is excited to knead with JJ Abrams again inStar Wars : Episode IX . As one of several young grapheme introduced in 2015’sThe Force Awakens , the Irish thespian presently take on the function of General Hux - a First Order military leader who   both works alongside and competes with Kylo Ren ( Adam Driver ) for the favor of Supreme Leader Snoke ( Andy Serkis ) .

For a few days , fan speculated as to who will take over , withThe Last Jedi - director Rian Johnson ’s name seeming to be a fan favorite . As it turns out , Lucasfilm decided to go with the one who kicked - off the sequel trilogy , tapping the tried and tested J.J. Abramsto close out the sequel trilogy . confessedly , not everyone was exuberant of the announcement , but Gleeson is excited about the prognosis of reunify with the prolific movie maker .

Speaking withIGNwhile boost his upcoming gig in the Tom Cruise - led picture , American Made , Gleeson danced around his answer when expect regardingStar Wars 9director kerfuffle saying:“but , you know , I think it ’s very bad for Colin but if that was – but if the right affair to do is to part party , the most right affair to do is the same in any human relationship , you know ? That come about . “Despite being coy with talking about the specific incident , the Irish thespian was more outgoing when expressing his cerebration about Lucasfilm ’s pick to replace Trevorrow :

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" And then with J.J. , he ’s a great film director . I think that he did a bright occupation on the first one and it defecate downright horse sense why after they take off caller with Colin that was the piazza they look and I mean it ’s very exciting for the fans of the motion-picture show that he ’s back . "

Interestingly , Gleeson ’s solution is non - committal about his involution inEpisode IX , presumably to prevent any unknowingly give away spoilers . While he will seem inThe Last Jedi , his involvement in its sequel is not yet verified .

While he has his disparager , it ’s graspable why anyone would be excited by Abrams ' proceeds . He successfully relaunched the franchise and invigorate our passion for the storeyed sci - fi / phantasy franchise , work back the bequest character and introduce us to new ace , all while earn more than $ 2 billion dollar bill at the global box office .   The question now is whether Abrams will be as good in ready a narrative up as he is in tie up all the storyline he started inThe Force Awakensalong with those total by Johnson inThe Last Jedi .

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