ST Rian Johnson to write and direct Episode VIII (and also new SW Trilogy - see page 194)

Ya just because I have TFA last on my list doesn't mean I don't like it. I just don't like it as much as the others.

He did say it, but he was joking.

 

from RJ

riancjohnsonFelt so good to drop this into the cut this morning.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPqBSPZBRoo/?taken-by=riancjohnson

 

Director of Han Solo Anthology
Chris Miller ‏@chrizmillr 23h23 hours ago

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the title THE LAST JEDI @rianjohnson but it kind of tips that you're making a shot-for-shot remake of The Last Starfighter w Star Wars ppl
Rian Johnson ‏@rianjohnson 19h19 hours ago

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@chrizmillr Shhhhhhhhhh


Brian ‏@PurgeFan 15h15 hours ago

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@rianjohnson love the #StarWarsTheLastJedi title!! Just curious, is the red wording just for the poster, or will the opening words be red 2?
Rian Johnson ‏@rianjohnson 14h14 hours ago More @PurgeFan Just the poster. I am not an anarchist.


Adam Hlavac ‏@adamhlavac 33m33 minutes ago

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@rianjohnson You editing your beast in Adobe Premiere?
Rian Johnson ‏@rianjohnson 20m20 minutes ago

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@adamhlavac No, we cut on AVID. That's Adam who assembles temp effects for us, he works in after effects.

 

My like is for this one!

Rian Johnson ‏@rianjohnson 14h14 hours ago More @PurgeFan Just the poster. I am not an anarchist.

 

Rian is perhaps the most entertaining SW director of the whole bunch.

 

He says TLJ tone is fun. So much for people reading doom and gloom from the title.

 

Red on black crawl would be insufferable on eyes.

 

Agreed. It's nice as a small change for the poster. But yellow and black is a much better combination.

 

I don’t think the opening crawl being a different colour was ever in question, IMO. However, I hope the red font stays for other marketing materials and the Blu Ray cover and whatnot.

 

IIRC, they had a version of the TFA script red on black, which Anthony Daniels said was basically impossible to read.

 

I believe him.

 

New interview with Rian Johnson courtesy of the fittingly titled Empire Magazine.

http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/rian-johnson-last-jedi-interview/

 

Name three non-Star Wars films you watched in preparation.

Twelve O’Clock High was a big touchstone, for the feel and look of the aerial combat as well as the dynamic between the pilots. Three Outlaw Samurai for the feel of the sword-fighting, and the general sense of pulpy fun. And To Catch A Thief was a great film to rewatch, for the romantic scale and grandeur.

 

That was my biggest take away. In case anyone was wondering, The Last Jedi will in fact involve both lightsaber fights and spaceship-on-spaceship action.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a Star Wars movie on our hands.

 

I didn't know Rian had a cameo in R1.

and a Wookie

 

Mhm. He and Gareth Edwards traded cameos; the latter appears in The Last Jedi as a Resistance soldier.

 

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OMG, Rian spoiled the movie! Woo-hoo!

12 O'clock High = Poe (war)
3 Outlaw Samurai = Luke, Rey, Kylo (Jedi stuff...they are base don the samurai so...)
To Catch a Thief = Finn and KMT (romance)

To Catch a Thief even has a coastal old town location similar to Dubrovnik.

 

I definitely see the influence of TCAF on the Dubrovnik location.

 

I'm getting excited about this movie to an unhealthy degree.

 

PymParticles I know, right? And it's gonna look so damn beautiful. "Samurai" in Ireland. "Thieves" in Dubrovnik. Pilots in space. Throw in promised amazing cinematography and it's gonna blow minds.

 

Yeah, I'm rapidly reaching the dangerous point where I'm very close to thinking, "There's no way this won't be my favorite Star Wars movie," and I've yet to see a single frame.

 

Ha,ha, same!

 

and have Luke survive, then I'm happy.