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The Rian Johnson Thread

Discussion in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' started by Viral Hide, Sep 4, 2014.

  1. Darth Qaidous

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    Just curious, is that a joke? Or is there any evidence to support that they have been messing with their director's creative control?

    I'll grant that I'm not in the know, but I haven't heard of anything like that occurring. Seems to me Disney just wants to make money and "fixing" something that isn't broke might just affect their profits. Yeah they have a deserved reputation for putting on a "squeaky clean" façade, but they have different divisions separate from the actual Disney name that are allowed to do their own thing as long as those divisions bring them money. Star Wars/Lucasfilm is doing a pretty god job of that thus far. That being said I'm sure they're letting RJ do his thing. I'm confident we'll love whatever that is for Episode VIII.
     
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    Why do you consider the ending of "LOOPER" to be a major plot hole?


    Has anyone heard about the hullabaloo over Rian Johnson protesting against Disney's boycott of Georgia?
     
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    That is a story of Faking Star Wars.
     
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    Rian Johnson (Twitter): “(I) tried not to think about [Episode VIII] that way [in terms of avoiding rehashing elements that appealed to fans], just focused on telling a story that I cared about.” (December 8, 2015) “[Episode VIII]’ll tie to 7 and lead to 9 and it’ll be an original story I care about. Promise. :)” (December 10, 2015) “(I) was constantly evolving [Episode VIII] as 7 came together.” (August 13, 2016) "I don't really think about it that way [in terms of corporate or loyalty to my vision] - just concentrating on making a good movie." (September 17, 2016) "[Studio control] hasn't been my experience with this. We communicate plenty w/the studio but they've been supportive of the movie we're making" (September 17, 2016)

    Rian Johnson: “I did [start Episode VIII while VII was in production], yeah. They were still shooting actually here in London. They were still shooting Episode VII and so, yeah, I was still thinking about that today because obviously Colin [Trevorrow] is doing the same thing while we were in production with Episode VIII. He was starting to think about IX. And I know it was kind of strange like because we – one of the first things I did was went up to San Francisco and spent about six weeks kind of figuring out the story and I would go in a few times a week and sit down with these guys [Kathleen Kennedy, Kiri Hart, and Pablo Hidalgo] and with the [Lucasfilm] Story Group and just hash it through. We would watch dailies that were coming in from VII and at that point it was just the script and kind of the dailies that we were seeing. I was thinking about that – it was probably really healthy that in thinking about where the story goes next, it was entirely just based on our reactions to it as opposed to based on the phenomenon that it would become or the cultural reaction to it. It was just a very personal, ‘what do we connect with about with these characters and where do they go next?'” (Star Wars Celebration 2016 London)

    Rian Johnson: “When we started coming up with – when I started coming up with the story I realized that I wanted to – I immediately kind of – I didn’t even really think about it, the notion that we were gonna end up breaking kind of a longstanding Star Wars tradition and for the first time this movie is gonna start right where the last one left off. ‘Cause it was like I don’t want to skip ahead, that last moment with VII I want to see what happens next.” (Star Wars Celebration 2016 London)

    Rian Johnson: “[The returning young actors] were wonderful and it was – you’re right – there was that kind of feeling of – there was a big explosion of the first one, and now the second, and but it ended up serving what I think this second film is in a very good way because the first film was this incredible explosion of adventure and excitement that sets up these characters. And then just out of necessity it’s very natural that the second film is where we start kind of zooming in on the characters and kind of taking them – seeing okay really, kind of getting to the heart of them and challenging them, pushing them deeper. So I think the actors were all very excited about that.” (Star Wars Celebration 2016 London)

     
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    These quotes make me feel really good about VIII
     
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    I mean, why even ASK him that question. As if he's going to give the actual answer anyway.
     
  9. Jedi MD

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    However, that is a great answer to a silly question
     
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    Yep. Agreed.
     
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    Yep very funny but I'm glad he is keeping track of fan questioning speculation.
     
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    Hey guys, from what I can tell, I have never seen a Rian Johnson movie before. I searched in Netflix and Amazon Prime and got zilch. Am I missing something? Are any of his movies available on either service? I'd really like to get a sense of his style before VIII but can't seem to find any of his work. Thanks
     
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    Looper should be available on Netflix. ;)
     
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    Not in the states.
     
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    ohh, too bad to hear. :(
     
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    I'm glad he's in check of his new cast members.
     
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    #258 MagnarTheGreat, Nov 20, 2016
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    You can also try looking for Johnson's films in other VOD services. This is how I got to watch all of his films. You're bound to find them somewhere, sooner or later.
     
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    WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN???

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    :p;)
     
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