It was just bright blue sky to tell a new story in, and they were so excited about it. I didn’t pitch an idea or a time or anything like that. It’s a brand new story that feels like a great Star Wars story.” That was the extent of it. Let’s tell one story over three movies, where we go new places and meet new people. My entire pitch to Kathleen Kennedy and Disney was “Let’s tell a new Star Wars story. That’s kind of the exciting thing about it. But where do you see it fitting in with the franchise? So, what can we expect with your new trilogy? It’s obviously going to be separate from the Skywalker Saga. But I also came in trying to be unafraid of going to some places if that’s what the story ended up requiring." "I wasn’t coming in to The Last Jedi thinking, 'We gotta freshen this up! How do I evolve this?' That was the last thing on my mind. and Chris Terrio are off writing IX right now and we had a conversation where I just kind of gave them a download of where I left things and the potential that I saw, but the truth is they’re picking it up and they’re going to tell their story and I just get to be an audience member now, to see how they bring it home. The same thing from VIII to IX, and actually I couldn’t give you spoilers if I wanted to. But from there it’s a clean hand-off, and I think it’s something that’s very important in the storytelling in these movies, I had a free hand to take it where I wanted to take it and make choices about what I thought was going to be best for the dramatic situations and where the story went. What do you think this meant? What do you think that meant? Getting all the information I can out of him. Abrams about The Force Awakens and the choices in it. From VII to VIII it was mostly me asking J.J. From VII to VIII and now VIII to IX, we sit down and have a conversation. Johnson: It’s very much a baton handoff, it’s a relay race.
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