Around the time that some fans were having a meltdown over Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson and Lucasfilm were planning to piss them off even further with a whole new trilogy helmed by Johnson.

Outside of a gang of rabid Star Wars fans who have taken against it, Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi is widely regarded as one of the best Star Wars films. And the director has spoken out about his long-rumoured trilogy of Star Wars flicks.

Despite having directed his own much derided entry into the film franchise, "The Last Jedi" director Rian Johnson told Rolling Stone he once had a "ruthless" hate for the "Star Wars" prequels released between 1999 and 2005.