The Last Jedi had a lot of controversial scenes, the most linked to Supreme Leader Snoke, causing director Rian Johnson to defend it.

The Last Jedi director revealed that he used to be a certified Star Wars prequels hater. Rian Johnson told Rolling Stone that when the franchise’s prequels came out when he was in college, he and his friends were “Prequel Hate Central.

"Everyone was ruthless at the time," Johnson says, recalling when the trilogy came out in his college days — though he has since expressed his admiration for George Lucas' prequels.

In a recent, far-reaching interview with Rolling Stone, the Knives Out writer-director talked a lot about his time on Star Wars and his possible return to the franchise. When asked about the reveal of Rey’s lineage in Rise of Skywalker and other moments in the J.

When he first received Johnson’s script, Hamill struggled with his role in the film. “The Last Jedi” sees Luke abandon the Force after Kylo Ren razes his temple of students for his New Jedi Order. At one point, Luke considers killing a young Ben Solo in his sleep after seeing a vision of Kylo Ren’s campaign of terror across the galaxy.

The force was with Orlando, Fla., this morning as the four-day convention named Star Wars Celebration unveiled the first-ever teaser trailer for “The Last Jedi,” the next episodic “Star Wars ...