Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
It became clear , from the moment that Lucasfilm announced that there would bethree different directorsat the helm of each of their upcoming mainStar Warssaga movie , that the studio apartment was going to be following a fairly exchangeable pattern as the original trilogy . Indeed , thesimilarities betweenANew HopeandForce Awakensproved to be too evident for some fans , with some call for Disney and Lucasfilm to be more data-based with these unexampled set of saga films than they think they ’re fail to be as a solvent .
To their credit too , the former discussions hem in author and director Rian Johnson’sStar Wars : Episode VII - The Last Jedihad nail down it as being interchangeable very toEmpire tap Back , asthe darkest and most ghostly film of its respective trilogy . Thefirst teaser trailer forThe Last Jedididn’t waste much timeproving those theories to be right either , with the noticeably glum and more somber tone permeating throughout it , than the merriment , rejuvenating tactual sensation thatForce Awakenshad .
But just becauseThe Last Jediis going to be a much sour and more internal film than its predecessor , does n’t think of fans should expect or charge it of being a complete repetition ofEmpire Strikes Back . In fact , while responding to a fan ’s critical tweet through his personalTwitteraccount , Johnson himself more or less sarcastically confirm otherwise :
@GregBurke85@Collider@Donimals_@KristianHarloffGreg is right really , I ’ve expend the last three long time just copying Empire .
— Rian Johnson ( @rianjohnson)April 21 , 2017
Now , it ’s generally become impossible for any second film in a trilogy to avoid theEmpire Strikes Backcomparisons ; since that 1980 film essentially set the gold standard for many fans and filmmakers when it fare to the general outline and structure of a modern Clarence Day plastic film trilogy . So if most non - Star Warsfilms are n’t spare of such a lofty comparing , then there was no wayThe Last Jediwas go to be , and it appeared as though Johnson was aware of that from the very kickoff .
Even during his appearance atStar Wars Celebration Orlandolast week , Johnson give-up the ghost out of his way to reassure rooter that while , yes , The Last Jediwill be a darker movie thanThe Force Awakens , it ’s also going to be much more humorous than some fans might think . So Johnson ’s response here just proves once again how good he seems to be at responding to these kind of constringe comparisons or accusation , and only further elevates his status as a fan - favorite in theStar Warscommunity , following his surprisal ancestry sojourn atCelebrationlast week .
Source : Rian Johnson
