After the news came out that David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were no longer attached to make a “Star Wars” movie, some people probably wondered if Rian Johnson was still going to make his trilogy of films that was announced all that long ago.
Well, in case you thought the dumb tweets and petitions actually had some impact on the franchise, you can rest put your cheers to rest. Johnson has not only become more powerful than you can possibly imagine, but he confirmed that he’s still working on a “Star Wars” project.
Despite the petition to strike “The Last Jedi” from canon or even remake it, Johnson said at a Deadline event earlier today: “We’re still engaged with Lucasfilm and we’ll wait and see,” Johnson said. “No updates on it at this moment, but yeah.” While this is not a confirmation or a release date, he isn’t denying his involvement. It is more than likely that the higher-ups at Lucasfilm are playing it safe and waiting for the Skywalker saga to be done with “The Rise of Skywalker” before they confirm anything involving Johnson.
During that same event, Johnson also discussed his upcoming murder-mystery “Knives Out,” and drew a connection between the hateful tweets he still gets about “Star Wars,” and a character in his new film who tweets alt-right hate speech online. “Anyone who’s on Twitter these days, God bless you because it’s rough waters out there, but there’s also wonderful stuff about it,” Johnson said. “That’s why we’re all still on it I guess. That’s one of the things [Knives Out] engages with, the current state of online culture. Whether you made a Star Wars movie or you have a cooking show, whatever you’re doing on there, someone’s going to be screaming at you about it probably. Let’s put it on a screen in a way we can all maybe have a laugh about it.”