That means when Star Wars: The Last Jedi comes out, for the most part, your level of love or hate will rest heavily on his shoulders.
Not only is he directing the movie, but he also wrote the script. In fact, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is really going to ride or die very largely based on his talents. That didn't turn out to be the case and instead, it is Rian Johnson who is responsible for the next chapter in the Skywalker saga. Abrams to say on and direct Star Wars Episode VIII as well. One might have expected that, given his resume and how successful that Star Wars: The Force Awakens was, that Disney and Lucasfilm would have practically begged J.J. So, with that said, here is everything we know about Star Wars: The Last Jedi. But as it stands, we still know quite a bit about the movie.
So with Star Wars: The Last Jedi focusing heavily on Luke Skywalker and other characters we know and love, expect this movie to be truly massive.ĭisney and Lucasfilm will be pulling back the veil of secrecy in the near future, at least a little bit, as the release date for Star Wars: The Last Jedi approaches. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story also managed to eclipse $1 billion worldwide, despite the fact that it featured almost entirely unknown characters. It also earned close to $1 billion of that domestically, which is an all-time record. Star Wars: The Force Awakens was only the third movie to ever gross more than $2 billion worldwide. Not only do fans expect great things from this movie for a variety of reasons, but Disney and Lucasfilm are going to have big expectations in terms of box office. One thing we definitely know is that expectations for The Last Jedi will be insanely high. Considering that most Star Wars fans consider The Empire Strikes Back to be the greatest Star Wars movie ever made, that should inspire some confidence as we move closer to Star Wars: The Last Jedi. That would logically follow, since both movies are the second installments of their respective trilogies.
Adam Driver compared it tonally to Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Star Wars 8 looks like it is going to be starkly different than what we got with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. As one would expect, many details about the movie are being kept under tight lock and key, but that hasn't prevented us from learning quite a bit about the highly-anticipated sequel. The centerpiece of those films is a new trilogy in the Skywalker saga, which kicked off with Star Wars: The Force Awakens and will continue later this year with Star Wars: The Last Jedi. And the movie is fast approaching.ĭisney purchased all of LucasFilm for more than $4 billion back in 2012 with the intention of making a whole bunch of new Star Wars movies. That said, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is probably going to appeal to more people out there, since there is at least one Skywalker in it. Star Wars: The Force Awakens very successfully relaunched the franchise to the masses and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story proved that people really want to see more movies in a galaxy far, far away.