Pengarah 'The Last Jedi' Diberi Kebebasan Menulis Tanpa Perancangan Awal

Pengarah filem 'The Last Jedi' mendedahkan bahawa dia diberi kebebasan untuk menulis plot filem ini dengan bebas tanpa terikat dengan apa-apa perancangan. Perkara ini diberitahu oleh Rian Johnson selaku pengarah filem tersebut bersama Ram Bergman dalam temubual bersama Deadline.

Ketika ditanya sama ada adakah The Last Jedi dirancang sebegitu rupa, dia menjawab:

Not really. That’s what’s been really cool about the storytelling process. There is definitely the idea that we know it is a three-movie arc. We know the first film is an introduction, then the middle act is training, meaning challenging the characters. The third is where they all come together and you have to resolve everything.  

But I was truly able to write this script without bases to tag, and without a big outline on the wall. That meant I could react to what I felt from The Force Awakens, and what I wanted to see. I could make this movie personal. I could also just take these characters where it felt right and most interesting to take them. I think part of the reason the movie feels like it goes to some unexpected places with the characters is that we had that freedom. If it had all just been planned out and written down beforehand, it might have felt a little more calculated, I suppose.

Rian Johnson menyatakan bahawa tiada perancangan yang diberikan oleh Lucasfilm untuk The Last Jedi kecuali menyambung apa yang ditinggalkan JJ Abrams dalam dari The Force Awakens dan juga memberi ruang kepada Episode IX yang bakal diarahkan oleh JJ Abrams menjadi lebih menarik.