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Rian Johnson Reflects Back on ‘The Last Jedi’, ‘The Rise of Skywalker’; Says His ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Was Never Fully Outlined

Rian Johnson Reflects Back on ‘The Last Jedi’, ‘The Rise of Skywalker’; Says His ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Was Never Fully Outlined

Rian Johnson got pretty candid about his time working for Lucasfilm in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. The Last Jedi filmmaker is currently out there promoting the Season 2 finale of his Peacock series Poker Face, and when talking to the outlet, he opened up about his (positive) reaction to The Rise of Skywalker and why his Star Wars trilogy never …

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Rian Johnson on ‘Poker Face’ Finale, Next ‘Knives Out’ and ‘Last Jedi’

Rian Johnson on ‘Poker Face’ Finale, Next ‘Knives Out’ and ‘Last Jedi’

This post contains spoilers for the Season Two finale of Poker Face, now streaming on Peacock.  The second season of Poker Face nearly ends on a cliffhanger. Towards the end of the finale — appropriately titled “The End of the Road” — the show’s human lie detector heroine, Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne), is stuck in her beloved 1969 Plymouth Barracuda with master …

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Rian Johnson Says His Scrapped Star Wars Trilogy Was ‘Very Conceptual’

Rian Johnson Says His Scrapped Star Wars Trilogy Was ‘Very Conceptual’

“Knives Out” director Rian Johnson is opening up about his scrapped “Star Wars” trilogy. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Johnson, who directed 2017’s “The Last Jedi,” lifted the curtain on his long-rumored “Star Wars” trilogy that never got off the ground. He explained that at the time, he and Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy were developing ideas for the …

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