Rian Johnson Defends ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s “Slightly Goofy Humor” – Watch

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When Rian Johnson’s Star Wars film The Last Jedi was released in 2017, it came in as a critically acclaimed box office hit, earning four Academy Award nominations and grossing upwards of $1.3B worldwide.

Diehard fans of the franchise, however, took umbrage with the title, very loudly calling out their issues with everything from its plot to its tone.

After wading into the public discourse surrounding The Last Jedi a fair number of times in the five years since, Johnson has once again spoken about his intentions with the film and the thinking that informed it — this time, in a video interview with GQ spotlighting his overall filmography, which you can view above.

Johnson notes that a core issue some had with The Last Jedi was the belief that its use of humor has no place in the Star Wars canon, expressing at the same time his sense that this perspective is misguided. “For me, everything in the movie is Star Wars, and everything in the movie, I can trace back to deeply, in a deep way, what Star Wars is for me,” he says. “And I know that everyone has a different take.