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Rian Johnson’s New ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Isn’t Dead Yet: Director Still Meets With Lucasfilm Boss and Says ‘It’d Break My Heart’ If It Goes Unmade

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Zack Sharf It’s been nearly five years since Rian Johnson’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” opened in theaters to rave reviews from critics (many of whom called it one of the best “Star Wars” movies ever made) and a far more divisive response from the fandom.

Just before the film opened in theaters, Lucasfilm announced Johnson would be sticking with the studio to develop a brand new “Star Wars” trilogy with fresh characters, but it’s been radio silence on the plan ever since.

Fans have speculated that the controversial reception to “The Last Jedi” killed Johnson’s chances of making another trilogy, but the director recently told Empire magazine that his talks with Lucasfilm continue about the project. “I’ve stayed close to Kathleen [Kennedy] and we get together often and talk about it,” Johnson said about his new “Star Wars” trilogy, five years after it was first announced. “It’s just at this point a matter of schedule and when it can happen.

It would break my heart if I were finished, if I couldn’t get back in that sandbox at some point.” Johnson has often cited scheduling conflicts when asked in the past about his “Star Wars” trilogy, telling the Evening Standard in 2019, “The truth is they’re still figuring out their schedule, their game plan.

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