Star Wars: The Last Jedi\u00a0split\u00a0the franchise’s\u00a0fanbase, but it was still\u00a0a critical and commercial hit (the movie\u00a0has a 91% Rotten Tomatoes score and grossed over $1.3 billion at the worldwide box office).<\/p>\n
Shortly before The Force Awakens sequel’s release,\u00a0Lucasfilm announced that it had tapped\u00a0filmmaker\u00a0Rian Johnson to take the helm of a new\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0trilogy.<\/p>\n
Plot details were never revealed, meaning we’re still in the dark about which era of this Galaxy Far, Far Away Johnson intended to explore. After The Last Jedi, fans were mixed on the prospect of seeing more\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0from the writer and director, and the trilogy became yet another unmade project on Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy’s watch.<\/p>\n
Johnson has since been busy with his Knives Out movies. However, after the news broke that Kathleen Kennedy’s time at Lucasfilm is over, the executive shared her take<\/a> on why The Last Jedi director’s Star Wars return failed to materialise.\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n “Once he made the Netflix deal and went off to start doing the Knives Out films, that has occupied a huge amount of his time. That\u2019s the other thing that happens here. After Shawn and I started talking about Star Wars, Stranger Things kicks in and he was completely consumed for a while by that. That\u2019s what happened with Rian. And then I do believe he got spooked by the online negativity.”<\/p>\n
“I think Rian made one of the best Star Wars movies. He\u2019s a brilliant filmmaker and he got spooked. This is the rough part. When people come into this space, I have every filmmaker and actors say to me, ‘What\u2019s going to happen?’\u00a0They\u2019re a little scared.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Well, Johnson has responded on social media (via SFFGazette.com<\/a>)\u00a0with a simple, “lol zero spooked, sorry.”<\/p>\n
lol zero spooked, sorry https:\/\/t.co\/1gWREzKxAO<\/a><\/p>\n
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