With less than two months to go until Star Wars: The Last Jedi, anticipation continues to build as we wait to see what happens to Daisy Ridley Rey's Mark Hamill's Luke, John Boyega's Finn and the rest. You won't learn any of that, but a new behind-the-scenes video at USA Today's site does offer some new glimpses at what was involved in making the movie, focused on director Rian Johnson.
The paper also talked to Johnson about his work on the new movie, including when he knew where the story should go. "When I first read the script of The Force Awakens, I was like, 'I feel like I know these characters instantly,'" he says. "And now we get to kind of put them through a meat grinder. And for me, part of that meant that we had to make things as hard on each of them as possible: At least part of the movie, they don’t have their friends around. They’ve got to figure things out for themselves. They’ve got to be faced with whatever the toughest thing each of them can be faced with, and they’re not going to have their buddy there next to them to get them out of it necessarily."
There's also mention of the late Carrie Fisher (who charmingly praises her director in the video): "Having these scenes in the film recontextualize tragically with her not being here anymore, it’s incredibly emotional. For the next few months, seeing the fans process the loss and celebrate her as Leia one last time, it’s going to be intense. I think it’s going to be really sad but really joyful, I hope. She really kicks butt as General Leia, and I’m happy for that." For more from Johnson, head to USA Today's site. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is out on 15 December.
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