'Endings are hard, especially for me,' J.J. Abrams acknowledges while chatting with us about StarWarsRiseofSkywalker.
Rebellious new heroes Rey , Finn and Poe Dameron have to face a new version of the Empire, the evil First Order , one last time with legacy characters such as princess-turned-general Leia Organa , smooth gambler Lando Calrissian and droid C-3PO , who’s been in every episode of the three trilogies.
departed “Episode IX” two years ago because of differences in “vision,” Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy called Abrams to return and he called up Oscar-winning co-writer Chris Terrio . “They were the sons and daughters of the revolutionary generation,” Terrio says. “Washington is burned and they need to show that they have learned the lessons of their forebears, that they have the courage and the resilience and the intelligence and the heart to stand up and fight to preserve what the previous generation had won.”
So does Abrams. He admired the “subversion and element of surprise” of giving the heroes solo missions in “Last Jedi,” “but still in my gut, I found myself desperate to see this group out and on a thrilling, seat-of-your-pants, breakneck-crazy, unexpected, devastating, hysterical thrill ride. So when Kathy called to say, 'Would you want to come on?' I found myself feeling shocked that I would have the opportunity to realize the thing I was so hungry to see.
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