With Rogue One closing in on the $1 billion box office
milestone, the eyes of Star Wars fans turn to the highly anticipated Star Wars:
The Force Awakens follow-up, the yet untitled Star Wars: Episode VIII.
Speaking to USA Today, Episode VIII writer/director Rian
Johnson offered some comments on what seems to be the crux of the film, the
relationship between Rey and Luke.
"Remember that Star Wars: The Force Awakens cliffhanger with new heroine
Rey (Daisy Ridley) bringing Jedi master Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) his old
lightsaber on a remote intergalactic island? Writer/director Rian Johnson is
picking up right where they left off in the beginning of the Star Wars saga’s
still-untitled next chapter. "I don’t want to skip ahead two years,"
Johnson says. "I want to see the very next moment of what happens."
How Rey and Luke relate to each other is the key relationship in Episode VIII,
and Johnson says "a large part of the movie" will be spent addressing
why Luke’s there and what he’ll do next. Like Luke, Rey has been pulled into a
bigger world by connecting with the Force, "but part of what’s she’s
dealing with is the realization that she has this power and this gift,"
Johnson adds. "She’s taking her first step to coming to terms with this
thing inside her that she never knew was there and is just starting to reveal
its potential." Another cliffhanger: How General Leia might figure in the
film in light of Carrie Fisher’s death last month."
Opening in theaters on December 15, Star Wars: Episode
VIII also stars Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Domhnall Gleeson,
Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Peter Mayhew, Laura Dern,
Anthony Daniels, Benicio Del Toro, and Warwick Davis.
Source - USA Today
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