Rian Johnson has finally set the record straight on how much he and J.J. Abrams spoke in between "The Force Awakens" and "The ...

While J.J. Abrams was seemingly thinking about mirroring a Darth Vader/Emperor Palpatine dynamic for Kylo Ren and Supreme ...

In the canon novel Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition, written by Jason Fry, it is confirmed that the caretakers on Ahch-To collected Luke Skywalker's lightsaber after his death. This makes ...

If expectations for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” were inordinately (and perhaps unfairly) high, thank “The Force Awakens,” which had a huge donut hole in the shape of Luke Skywalker at its ...

To a degree, “The Last Jedi” is derivative, too, in that many of its scenes are minor variations on scenes that were in the 1980 “Star Wars” sequel, “The Empire Strikes Back”.

The Last Jedi filmmaker has been tasked to create three new movies outside of the ongoing Skywalker saga. “Rian is basically going to be the new Lucas,” Ridley says.

The Last Jedi director revealed that he used to be a certified Star Wars prequels hater. Rian Johnson told Rolling Stone that ...

The Last Jedi' director Rian Johnson — he just disagreed with the motivation for Luke Skywalker becoming a 'suicidal hermit.' ...

In fact, The Last Jedi (***½ out of four; rated PG-13; in theaters Thursday night) tries to do a little too much in its overlong 2½ hours, yet writer/director Rian Johnson still turns in a ...

This is per an interview Hamill gave this week to Bullseye With Jesse Thorn, in which he expressed some regrets for speaking up about his unhappiness during the film’s press tour (“Maybe I should have ...

Rian Johnson, director of “Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi,” was faced with questions like this when Lucasfilm passed him the torch for the next installment. He blew those questions out of the ...