When director J.J. Abrams was asked to step back into the Star Wars well again with Episode 9, he was at first reluctant to take over from Colin Trevorrow who was originally supposed to develop and direct this Star Wars sequel trilogy finale. We know Trevorrow was let go, because those at Lucasfilm didn’t think his story was heading in the right direction, and so Abrams was sought out to come back after directing The Force Awakens to start this all off.

What Abrams was facing again, was a very tight timescale, as the release date for Episode 9 was already set in stone, just two years from the release date of The Last Jedi, so he had to work fast and be willing to adapt as he went on. But Abrams makes no apologies for his seat of the pants approach, the director spoke with NY Times recently and explained why?

“As we did on Force Awakens, while we’re shooting, we’re reconsidering things, changing some significant story points going back to ideas that we had loved but put away. That process never stopped. Some people can say, oh, that sounds like it’s crazy, but when you have the better idea, it doesn’t matter when it is — you have to try it.”

Now I may feel like this sequel trilogy has been far too rushed to meet timescales set for financial reasons instead of story reasons, but as a director, I guess he is paid to do what he thinks is best in the long run. Movie making is a process like Abrams decides, very rarely is a script written and then everyone just turns up and films it. Until you get the actors in place and together it’s hard to say how the written word will translate on screen, and when it doesn’t feel like it’s working, or someone has a better idea, you have to trust your instincts.

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There are some good examples of this in The Empire Strikes Back, little moments of ad lobbing which just worked well and were kept in, and one iconic moment is the “I know” line from Han Solo. However, where the script needs to be a bit more solid, is the basic plot, and until we see the movie (for me in one week’s time) then we won’t know for sure how successful this venture has been for us personally. For me, I just don’t want to rock up to the theatre and find that Abrams has copied most of Return of the Jedi, because that’s what I felt after watching The Force Awakens.

Abrams also previously spoke about how The Last Jedi influenced his approach to The Rise of Skywalker when he spoke with Vanity Fair,

“Having seen what Rian did made me approach this from a place of instinct and gut, I was making choices I knew I would not have made on VII, some story-wise, but more in terms of directing. I found myself feeling less like I’m going to try and do something that feels like it’s only true to the specifics of this franchise or the story.”

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