Remember when Star Wars: The Last Jedi came out? Of course you do, you were either one of the many millions who watched it over and over again, or you probably caught wind of the vocal minority on the internet who thought Rian Johnson’s direction for the film was an affront to everything they stand for.
Now that J.J. Abrams is back in the director’s chair for the upcoming Star Wars: Episode IX, Rian is more than happy to sit back, relax, and be just a fan once again.
In fact, the guy is so chilled about everything that he’s more than happy with J.J. ripping up everything he did on The Last Jedi and going in yet another new direction.
This’ll go down well with the trolls.
In an interview with MTV while promoting his new film Knives Out, Rian was asked if he’s seen anything from Episode IX. With tone of someone who doesn’t give a damn anymore, the director said he hasn’t seen a thing from the movie and doesn’t really want to until opening day.
When asked whether he would be cool with J.J. undoing all the twists and turns he introduced in The Last Jedi, Rian is totally down with J.J. doing whatever, saying, “I want to let go of all my expectations, I want to sit back, I want to be entertained, I want to be surprised, I want him to be thrilled, I want him to do stuff that I wasn’t expecting him to do.”
For a guy who weathered some pretty horrible trolling from the cesspool of the internet, Rian is pretty damn chill about all this and good on him for not really giving a crap about what is going on.
.@rianjohnson is just as excited for J.J. Abram’s #StarWars Episode IX as we are, and he tells us at #CinemaCon he hopes that the directors keep taking the universe to new heights: “I want him to do stuff that I wasn’t expecting him to do” pic.twitter.com/D7Jh5SqgeT
— MTV NEWS (@MTVNEWS) April 5, 2019
There’s no doubt that all this will be music to all the troll’s ears. After all, they kicked up a stink over the stupidest things in The Last Jedi, like the reveal that Rey’s parents actually being nobodies rather than superpowered Jedi masters.
But hey, they’re free to complain about the film just like how I’m free to say The Last Jedi is brilliant and that vocal minority are nothing but a bunch of blithering idiots.
In fact, there’s a bunch of idiots still trying to get that Last Jedi remake happening as I write this. It’s really happening, guys, just you wait, and it’ll be the bestest remake ever made!
Awww, look how cute those trolls are with their whinging and attempts at remaking a $200 million film.
Anyway, Rian has better things to worry about than The Last Jedi these days, like his aforementioned new film or the new Star Wars trilogy he’s working on, which is chugging along slowly.
As for Episode IX, we’ll see if J.J. actually does retcon all of Rian’s work when the movie comes out on December 20. Here’s hoping J.J. leans even more into the plot threads of The Last Jedi because the sight of all the trolls and fanboys squirming over some more inconsequential Star Wars stuff will be absolutely delightful.