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It’ll be interesting to see members’ views after Episode IX is released and we’ve all had time to take in the Sequel Trilogy as a whole.
As of right now, a lot of the differing and passionate opinions on here and throughout the various threads… may well change upon completion and reflection of seeing everything in the ST tied together - as a trilogy in itself, and as part of the whole saga overall.
Two down, one to go… 😃
That’s an interesting question indeed. Aside from the ST, I think it’s also interesting to consider how the ST will connect to the rest of the saga. It is meant to be part of a nine part saga afterall. I’m a bit skeptical, but TLJ does make it impossible for Abrams to create ROTJ 2.0, so it may turn out to be the greatest setup in the history of Star Wars.
For a while, we were told that Johnson would also be writing and directing Episode 9. But recently we learned that instead, JJ was coming back for 9. Does anyone know what happened there? I’m wondering if Lucasfilm decided they didn’t like the direction that Johnson took the ST in, and decided to bring JJ back to retcon it?
No, Johnson was hired to write and direct VIII and write a story treatment for IX. He was never slated to direct it or write the script. Colin Treverrow was slated to direct and write it with Derek Connolly and then by this summer Johnson was denying he was involved in writing it at all.
Then after Carrie’s death, Jack Thorne was brought on to rewrite. Finally, Treverrow was let go, Connolly and Thorne weren’t brought up again, and after a week or two Abrams was announced as returning to direct and co-write with Chris Terrio.