By: Dominic Jones
One of the things that will set Star Wars Episode VIII apart from the rest of the saga is that it will pick immediately after The Force Awakens ends. Director Rian Johnson confirmed this back in July at Star Wars Celebration in London and he expanded more on why he made the decision in a new interview with USA Today. Johnson spoke with USA Today's preview of the big movies coming in 2017, and he discussed what interested him about 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.”
Star Wars Episode VIII hits theaters on December 15th, 2017 and stars Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, John Boyega, and Carrie Fisher. The film is directed by Rian Johnson.
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