![]() ![]() So for me, the process of stripping away is always in the interest of getting to something essentially that really matters." They're him absolutely defying the notion of, 'Throw away the past,' and embracing what actually matters about his myth and what's going to inspire the next generation. The final images of the movie, to me, are not deconstructing the myth of Luke Skywalker, they're building it, and they're him embracing it. "And ultimately, I hope the film is an affirmation of the power of the myth of Star Wars in our lives. ![]() "The ultimate intent was not to strip away - the intent was to get to the basic, fundamental power of myth," he added. While many viewers praised Johnson's bold vision of the galaxy far, far away, others took umbrage with his treatment of Luke Skywalker (even Mark Hamill added his own dissenting voice to the conversation), as well as the mysteries set up by The Force Awakens (mainly the identity of Supreme Leader Snoke and an explanation for Rey's Force sensitivity) two years prior. And, in a very meaningful way, try and dig into what Star Wars means to me, what Star Wars meant when I was a kid, what Star Wars means now, through the whole journey I had that I think a lot of us our age had." "My intention from the start was to put everything I love about Star Wars into it. "I love it as a Star Wars movie," he continued. "When I was up at bat, I really swung at the ball," the filmmaker explained during an interview with Empire for the magazine's latest issue ( now on sale). Five years after causing a disturbance in parts of the Star Wars fandom with The Last Jedi, writer-director Rian Johnson is "even more proud" of his work on Episode VIII.
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