No, they didn?t. It?s utterly hilarious how much of a fool you are making out of yourself right now
2017 Deadline Interview with RJ
Is there an overarching plot for where the trilogy goes? You obviously have The Force Awakens as a jumping off point, but is there a place you need to get to, in order to set up J.J. Abrams? Episode IX?
RJ: Not really. That?s what?s been really cool about the storytelling process. There is definitely the idea that we know it is a three-movie arc. We know the first film is an introduction, then the middle act is training, meaning challenging the characters. The third is where they all come together and you have to resolve everything.
But I was truly able to write this script without bases to tag, and without a big outline on the wall. That meant I could react to what I felt from The Force Awakens, and what I wanted to see. I could make this movie personal. I could also just take these characters where it felt right and most interesting to take them. I think part of the reason the movie feels like it goes to some unexpected places with the characters is that we had that freedom. If it had all just been planned out and written down beforehand, it might have felt a little more calculated, I suppose.
Rian Johnson Tweet from May 2017
Jurassic World?s Colin Trevorrow will take the reins from Johnson, directing and handling the script with his writing partner Derek Connolly. Though it was rumored Johnson wrote a treatment for the film, The Last Jedi director recently
revealed that Trevorrow and Connolly would be working from scratch and craft their own film.
Though the news that these filmmakers are working without an overall plan for the characters in the franchise might worry some?did Abrams and Co. know who Rey?s parents were, or Snoke?s identity, or why Ben Solo became Kylo Ren?!?it?s not an unprecedented process even in the Star Wars Universe.
Article and source:
https://comicbook.com/starwars/news/lucasfilm-no-plans-for-episodes-viii-ix-after-the-force-awakens/
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In May, Vanity Fair?s cover story focused on the making of Star Wars: Episode VIII ? The Last Jedi. Written by David Kamp, the very beginning of the article revealed that after Rey met Luke Skywalker at the end of The Force Awakens, J.J. Abrams didn?t keep cameras rolling. And that?s because, Abrams ? one of the writers for The Force Awakens ? seemed to not know what was going to happen in the next installment. This notion isn?t a secret. The powers that be at Lucasfilm and Disney aren?t hiding this idea. Instead, the PR machine is giving the opposite impression, that the creative direction of the new Star Wars trilogy was never plotted out ahead of time.
https://www.inverse.com/article/349...jack-thorne-screenplay-cursed-child-last-jedi