Rian Johnson on if His Star Wars Trilogy Is Still Happening at Lucasfilm

 The Last Jedi’s Rian Johnson has commented astir nan Star Wars trilogy that he was expected to make — and still perchance could — for Lucasfilm.

Johnson antecedently directed Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which was released successful 2017 by Lucasfilm. About a period anterior to that movie’s release, it was announced that Johnson would besides constitute a caller trilogy of Star Wars movies that would beryllium abstracted from nan main communicative arc featured successful erstwhile films of nan franchise.

Johnson was besides expected to nonstop nan first movie successful nan trilogy; however, pursuing nan merchandise of The Last Jedi and each nan online sermon and contention that surrounded it, nan head went connected to make 2019’s Knives Out and 2022’s Glass Onion. He’s now sewage a 3rd Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man, that will get connected Netflix later this year.

Given that it’s been respective years since nan Star Wars trilogy was announced and there’s been small news astir nan task since then, galore person wondered if Johnson’s different Star Wars outings are still happening.

What did Rian Johnson opportunity astir his Star Wars trilogy?

Speaking pinch Rolling Stone, Johnson said that “nothing really happened” pinch nan talks astir nan trilogy.

“[Lucasfilm and I] had a awesome clip moving together, and they said, ‘Let’s support doing it.’ I said, ‘Great!’ I would footwear ideas astir pinch Kathy,” he commented. “The short type is Knives Out happened. I went disconnected and made Knives Out, and was disconnected to nan races, engaged making execution mysteries. It’s nan benignant of point if, down nan line, there’s an opportunity to do it, aliases do thing other in Star Wars, I would beryllium thrilled. But correct now I’m conscionable doing my ain stuff, and beautiful happy.”

While it doesn’t sound for illustration immoderate announcements astir Johnson’s Star Wars trilogy moving guardant will beryllium happening successful nan adjacent future, fans of his activity tin cheque retired Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery erstwhile it arrives connected December 12, 2025.

Originally reported by Brandon Schreur astatine SuperHeroHype.