Star Wars: The Last Jedi director explains why Lando and Obi-Wan didn't make the final cut

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars: The Last Jedi wasn’t shy about ripping up the rulebook about everything that came before it. The past weighed heavily on the movie, and that’s without taking into account that Lando and Obi Wan could’ve dropped by. Rian Johnson, however, has laid out his reasons as to why they weren’t part of the movie, and what role they would’ve had to play. Some spoilers to follow…
“I would have loved to have had Ewan McGregor in the movie, but it was just a matter of𒉰 storytelling,” Johnson tells . “The original relationship with Obi-Wan – obviously if Alec Guinness were still with us that would have made sense. But we never saw Luke ever interact with the Ewan version of Obi-Wan, so there’s less of the emotional connection.”
Fair enough. That Episode 3 Anakin Force ghost that was retroactively planted in Return of the Jedi still rankles. However, the Obi-Wan fanboy in me is still getting a bit excited; if Rian Johnson had plans for him, maybe 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Lucasfilm have been on the blower to Ewa♚n McGregor about that long-rumoured standalone film?
Lando making an appearance was also on the table according to Johnson’s interview with : “In terms of Lando, I briefly considered, would he work in the [DJ] part.” Johnson ultimately decided against it though, “I don’t think you would ever buy that Lando would just completely betray the characters like that and have that level of moral ambiguity.” Someone hasn’t seen Empire.
Kidding aside, Lando appearing would’ve served as a nice primer to get newer fans up to speed before Donald Glover steps into his boots in the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Han Solo movie. But, if we’re talking about a fresh trilogy here, there’s nothing worse than refusing to let go of the past by having the same characters retuཧrn over and over again. Star Wars: The Last Jedi, if nothing else, cuts all ties with that past, and the more power to Rian Johnson for being so brave.
For more Rian Johnson spoiler-filled post-mortems of The Last Jedi, be sure to check out his 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:appraisal of *that* big Leia scene, as well as whether 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Captain Phasma is coming back for Star W💖ars 9.
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