Star Wars: The Last Jedi Director Rian Johnson Says He Was 'Hoping For' Fan Pushback, Rather Than Being 'Afraid of Doing Anything That Shakes It Up'
Rian Johnson, director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, has said he anticipated and welcomed the movie's polarizing response — and argued it would have been worse to create something "afraid" of shaking up the franchise.
(IGN, 2025-12-15T10:54:53Z)