Rian Johnson har uden tvivl lavet den mest kontroversielle Star Wars-film i form af The Last Jedi, men Disney var i første omgang så glade for filmen, at de gav ham ansvaret for at lave sin helt egen Star Wars-trilolgi.
Men ligesom så mange Star Wars-projekter blev det ikke til noget, men spørger du Johnson, så vil han faktisk stadig rigtig gerne lave den filmtrilogi han havde planlagt. I et interview med The Independent siger han dette:
"I've had the kind of experience that you only dream about as a filmmaker. I was in my twenties when the prequels came out. I mean, you talk about wars between Star Wars fans... We experienced our own. That [the prequels] was World War I, and this [The Last Jedi] was World War II. But I feel like I've had such a wonderful, lovely, positive experience with the fans during the course of it. That's left me a bigger Star Wars fan than I ever was, which is really something, because I grew up with it as the bedrock of my childhood. I mean, I kind of went down the murder mystery rabbit hole - I'm focused on making other stuff. But that wouldn't rule out it happening down the line. If I get back in the Star Wars universe someday, I'd be the happiest person."
Johnson har sidenhen fået enormt succes med sine Knives Out-film.