Ovenpå The Last Jedi er de fleste Star Wars-fans nok glade for, at instruktøren Rian Johnson' planlagte Star Wars trilogi tilsyneladende er blevet droppet.
Nu fortæller Johnson om årsagen til, at filmene ikke bliver til noget. Det sker i et interview med Rolling Stones, hvor Johnson fortæller, at det ikke skyldes receptionen af hverken hans eller J.J. Abrams ligeledes famlede Star Wars-projekter. I stedet skyldes det et andet projekt, der stjal hans opmærksomhed.
"Nothing really happened with it," fortæller Johnson om trilogien. We had a great time working together, and they said, 'Let's keep doing it.' I said, 'Great!' I would kick ideas around with Kathy [Kathleen Kennedy fra Lucasfilm].
The short version is Knives Out happened. I went off and made Knives Out, and was off to the races, busy making murder mysteries. It's the sort of thing if, down the line, there's an opportunity to do it, or do something else in Star Wars, I would be thrilled. But right now I'm just doing my own stuff, and pretty happy."
Rian Johnson endte dog med at få sig en trilogi, da mordmysteriet Knives Out blev så stor en succes, at den foreløbig har fået to efterfølgere: Glass Onion og Wake up Dead Man, der udkommer senere i år.