Star Wars: The Last Jedi Director Says He Always Saw Rey And Kylo As A Romance

More than three years on from Star Wars: The Last Jedi the dust has finally settled and fans are re-evaluating it. After all, in the wake of The Rise of Skywalker, it looks a lot better by comparison. Now Rian Johnson has opened up about his thought on the film in a new interview by USA Today’s Sariah Wilson. The article itself is yet to be published, though she’s posted some insights from it on Twitter:

One of the most interesting is a confirmation that Johnson “absolutely saw” Kylo and Rey as a romance. She clarified:

“I mean, there was more to their stories and growth and arcs, but he saw them as romantic and intimate.”

Throughout The Last Jedi the pair were in telepathic communication via the Force, forming a connection that seemed to transcend the Resistance vs First Order military conflict. This came to a head in the finale when Kylo offers Rey the chance to rule the galaxy alongside him. For a moment she was tempted, but realized that this would only lead to disaster.

Their relationship eventually concluded with a kiss at the end of The Rise of Skywalker, but any further romantic inclinations were squashed by the dumb decision to make Rey Emperor Palpatine’s granddaughter and Kylo Ren’s death (which was apparently always going to happen).

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But there’s further good news for The Last Jedi fans. Wilson also confirmed that the director’s long-delayed Star Wars trilogy is indeed still going ahead at Lucasfilm. After so long without any news most had assumed it’d been quietly cancelled, but she says that he and Lucasfilm are still developing it, saying:

“No dates or timelines because he has other projects going on, but it is happening.”

We’ve been hearing for years about how Lucasfilm want to bring Knights of the Old Republic to the screen, and given how the second game in that franchise interrogates the morality and metaphysics of the Force, I think Rian Johnson is the perfect person for the job.

Let’s hope that interview drops soon and there are more surprises!

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